Proverbs Quotes

It's impossible to lose that which does not belong to you.

Michael de Larrabeiti

When you go to see the lake, you also see the hippos.

William Kamkwamba

Feed a squirrel and he'll leave you alone every day.

Let thy discontents be thy secrets

Benjamin Franklin

We aren't going to choose paths of wisdom if we don't trust the One who has marked out those paths for us. Fear of the Lord is trust in the Lord

Lydia Brownback

How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!

Anonymous

Better a little with righteousnessthan much gain with injustice.

When you do a bad deed, if God did not forgive you, it might punishes you at the same time of conducting the bad deed, or it will take forty years, if during forty years you did not get the punishment, be sure will keep the punishment for you to the day of judgment.

Kamaran Ihsan Salih

It was the call for animals that have two horns that brought out the snail

Ikechukwu Joseph

Going to upward is hard, facing downward is harder, that's why you have to be well prepared.

Kamaran Ihsan Salih

Don't confuse the finger for the moon

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El hambre agudiza el ingenio,” said Raphael.Hunger sharpens the wit.“Good proverb,” said Magnus. “However, like most proverbs, it sounds wise and yet does not actually clarify anything.

Cassandra Clare

Naogopa simba na meno yake siogopi mtu kwa maneno yake(I fear a lion with his strong teeth but not a man with his words)

A knife may scar a body, but a careless word will wound a soul.

Bangambiki Habyarimana

Commit your work to the Lord, and then your plans will succeed.” (Proverbs 16:3).

Bible

When the cat gets hungry, it starts to steal.

Kamaran Ihsan Salih

There is no death, only a change of worlds.

Duwamish Proverb

There are no good men among the living, and no bad ones among the dead

Pashtun Proverb

Never sell the bear's skin before one has killed the beast.

Jean de La Fontaine

A club hurts the flesh, but evil words hurt the bone. -Traditional Chinese Proverb

The English have a proverb, 'Conscience makes cowboys of us all'.

Saki

Don't marry for money, you can borrow it cheaper.

Scottish Proverb

Don't take any wooden Bitcoins.

Sandra Peterson Ramirez

Do you know Eastern proverbs?"Unskilled guns, but... The more guns, the likely they will hit..."I've got plenty of Akuma to go around.

Katsura Hoshino

He sleeps for himself and dreams for others.

Anonymous

That which falls off a lorry belongs to he who follows the lorry.

Michael de Larrabeiti

A bird in the hand was worth two in the bush, he told her, to which she retorted that a proverb was the last refuge of the mentally destitute.

W Somerset Maugham

She is clothed in strength and dignity, and she laughs without fear of the future.

Anonymous

Out here, it's better safe than sorry, because generally speaking, too much of the time sorry means you're dead.

Patricia C. Wrede

Steer your boat with justice: forge A tongue on truth's anvil.

Pindar

Where there's smoke around a conservative, there are journalists furiously rubbing two sticks together.

The young must not scoff at the old, for flowers don’t bloom forever

Mo Yan

A truth spoken before its time is dangerous.

There’s a Russian proverb: To taste the ocean, all you need is one gulp.

The bitter heart eats its owner...

Don't think there are no crocodiles because the water is calm.

Malayan proverb

What is coming is better than what is gone..

In a lawsuit the first to speak seems right,until someone comes forward and cross-examines.

My grandfather used to wear a black hat and coat. You are my children. You are my jewels. We old ones invest our future in you.

a burning light(light having oil) will burn to a glowing light which will grow into a shining light to become an illuminator

Ikechukwu Joseph

Every flower can flourish with fertile soil and water.

Lailah Gifty Akita

If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don't have to worry about answers.

when you fall into darkness do not spend all your energy and light rather than to remain in darkness.

Kamaran Ihsan Salih

To some life is a complaint, to some it is a competition and to some it is a conquest.

That the birds of worry and care fly over you head, this you cannot change, but that they build nests in your hair, this you can prevent." - Chinese Proverb

Anonymous

Life - with or without softener- is hard

Death is the dance of Life.

Lailah Gifty Akita

It is the crow of the cock that announced the break of the dayMeaning: It is good to act in time…ik

Ikechukwu Joseph

Can a broken cisterns hold water?

Lailah Gifty Akita

Ability to find the answers is more important than ability to know the answers.

Danger is the snack food of a true sleuth.

Breaking the personality is like cutting the tree in its trunk, it needs years to be grown as it was‌.

Kamaran Ihsan Salih

No matter how big a hen's hut is, it must bow to enter

Ikechukwu Joseph

Self-reliance is an America virtue but not a biblical value. Solomon wrote, "The way of fools seems right to them, but the wise listen to advice." (Proverbs 12:15) The word 'listen' carries with it the meaning of seeking out as well as receiving advice. A lot of pain can be prevented if leaders would just check in with their coach before a making a big decision.

A little bump in the road is just a bump. There's more ahead until you reach your destination.

An intelligent enemy,' he would say, stroking his beard as if it were a bristly pet, 'rather than a foolish friend.' Or, 'He learnt the language of pigeons, and forgot his own.' Or, the favourite of Jan Fishan Khan: 'Nothing is what it seems.

When the Lord's request comes, will remove all other demands.

Kamaran Ihsan Salih

Be who your are, do not be what people want you to be

Kamaran Ihsan Salih

Do a bit research before you plan.

Kamaran Ihsan Salih

He who has a generous eye will be blessed, for he gives of his bread to the poor (Proverbs 22:9).

Anonymous

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