Proverbs - Sayings - Thoughts 1b
101. To have a well rounded character you muse be square in all you dealings.
102. Experience is the best teacher because everyone gets individual instruction.
103. There are two things we should never complain about: one, what we can't help and the other, what we can help.
104. Conceit is what makes a little squirt think he's a fountain of knowledge.
105. Contentment is not the fulfillment of what you want, but the realization of how much you already have.
106. Seeds of discouragement will not grow in the thankful heart.
107. Some people have such a poor sense of direction they get lost in thought.
108. We really don't mind the little half-truths, but it's the half-wrongs we're told that are annoying.
109. If you stop to think don't forget to get started again.
110. He who plants thorns must never expect to gather roses.
111. We would be more grateful if we knew how much of what we take for granted is planned by God.
112. In the presence of trouble, some people grow wings; others buy crutches.
113. A man is never in worse company than when he flies into a rage and is beside himself.
114. There is nothing so small that it can't be blown out of propertion.
115. Lying is dangerous for one lie must be thatched with another or it will soon rain throught.
116. Take comfort in the fact that many problems do not esxist except in your imagination.
117. Making a living and making a life worth living are so often not the same.
118. Your great ideas won't work unless you do.
119. The trouble with some self-made people is that they worship their creator.
120. God won't send us where he is unable to sustain us!
121. What's true of biology is also true of faith: if it isn't growing, it's probably dead.
122. He who seeks a friend without a fault remains without one.
123. Friendship is a cozy shelter from life's rainy days.
124. Learn to say kind things nobody ever resents them.
125. If I feed my faith, my fears will starve to death.
126. IT is a great thing to do little things well.
127. Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and discover they were the big things.
128. Words cut more than swords.
129. Empathy is your pain in my heart.
130. Housework is something you do that nobody notices unless you don't do it
131. To love is to admire with the heart.
132. If we fill our hours with regrets of yesterday and with the worries of tomorrow, we have no today in which to be thankful.
133. Faith is not a sense, nor sight, nor reason, but a taking God at His Word.
134. It is easier to leave angry words unspoken than to mend a heart those words have broken.
135. The secret of happy living is not to do what you like but to like what you do.
136 Fear knocked at the door. Faith opened it to find no one there.
137. Each man can interpret another's experience only by his own.
138. Timely good deeds are nicer than afterthoughts.
139. The smallest good deed is better than the grandest intention.
140. A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small package.
141. Love your enemies: they'll go crazy trying to figure out what you're up to.
142. You will never win if you never begin.
143. There is nothing wrong with having nothing to say unless you insist on saying it.
144. Grumbling is the death of love.
145. Cold feet are usually the result of burnt fingers.
146. Criticism wouldn't be so hard to take if it weren't so often right.
147. Don't treat every situation as a "life" and "death" matter or you'll die a lot of times.
148. Good thoughts bear good fruit, bad thoughts bear bad fruit - and man is his own gardener.
149. Some people are like buttons on a shirt - always popping off.
150. To say the right thing at the right time, keep still most of the time.
151. Some people make the world more special just by being in it.
152. Appreciation is like salt - a little goes a long way to bring out the best in us.
153. No one can go back and make a brand new start, but anyone can start from here and make a brand new end.
154. Love looks not with the eye but with the heart.
155. Words break no bones, but they do break hearts.
156. Digging for facts is much better exercise than jumping to conclusions.
157. Don't be shy to ask for help. We all need to be needed. Help a friend feel needed.
158. Between tomorrow's dream and yesterday's regret is today's oppurtunity.
159. Learning to count is not as important as learning what counts.
160. Foolish mistakes are made by others; "unavoidable errors" are what we make.
161. A great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.
162. Truth is something that must be known in the mind,
accepted in the heart, and enacted in life.
163. You have to know the ropes in order to pull the strings.
164. True patience means waiting without worrying.
165. It's too bad that rusty brains don't squeak.
166. There is no better exercise for strengthening the heart than reaching down and lifting people up.
167. Growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy person has no time to form.
168. Marriage is a union in which joys are multiplied and troubles divided.
169. It is just as hard to live with a person you love as it is to love the person you live with.
170. Love rules without a sword, love binds without a cord.
171. It is better to understand a little than to misunderstand a lot.
172. A little thing is a little thing, but faithfulness in little things is a great thing.
173. Getting the facts is only half the job. The other half is to use them wisely.
174. Only He who can see the invisible can do the impossible.
175. We have committed the Golden Rule to memory; let us now commit it to life.
176. You can't get anywhere unless you start.
177. Love is the only thing that can be divided without being diminished.
178. When we are tired we are attacked by thoughts that we conquerred long ago.
179. You can;t help a person uphill without getting closer to the top yourself.
180. Yesterday is like a cancelled check. Tomorrow is a promissory not. Today is like ready cash. Use it wisely, for today is the most precious possession you can have.
181. The only thing in life achieved without effort is failure.
182. Every accomplishment, great or small, starts with "I'll try."
183. The straight and narrow path has no traffic problems.
184. Sometimes you can make a more effective statement by holding your tongue.
185. People need love, especially when they don't deserve it.
186. Love cannot be wasted. It makes no difference where it is bestowed; it always brings in big returns.
187. Soft-hearted instead of hard-headed that's what love is about.
188. It is easy to praise when things go right; but it is more precious to praise when things go wrong.
189. Getting me into hot water is often God's way of keeping me clean.
190. Learn to say kind thing nobody ever resents them.
191. There is a vast difference between putting your nose in other people's business and putting your heart in other people's problems.
192. Few of us get dizzy from doing too many good turns.
193. In taking revenge, a man is equal to his enemy; in passing over it, he is superior.
194. If you have accomplished all that you planned for your life, you have not planned enough.
195. If I feed my faith, my fears will starve to death.
196. Whatever your past has been, you still have a spotless future.
197. A real friend is one who helps us to think our best thoughts, do our noblest deeds, and be our finest selves.
198. To have what we want is riches; but to be able to do without is power.
199. Start some kind words on their travels who knows where the good it will do may stop?
200. Life is a grindstone. But whether it grinds us down or polishes us up depends on what we are made of.
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