budak senaling: Thoughts 31OCT2013

30 October 2013

Listen a hundred times; ponder a thousand times; speak once - Kurdish Proverb

Ahjar xih u gharef milli zaghzugh u ibleh - Maltese Proverb

Better (marry) an old but wise man than a young but foolish man - Maltese Proverb

A person is a person because of other persons - South Sotho Proverb

Con el tiempo y la paciencia se adquiere la ciencia - Spanish Proverb

Patience, time and money accommodate all things - Spanish Proverb

People are often unreasonable, illogical and self-centred; Forgive them anyway
If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives; Be kind anyway.
If you are successful, you will win some false friends and true enemies; Succeed anyway.
If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you; Be honest and frank anyway.
What you spend years building, someone may destroy overnight; Build anyway.
If you find serenity and happiness, others may be jealous; Be happy anyway.
The good you do today, people may often forget tomorrow; Do good anyway.
Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough; Give the world the best you got anyway.
You see, in the final analysis, it is all between you and GOD; It was never between you and them anyway.
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Written by Kent M Keith when he was 19, first published by the Harvard Student Agencies in 1968.