"There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot."

Proverb on anger
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"Young people talk of what they are doing; old people of what they have done; and fools of what they have a mind to do."

Proverb on life
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"Live today for tomorrow it will all be history."

Proverb on life
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"A light heart lives long."

Proverb on life
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"Kind words are worth much and they cost little."

Proverb on kindness
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"If you can't get people to listen to you any other way, tell them it's confidential."

Proverb on persuasion   

"Many talk like philosophers yet live like fools."

Proverb on philosophers and philosophy
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"No one can pray well, but those who live well."

Proverb on prayer
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"When two friends have a common bank account, one sings and the other weeps."

Proverb on business   

"The first mistake are theirs who commit them, the second are theirs that permit them."

Proverb on blame
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"The wolf changes his coat, but not his disposition."

Proverb on behavior   

"Talking without thinking is like shooting without taking aim."

Proverb on speakers and speaking
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"A little body often harbors a great soul."

Proverb on soul
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"The soul is not where it lives, but where it loves."

Proverb on soul
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"Simplicity is the seal of truth."

Proverb on simplicity
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"Respect starts with yourself."

Proverb on respectability
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"Every convenience brings its own inconveniences along with it."

Proverb on progress   

"One of these days, is none of these days."

Proverb on procrastination
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"We hate delays by others, but sometimes it makes us wise."

Proverb on procrastination   

"Pride and poverty don't get along, but often live together."

Proverb on pride
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"Short prayers reach heaven."

Proverb on prayer
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"He that is doing nothing is seldom in need of helpers."

Proverb on idleness   

"The hardest work of all is to do nothing."

Proverb on idleness
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"Better to be known as a sinner than a hypocrite."

Proverb on hypocrisy
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"Talk well of your friends and of your enemies say nothing."

Proverb on enemies
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"If a job's worth doing, it's worth doing well."

Proverb on effort
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"It is better to run back than run the wrong way."

Proverb on direction
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"Be more concerned with your character than your reputation. Your character is what you really are while your reputation is merely what others think you are."

Wooden, John on character
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"Character, not circumstances, makes the man."

Washington, Booker T. on character
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"Another flaw in the human character is that everybody wants to build and nobody wants to do maintenance."

Vonnegut Jr., Kurt on character
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"The only way to compel men to speak good of us is to do it."

Voltaire on character
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"Character is like the foundation of a house -- it is below the surface."

Unknown, Source on character   

"The lord will not hold back the promises, even if the person who makes them is not worthy."

Unknown, Source on character   

"Men of genius are admired, men of wealth are envied, men of power are feared; but only men of character are trusted."

Unknown, Source on character
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"It is better for the development of character and contentment to do certain things badly for yourself than to have them done better for you by someone else."

Unknown, Source on character
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"The higher character a person supports the more they should regard their smallest actions."

Unknown, Source on character   

"The test of any man's character is how he takes praise."

Unknown, Source on character   

"Don't cross the bridge till you come to it."

Proverb on expectation
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"The end justifies the means."

Proverb on expediency   

"When someone is going downhill everyone likes to give them a kick."

Proverb on failure
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