We can only

We can only be what we give ourselves the power to be.

~Native American proverb

And yet there is only

And yet there is only

One great thing,

the only thing,

To live to see

in huts and on journeys

The great day that dawns

And the light 

that fills the world.

~Innuit Saying

Before

"Before you embark on a journey of revenge,
dig two graves."

~Confucius

Yesterday is ashes

Yesterday is ashes.
Tomorrow is green wood.
Only today does the fire burn brightly.

- Eskimo Saying

Borrowing

Borrowing is not much better than begging; just as lending with interest is not much better than stealing.

~Doris Lessing

The quickest way

The quickest way to double your money is to fold it over and put it back in your pocket.

~Will Rogers

Knowing others

"Knowing others is intelligence;
knowing yourself is true wisdom.
Mastering others is strength;
mastering yourself is true power.
If you realize that you have enough,
you are truly rich.
If you stay in the centre and embrace death with your whole heart,
you will endure forever."

~Lao-tzu

An open door

An open door invites callers.

~Turkish Proverb

Work

Work out your own salvation.
Do not depend on others.

~Buddha

The mountains

The mountains, I become a part of it... The morning mists, the clouds, the gathering waters, I become a part of it.

~Navajo Chant

Walk

Walk this world with hearts on fire.

~Celtic saying

You may delay

You may delay, but time will not.

~Benjamin Franklin

May your home

May your home always be too small to hold all your friends.
God is good, but never dance
in a small boat.

~an old Irish saying

If

If you're enough lucky to be Irish...
You're lucky enough!

~an old Irish saying

'Tis better

'Tis better to buy a small bouquet
And give to your friend this very day,
Than a bushel of roses white and red
To lay on his coffin after he's dead.

~an old Irish saying

There are a good many reasons

There are many good reasons for drinking,
One has just entered my head.
If a man doesn't drink when he's living,
How in the hell can he drink when he's dead?

~an old Irish Saying

To put the world in order

"To put the world in order, we must first put the nation in order; to put the nation in order, we must put the family in order; to put the family in order, we must cultivate our personal life; and to cultivate our personal life, we must first set our hearts right."

~Confucius

Any man

Any man can lose his hat in a fairy-wind.

~Irish Saying

Who does not

"Who does not thank for little will not thank for much."

-- Estonian proverb

Some days you’re the bug

Some days you’re the bug; some days you’re the windshield.

~unknown