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Chinese Proverb – adapt

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A wise man adapts himself to circumstances,
as water shapes itself to the vessel that contains it.

– Chinese Proverb

 

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Hebert George Wells – remember

“Because sometimes you have to step outside of the person you’ve been, and remember the person you were meant to be, the person you wanted to be, the person you are.”

Mark Twain – truth & remembering

“If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything.”

Confucius – tools

“The expectations of life depend upon diligence; the mechanic that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools.”

Reinhold Niebuhr – serenity prayer

“God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,
Courage to change the things I can,
And wisdom to know the difference.”

James Allen – mind’s garden

“A man’s mind may be likened to a garden, which may be intelligently cultivated or allowed to run wild; but whether cultivated or neglected, it must, and will, bring forth. If no useful seeds are put into it, then an abundance of useless weed seeds will fall therein, and will continue to produce their kind. “