Quotes - Other 6 (Quotations are by anonymous authors unless otherwise noted) Proverbs "Failure is the pillar of success." "Adversity introduces a man to himself." "Victory breeds hatred, for the defeated live in pain. Happily live the peaceful, giving up victory and defeat." -- Buddhism "When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced . . . Live your life so that when you die, the world dies and you rejoice." -- Cherokee "One reason I don't drink is that I want to know when I'm having a good time." -- China "If there is light in the soul, there will be beauty in the person. If there is beauty in the person, there will be harmony in the house. If there is harmony in the house, there will be order in the nation. If there is order in the nation, there will be peace in the world." -- China "A child's life is like a piece of paper on which every person leaves a mark." -- China "We will be known forever by the tracks that we leave." -- Dakota "Fear makes the tiger at the door bigger." -- Germany "Do not confine your children to your own learning for they were born in another time." -- Judaism �With kindness conquer rage, with goodness malice; with generosity defeat all meanness; with the straight truth defeat lies and deceit.� -- Hinduism "Time spent laughing is time spent with the gods." -- Japan "You can't see the future with tears in your eyes." -- Mohawk "Recompense evil, conquering it with good." -- Islam "No one of you is a believer until he desires for his brother that which he desires for himself." -- Islam "Angels can fly because they take themselves lightly." -- Scotland "Anger is the only thing to put off till tomorrow." -- Slovakia "Where there is love, there is pain." -- Spain "Those who wish to sing always find a song." -- Sweden "The best place to find a helping hand is at the end of your own arm." -- Sweden "Before you say something, ask yourself these three questions: Is it true? Is it necessary? Is it kind?" -- Tibet "When eating a fruit, think of the person who planted the tree." -- Vietnam "Like pebbles in a bag, the monks polish each other." -- Zen Buddhism "If you can walk you can dance. If you can talk you can sing." -- Zimbabwe Verses "The stroke of the whip maketh marks in the flesh: but the stroke of the tongue breaketh the bones. Many have fallen by the edge of the sword: but not so many as have fallen by the tongue." -- Ecclesiasticus 28:17-18 "How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news, who proclaim peace..." -- Isaiah 52:7 "What does it profit them if they gain the whole world, but lose or forfeit themselves?" -- Luke 9:25 "Those who oppress the poor insult their Maker, but those who are kind to the needy honor him." -- Proverbs 14:31 "A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger." -- Proverbs 15:1 "Pleasant words are as a honeyvomb, sweet to the soul and health to the bones." -- Proverbs 16:24 "Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good." -- Romans 12:21 Index