We are the captains of our own ships sailing the sea of life, but in times of a stormy weather, you will discover true friends when they don’t hesitate to be a lighthouse. ~Dodinsky
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From the bitterness of disease man learns the sweetness of health. ~Catalan Proverb
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If you have much, give of your wealth; if you have little, give of your heart. ~Arabic Proverb
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Who begins too much accomplishes little. ~German Proverb
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A lot of people are simply interested in exploring their own spirituality, their own values, who they are, whether they're happy where they are. ~James Redfield
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There is nothing noble about being superior to some other person. The true nobility is in being superior to your previous self. ~Hindu Proverb
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As the big hound is, so will the pup be. ~Irish Proverb
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Friends, near or far, are important to us. All of ours have an awareness of other persons' feelings, a courtesy that's inevitable. When I find that consideration in a fan, I'm immediately impressed. ~Kent McCord
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He who cannot howl will not find his pack. ~Charles Simic
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The first assumption of an art critic is that the artist meant to paint something else. ~Robert Breault
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We are fools whether we dance or not, so we might as well dance. ~Japanses Proverb
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The lion believes that everyone shares his state of mind. ~Spanish Proverb
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God sells knowledge for labor, honor for risk. ~Arabic Proverb
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Children suck the mother when they are young and the father when they are old. ~English Proverb.
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Some of us know how we came by our fortune and some of us don't; but we wear it all the same. ~Barbara Kingsolver
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Justifying a fault doubles it. ~French Proverb
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Anger is as a stone cast into a wasp's nest. ~Malabar Proverb
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Out of the choked Devonian waters emerged sight and sound and the music that rolls invisible through the composer's brain. They are there still in the ooze along the tideline, though no one notices. The world is fixed, we say, fish in the sea, birds in the air. But in the mangrove swamps by the Niger, fish climb trees and ogle uneasy naturalists who try unsuccessfully to chase them back to the water. There are things still coming ashore. ~Loren Eiseley
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More important is the fact that embryonic stem cell research could lead to new treatments and cures for the many Americans afflicted with life-threatening and debilitating diseases. ~Ron Kind
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The virtual world is not the enemy. The pioneers invented a world they believed in, but the followers must follow that world whether they believe in it or not. ~Leos Carax
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Those who wish to sing, always find a song. ~Swedish Proverb
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Don't be afraid to hit the ball. ~Billie Jean King
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The moments of happiness we enjoy take us by surprise. It is not that we seize them, but that they seize us. ~Chinese Proverb
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We should constantly be aspiring to reach higher and higher and higher. We should never be comfortable where we are. ~Lauryn Hill
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I was never one to go up to someone as a five- or six-year-old and say, "Hello, my name's Paul, will you be my friend?" But I found if I did an impression of the PE teacher or whatever and people laughed, then they did like me, and so then they started talking to me, rather than me making the initial overture and then maybe being rebuffed. ~Paul Merton
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