All life is rife with possibilities. Seeds have possibilities, but all their tomorrows are caught by the patterning of their life cycle. Animals have possibilities that are greater than that of a fir tree or a blade of grass. Still, though, for most animals, the pattern of instinct, the patterns of their lives, are very strong. Humanity has a far greater range of possibilities, especially the very young. Who will children grow up to be? Who will they marry, what will they believe, what will they create? Creation is a very powerful seed of possibility. ~Patricia Briggs
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Every smile makes you a day younger. ~Chinese Proverb
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When sleeping women wake, mountains move. ~African Proverb
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Visits always give pleasure, if not the arrival, the departure. ~Portuguese Proverb
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The kind man feeds his beast before sitting down to dinner. ~Hebrew Proverb
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If you have someone in your life that you are grateful for, someone to whom you want to write another heartfelt, slanted, misspelled thank you note, do it. Tell them they made you feel loved and supported. That they made you feel like you belonged somewhere and that you were not a freak. Tell them all of that. Tell them today. ~Lisa Jakub
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Discretion is the greater part of valor. ~English Proverb
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Sometimes in life, a fog sets in and you don't know which way is the right direction. Every voice may tell you it's not going to happen, but God has placed a promise in your heart. Refuse to listen to those voices. Keep believing. ~Joel Osteen
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Luck never gives; it only lends. ~Swedish Proverb
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One doctor makes work for another. ~English Proverb
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Go ahead, and fear not. You will have a full library at your service. ~Doris Kearns Goodwin
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To change and to change for the better are two different things. ~German Proverb
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Advice given in the midst of a crowd, is loathsome. ~Arabic Proverb
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There are many paths to the top of the mountain, but the view is always the same. ~Chinese Proverb
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Hopeful thinking can get you out of your fear zone and into your appreciation zone. ~Martha Nibley Beck
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I think that the best rock n' roll is about the spirit of being young, the feeling of being 16 and getting crazy with your friends and going out to a show and just that whole feeling. ~Sebastian Bach
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Be brothers, and keep between you the accounts of merchants. ~Arabic Proverb
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One dog barks at something, and a hundred bark at the bark. ~Chinese Proverb
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Listen to the sound of the river and you will get a trout. ~Irish Proverb
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It takes time to build castles. Rome was not built in a day. ~Irish Proverb
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U.S. exports to China have more than quintupled since China entered the WTO and have grown more quickly than imports. In fact, China is America's fastest-growing export market. ~Henry Paulson
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When the going gets tough, the tough get going. ~English Proverb
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So, tomorrow, I'm leaving. And I'm not going to let that happen again with anyone else. I'm going to be who I really am. I'm going to figure out what this is. ~Stephen Chbosky
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We get stuck in old thought and behavior patterns that may have been effective when we were twelve months or twelve years old, but now only serve to hold us back. And, while those around us may have no problem correcting our minor flaws, they let the big ones slide, because it would mean attacking who we are. ~Neil Strauss
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All things desirable to men are contained in the Bible. ~Abraham Lincoln
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