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March 2019 Prompts
Various Proverbs, sayings and quotes. I hope you will like them.
1. Don’t let the noise of other’s opinions drown out your own inner voice. (1)
2. Relax. Nothing is under control. (2)
3. We walk alone in the world. Friends, such as we desire, are dreams and fables. (3)
4. Not failure, but low aim, is the crime. In great attempts it is glorious even to fail. (4)
5. One step in the wrong direction will cause you a thousand years of regret. (6)
6. If today would be the last of your life, would you do what you are going to do today? (1)
7. A’a i ka hula, waiho i ka maka’u i ka hale => Dare to dance, leave shame at home. (5)
8. All things are difficult before they are easy. (2)
9. Even in the mud and scum of things, something always, always sings. (3)
10. If you want to play, think about three things at the start: the rules of the game, the stakes, and the quitting time. (6)
11. Loneliness is only an opportunity to cut adrift and find yourself. (4)
12. There is no such thing as defeat until you admit so yourself, but not until then. (4)
13. Ukuli’i ka pua, onaona i ka mau’u =>Tiny is the flower, yet it scents the grasses around it. (5)
14. To forget one's ancestors is to be a brook without a source, a tree without a root. (6)
15. When you reach the top of the mountain, keep climbing. (2)
16. Dare to live the life you have dreamed for yourself. Go forward and make your dreams come true. (3)
17. There’s something much bigger than any of us here. (1)
18. Kuhi no ka lima, hele no ka maka. => Where the hands move, there let the eyes follow. (5)
19. We can't change the direction of the wind, but we can adjust the sails. (6)
20. It’s more fun to be a pirate than to join the Navy. (1)
21. A flower does not think of competing with the flower next to it. It just blooms. (2)
22. Kahuna Nui Hale Kealohalani Makua => Love all you see, including yourself. (5)
23. Love is egotism of two. (4)
24. Violence is not power, but the absence of power. (3)
25. To control the mind is like trying to control a drunken monkey that has been bitten by a scorpion. (6)
26. Do you want to spend the rest of your life selling sugared water or do you want a chance to change the world? (1)
27. We are not disturbed by what happens to us, but by our thoughts about what might happen to us. (2)
28. You can never step in the same river twice, my friend. Like flowing water, life is a perpetual movement. (4)
29. No Keia La, No Keia Po, A Mau Loa => From this day, from this night, forever more. (5)
30. If you live in the river you should make friends with the crocodile. (6)
31. Do not be too timid and squeamish about your reactions. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better. (3)
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(1) Quotes by Steve Jobs
(2) Zen Quotes/Sayings
(3) Quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson
(4) Quotes by Bruce Lee
(5) Hawaiian Proverbs/Sayings
(6) Asian Proverbs/Sayings
1. Don’t let the noise of other’s opinions drown out your own inner voice. (1)
2. Relax. Nothing is under control. (2)
3. We walk alone in the world. Friends, such as we desire, are dreams and fables. (3)
4. Not failure, but low aim, is the crime. In great attempts it is glorious even to fail. (4)
5. One step in the wrong direction will cause you a thousand years of regret. (6)
6. If today would be the last of your life, would you do what you are going to do today? (1)
7. A’a i ka hula, waiho i ka maka’u i ka hale => Dare to dance, leave shame at home. (5)
8. All things are difficult before they are easy. (2)
9. Even in the mud and scum of things, something always, always sings. (3)
10. If you want to play, think about three things at the start: the rules of the game, the stakes, and the quitting time. (6)
11. Loneliness is only an opportunity to cut adrift and find yourself. (4)
12. There is no such thing as defeat until you admit so yourself, but not until then. (4)
13. Ukuli’i ka pua, onaona i ka mau’u =>Tiny is the flower, yet it scents the grasses around it. (5)
14. To forget one's ancestors is to be a brook without a source, a tree without a root. (6)
15. When you reach the top of the mountain, keep climbing. (2)
16. Dare to live the life you have dreamed for yourself. Go forward and make your dreams come true. (3)
17. There’s something much bigger than any of us here. (1)
18. Kuhi no ka lima, hele no ka maka. => Where the hands move, there let the eyes follow. (5)
19. We can't change the direction of the wind, but we can adjust the sails. (6)
20. It’s more fun to be a pirate than to join the Navy. (1)
21. A flower does not think of competing with the flower next to it. It just blooms. (2)
22. Kahuna Nui Hale Kealohalani Makua => Love all you see, including yourself. (5)
23. Love is egotism of two. (4)
24. Violence is not power, but the absence of power. (3)
25. To control the mind is like trying to control a drunken monkey that has been bitten by a scorpion. (6)
26. Do you want to spend the rest of your life selling sugared water or do you want a chance to change the world? (1)
27. We are not disturbed by what happens to us, but by our thoughts about what might happen to us. (2)
28. You can never step in the same river twice, my friend. Like flowing water, life is a perpetual movement. (4)
29. No Keia La, No Keia Po, A Mau Loa => From this day, from this night, forever more. (5)
30. If you live in the river you should make friends with the crocodile. (6)
31. Do not be too timid and squeamish about your reactions. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better. (3)
:::
(1) Quotes by Steve Jobs
(2) Zen Quotes/Sayings
(3) Quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson
(4) Quotes by Bruce Lee
(5) Hawaiian Proverbs/Sayings
(6) Asian Proverbs/Sayings