Words to Live By in a New Year

Here are some proverbs that have been influential in my life. Hope everyone has a wonderful New Year!

"Better than a thousand days of diligent study is one day with a great teacher." --Japanese Proverb

"The distance is great from the firm belief to the realization from concrete experience." --Isabella I of Spain

"Always and in every way be humble, yet not so humble that you become foolish and neglect truth and justice wherever you can put them into practice." --Hadewijch of Antwerp

"The risk of a wrong decision is preferable to the terror of indecision." --Maimonides

"Everyone has been made for some particular work, and the desire for that work has been put in every heart." --Jalal ad-Din Rumi

"Knowledge is the true origin of sight, not the eyes."--Panchatantra

"Don't throw away your old shoes until you have got new ones." --Dutch proverb

"Engage in teaching and study and gather as much as you can." --Yeshe Tsogyal

"To be prepared is half the victory." --Miguel de Cervantes

""The secret of all victory lies in the organization of the non-obvious." --Marcus Aurelius

"There is nothing new except what has been forgotten." --Marie Anoinette

"Listen a hundred times, ponder a thousand times, speak once." --Turkish proverb

"...examine prudently what words of fittingly proper advice you would offer, and when and to whom and how you would do it." --Dhuoda of Septimania

"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance." --Socrates

"What greater or better gift can wee offer the republic than to tech and instruct our youth?" --Marcus Cicero

"If we had no winter, the spring wouldn ot be so pleasant; if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome." --Anne Bradstreet

"I like to praise and reward loudly, but blame quietly." --Catherine the Great