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  1. If you believe in yourself and a thousand others do not, then you are a thousand and one. Japanese Proverb
  2. The day you decide to do it is your lucky day. Japanese Proverb
  3. We are not put on this earth merely to be happy. We are put here to experience life, fully. Japanese Proverb
  4. A wise man hears one word and understands two. Japanese Proverb
  5. Spilt water never returns to the tray. Japanese Proverb
  6. Darkness reigns at the foot of the lighthouse. Japanese Proverb
  7. Even dust, when piled up, becomes a mountain. Japanese Proverb
  8. Adversity is the foundation of virtue. Japanese Proverb
  9. Knock on a stone bridge before crossing it. Japanese Proverb
  10. Time spent laughing is time spent with the gods. Japanese Proverb
  11. Let go, or be dragged. Zen Proverb
  12. The obstacle is the path. Zen Proverb
  13. Sitting quietly, doing nothing, spring comes, and the grass grows by itself. Zen Proverb
  14. If you understand, things are just as they are. If you do not understand, things are just as they are. Zen Proverb
  15. Knock on the sky and listen to the sound. Zen Proverb
  16. When you reach the top of the mountain, keep climbing. Zen Proverb
  17. Better to do a little well than a great deal badly. Zen Proverb
  18. Move and the way will open. Zen Proverb
  19. Let your heart be at peace, and watch the turmoil of beings. Zen Proverb
  20. In the midst of chaos, there is also opportunity. Sun Tzu
  21. The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting. Sun Tzu
  22. Opportunities multiply as they are seized. Sun Tzu
  23. Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to… Sun Tzu
  24. Know yourself and you will win all battles. Sun Tzu
  25. He will win who knows when to fight and when not to fight. Sun Tzu
  26. In the midst of movement and chaos, keep stillness inside of you. Sun Tzu
  27. The greatest victory is that which requires no battle. Sun Tzu
  28. Why do you stay in prison when the door is so wide open? Rumi
  29. You were born with wings, why prefer to crawl through life? Rumi
  30. Be like a tree and let the dead leaves drop. Rumi
  31. The garden of the world has no limits, except in your mind. Rumi
  32. Where there is ruin, there is hope for a treasure. Rumi
  33. This being human is a guest house. Every morning a new arrival. Rumi
  34. Sell your cleverness and buy bewilderment. Rumi
  35. Raise your words, not your voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder. Rumi
  36. A room without books is like a body without a soul. Cicero
  37. The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living. Cicero
  38. If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need. Cicero
  39. No one can give you wiser advice than yourself. Cicero
  40. What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality. Plutarch
  41. The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled. Plutarch
  42. No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it is not the same river and he is not the same man. Heraclitus
  43. The only constant in life is change. Heraclitus
  44. Day by day, what you choose, what you think and what you do is who you become. Heraclitus
  45. Big results require big ambitions. Heraclitus
  46. Not what we have, but what we enjoy, constitutes our abundance. Epicurus
  47. He who is not satisfied with a little is satisfied with nothing. Epicurus
  48. Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little. Epicurus
  49. It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor. Seneca
  50. We have two lives, and the second begins when we realize we only have one. Confucius
  51. Dogs bark at what they don't understand. Heraclitus
  52. The sun is new each day. Heraclitus
  53. No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted. Aesop
  54. Slow and steady wins the race. Aesop
  55. It is easy to be brave from a safe distance. Aesop
  56. United we stand, divided we fall. Aesop
  57. A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety. Aesop
  58. Persuasion is often more effectual than force. Aesop
  59. Little by little does the trick. Aesop
  60. We often give our enemies the means for our own destruction. Aesop
  61. The great man is he who does not lose his child's heart. Mencius
  62. Friendship is one mind in two bodies. Mencius
  63. The way of learning is none other than finding the lost mind. Mencius
  64. Flow with whatever may happen, and let your mind be free. Zhuangzi
  65. Happiness is the absence of the striving for happiness. Zhuangzi
  66. The wise man looks into space and does not regard the small as too little, nor the great as too big. Zhuangzi
