Any fact facing us is not as important as our attitude toward it, for that determines our success or failure. The way you think about a fact may defeat you before you ever do anything about it. You are overcome by the fact because you think you are. ~Norman Vincent Peale
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When you throw dirt, you lose ground. ~Texan Proverb
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It is quite impossible these days to assume anything about people's educational level from the way they talk or dress or from their taste in music. Safest to treat everyone you meet as a distinguished intellectual. ~Ian Mcewan
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Two guests cannot be entertained satisfactorily at the same time. ~African Proverb
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Proverbs are the literature of reason. ~French Proverb
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Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week. ~Joseph Addison
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She preferred imaginary heroes to real ones, because when tired of them, the former could be shut up in the tin kitchen till called for, and the latter were less manageable. ~Louisa May Alcott
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We believe. We believe in our destiny as a nation. We believe we have been called to do good, to spread the blessings of liberty and encourage the sense of trust upon which free societies depend. ~Tony Snow
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A wise man who knows proverbs reconciles difficulties. ~Yoruba Proverb
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I occasionally got called the Rush Limbaugh of Indiana, but most people knew that my style was different. ~Mike Pence
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If a man does not tell everything to his spiritual father, then his path is crooked and does not lead to the Kingdom of Heaven. But the path of one who tells everything leads directly to the Kingdom of Heaven. ~Silouan the Athonite
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God does not change; and neither does His love. He loved you before you were born. He loves you now; and He will love you forever. ~Billy Graham
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The eye never forgets what the heart has seen. ~African Proverb
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I have accepted fear as a part of life; specifically the fear of change. I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says: turn back. ~Erica Jong
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A drink precedes a story. ~Irish Proverb
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Listen to the wisdom of the toothless ones. ~Fijian Proverb
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We grow too soon old and too late smart. ~Dutch Proverb
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A child is what you put into him. ~African Proverb
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They speak of my drinking, but never think of my thirst. ~Scottish Proverb
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We live in a broken world full of broken people. But isn't it comforting to know God isn't ever broken? He isn't ever caught off guard, taken by surprise, or shocked by what happens next. ~Lysa TerKeurst
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Fear less, hope more; eat less, chew more; whine less, breathe more; talk less, say more; hate less, love more; and all good things are yours. ~Swedish Proverb
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Water which is too pure has no fish. ~Zen Proverb
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Sticks in a bundle are unbreakable. ~Kenyan Proverb
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Appetite comes with eating. ~French Proverb
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Better wear out shoes than sheets. ~Scottish Proverb
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