The Effect of Proverbs
Proverbs, written by
philosophers or famous people, have a positive effect on us. When you read a proverb you like, it is recommended to copy it and to attach it to places around you house where you can see it often. The following proverbs were copied from the following websites:
http://www.worldofquotes.com/author/index.html
http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/a.html
* Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new. By Albert Einstein
* The past cannot be changed. The future is yet in your power. By Mary Pickford
* Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm. By Winston Churchill
* Being happy doesn't mean that everything is perfect. It means that you've decided to look beyond the imperfections. By Aristotle
* A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty. By Winston Churchill
* The world is full of suffering. It is also full to overcoming it. By Helen Keller
* Happiness is not the absence of problems but the ability to deal with them. Buddha
* Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly. By Robert F. Kennedy
* Worrying does not take away tomorrow's troubles; it takes away today's peace.
* The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty. By Winston Churchill
* Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new. By Albert Einstein
* All men make mistakes, but only wise men learn from their mistakes. By Winston Churchill
* Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value. By Albert Einstein
* People are lonely because they build walls instead of bridges. By Abraham Lincoln
* The only real failure in life is the failure to try. By Frederick Smith
* I had the blue because I had no shoes - until upon the street I met a man who had no feet. By Dale Carnegie
* To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you.
* Without goal and plans to reach them, you are like a ship that has set sail with no destination.
* Shared joy is double joy; shared sorrow is half a sorrow.
* If you think every day is not a good day, just try missing one.
* The past and the future are important, but don't miss out on the present: it will soon be gone!
* If you don't like doing something, don't do it. If you have to do it, change your attitude.
* You can't control what anyone else does. You can only control your response.
Fables
Fable of the Porcupine - It was the coldest winter ever - many animals died because of the cold. The porcupines, realizing the situation, decided to group together. This way they covered and protected themselves; but the quills of each one wounded their closest companions even though they gave off heat to each other. After awhile they decided to distance themselves one from the other and they began to die, alone and frozen so they had to make a choice: either accept the quills of their companions or disappear from the Earth. Wisely, they decided to go back to being together. This way they learned to live with the little wounds that were caused by the close relationship with
their companion, but the most important part of it, was the heat that came from the others. This way they were able to survive.
Moral of the Story:
The best relationship is not the one that brings together perfect people, but the best is when each individual learns to live with the imperfections of others and can admire the other person's good qualities.