  67. Rewards and punishments are the lowest form of education. Zhuangzi
  68. A path is made by walking on it. Zhuangzi
  69. You have the right to work, but never to the fruit of work. Bhagavad Gita
  70. Set your heart upon your work, but never on its reward. Bhagavad Gita
  71. Calmness, gentleness, silence, self-restraint, and purity: these are the disciplines of the mind. Bhagavad Gita
  72. A person can rise through the efforts of his own mind; or draw himself down, in the same manner. Bhagavad Gita
  73. The soul is neither born, and nor does it die. Bhagavad Gita
  74. Change is the law of the universe. You can be a millionaire, or a pauper, in an instant. Bhagavad Gita
  75. Before you start some work, always ask yourself three questions: Why am I doing it, what the results might… Chanakya
  76. A person should not be too honest. Straight trees are cut first. Chanakya
  77. The biggest guru-mantra is: never share your secrets with anybody. It will destroy you. Chanakya
  78. Once you start working on something, don't be afraid of failure and don't abandon it. Chanakya
  79. Education is the best friend. An educated person is respected everywhere. Chanakya
  80. As soon as the fear approaches near, attack and destroy it. Chanakya
  81. The fragrance of flowers spreads only in the direction of the wind. But the goodness of a person spreads… Chanakya
  82. Have patience. All things are difficult before they become easy. Saadi
  83. A traveler without observation is a bird without wings. Saadi
  84. Human beings are members of a whole, in creation of one essence and soul. Saadi
  85. Whatever is produced in haste goes easily to waste. Saadi
  86. Even after all this time, the sun never says to the earth, you owe me. Hafiz
  87. The words you speak become the house you live in. Hafiz
  88. Be grateful for whatever comes, because each has been sent as a guide from beyond. Rumi
  89. The moving finger writes; and, having writ, moves on. Omar Khayyam
  90. A journey of a thousand li starts with a single step, and the first step is the hardest. Korean Proverb
  91. Even the sky has to be crossed one cloud at a time. Korean Proverb
  92. Words have no wings but they can fly a thousand miles. Korean Proverb
  93. After the storm, the ground hardens. Korean Proverb
  94. Do not blame the river for the rain. Vietnamese Proverb
  95. It is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness. Tibetan Proverb
  96. The secret to living well and longer is: eat half, walk double, laugh triple, and love without measure. Tibetan Proverb
  97. If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito. African Proverb
  98. Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors. African Proverb
  99. However long the night, the dawn will break. African Proverb
  100. Rain does not fall on one roof alone. African Proverb
  101. When the roots are deep, there is no reason to fear the wind. African Proverb
  102. Wisdom is like a baobab tree; no one individual can embrace it. African Proverb
  103. When spider webs unite, they can tie up a lion. African Proverb
  104. The child who is not embraced by the village will burn it down to feel its warmth. African Proverb
  105. Hold a true friend with both hands. African Proverb
  106. When you pray, move your feet. African Proverb
  107. When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you. African Proverb
  108. Hold on to a true friend with both your hands, and never let go. Native American Proverb
  109. Listen to the wind, it talks. Listen to the silence, it speaks. Listen to your heart, it knows. Native American Proverb
  110. Those who have one foot in the canoe, and one foot in the boat, are going to fall into the river. Native American Proverb
  111. Cherish youth, but trust old age. Native American Proverb
  112. We will be known forever by the tracks we leave. Native American Proverb
  113. Walk lightly in the spring; Mother Earth is pregnant. Native American Proverb
  114. A people without history is like wind on the buffalo grass. Native American Proverb
  115. To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven. Ecclesiastes
  116. Cast your bread upon the waters, for you will find it after many days. Ecclesiastes
  117. Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor. Ecclesiastes
  118. A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger. Book of Proverbs
  119. As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another. Book of Proverbs
  120. Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life. Book of Proverbs

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