A proverb is a short sentence based on long experience. - Miguel de Cervantes

Journal # 5 ~ Just Purple

There's always retrospect to light a clearer path. - Emily Saliers

Just because you don't get the meaning doesn't mean it's not meaningful. - Pat Nicosia

The bad news is that time flies. The good news is that you're the pilot. - Michael Altshuler

Life is simply a reflection of your actions. If you want more love in the world, create more love in your heart. If you want more competence in your team, improve your competence. This applies to all aspects of life. - Unknown

Try and live your life the way you wish other people would live theirs. - Raymond Burr

I looked up the road I was going and back the way I came, and since I wasn't satisfied, I decided to step off the road and cut me a new path. - Annie Johnson

To really enjoy the fire, try chopping your own wood. - Unknown

Those who have one foot in the canoe and one foot in the boat are going to fall into the river. - Tuscarora Indian Proverb

We will be known forever by the tracks we leave. - Dakota Indian Proverb

Do not judge your neighbor until you walk two moons in his moccasins. - Cheyenne Proverb

Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow ~ Walk beside me, that we may be as one. - Ute Proverb

Do not only point out the way, but lead the way. - Sioux Proverb

Arrange whatever pieces come your way. - Virginia Woolfe

Do not climb the hill until you get to it. - English Proverb

You can clutch the past so tightly that it leaves your arms too full to embrace the present. - Jan Glidewell

Give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way. - Native American Saying

What a world this would be if we just built bridges instead of walls. - Carlos Ramirez

The place you are in needs you today. - Katherine Logan
Not failure, but low aim, is a crime. - James Russell Lowell

Someone's opinion of you does not have to become your reality. - M. Washington

Nobody rises to low expectations. - Calvin Lloyd

Character is much easier kept than recovered. - Thomas Paine

Live so that you wouldn't be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the town gossip. - Will Rogers

Make yourself into a sheep, and you'll meet a wolf nearby. - Russion Proverb

The fire that seems so cruel is the light that shows your strength. - Ella Wheeler Wilcox

What can you do to promote world peace? Go home and love your families. - Mother Teresa

Two kinds of people on earth can be seen: the people who lift and the people who lean. - Ella Wheeler Wilcox

If all pulled in one direction, the world would keel over. - Yiddish Proverb

We do not inherit the land from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children. Native American Proverb

The only way to make sure people you agree with can speak is to support the rights of people you don't agree with. - Eleanor Holmes Norton