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Proverbs

"Every path has its puddle." English Proverb

"There is a great distance between said and done." Puerto Rican proverb

"Half an orange tastes as sweet as a whole one." traditional Chinese proverb

"If you want happiness for an hour -- take a nap. If you want happiness for a day -- go fishing. If you want happiness for a month -- get married. If you want happiness for a year -- inherit a fortune. If you want happiness for a lifetime -- help someone else." Chinese proverb

"A happy heart is better than a full purse." Italian proverb

"Those who have one foot in the canoe, and one foot in the boat are going to fall into the river." Native American Proverb

"For breath is life, and if you breathe well you will live long on earth." Sanskrit Proverb

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

"Sticks in a bundle are unbreakable." Kenyan Proverb

"The more one worries, the older one gets. The more one laughs, the younger one feels." Chinese Proverbs

"Love me when I least deserve it because that is when I really need it." Swedish proverb

"A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows public opinion." Chinese Proverb

"When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you." African Proverb

"Life is a bridge. Cross over it, but build no house on it." Indian proverb

"Habits are first cobwebs, then cables." Spanish proverb

"When arguing with a stone an egg is always wrong." African proverb

"The injury we do and the one we suffer are not weighed in the same scale." Aesop

"Insults should be written in sand, compliments should be carved in stone." Arab Proverb

"An ounce of mother is worth a pound of clergy." Spanish Proverb

"Make friends before you need them." Unknown

."When spider webs unite, they can tie up a lion." Ethiopian proverb

"A bar of iron continually ground becomes a needle." Chinese proverb

"You can't stop a bird from flying into your hair, but you don't have to help him build a nest." unknown

"God gave burdens, also shoulders." Yiddish Proverb


"A branch that doesn't bend, breaks." Proverb

"Everyone is kneaded out of the same dough but not baked in the same oven." Yiddish proverb

"If we are facing in the right direction, all we have to do is keep on walking." Buddhist proverb

"When the wind changes direction, there are those who build walls and those who build windmills." Chinese proverb

"If you want to go quickly, go alone. If you want to go far, go together." African proverb

"Where there are too many policemen, there is no liberty. Where there are too many soldiers, there is no peace. Where there are too many lawyers, there is no justice." Lin Yutang

"What breaks in a moment may take years to repair." Swedish Proverb

"Talk does not cook rice." Chinese proverb

"You can't unscramble eggs." John Pierpont Morgan

"To speak kindly does not hurt the tongue." proverb

"Children act in the village as they have learned at home." Swedish proverb

"May your life be like a wildflower growing freely in the beauty and joy of each day."  Indian Proverb

"What is the use of running when we are not on the right road." German Proverb

"We're fools whether we dance or not, so we might as well dance." Japanese proverb

"Man stands in his own shadow and wonders why it's dark." Zen proverb

"Gratitude is the heart's memory." French Proverb

"Perhaps they are not stars, but rather openings in heaven where the love of our lost ones pours through and shines down upon us to let us know they are happy." Eskimo proverb

"He who would be a leader must be a bridge." Welsh proverb

"If you don't know the trees you may be lost in the forest, but if you don't know the stories you may be lost in life." Siberian Elder

"Nothing is as new as something which has long been forgotten." Proverb

"It's not the towering sail, but the unseen wind that moves the ship." Proverb

"It takes a thousand voices to tell a single story." Native American saying

"I am the connections that I weave." African proverb

"Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow." Swedish proverb

"Just sitting quietly, doing nothing, Spring comes, and the grass grows by itself." Zen proverb

"No matter how far you have gone on a wrong road, turn back." Turkish Proverb

"If you keep a green bough in your heart, then the singing bird will come." Chinese Proverb

"Spring is sooner recognized by plants than by men." Chinese Proverb

"One may go a long way after one is tired." French proverb

"An ant on the move does more than a dozing ox." Lao Tzu

"If you have to eat three frogs, eat the biggest one first and don't think about it too much." proverb

"You can out-distance that which is running after you, but not what is running inside you." Rwandan Proverb

"Winter either bites with its teeth or lashes with its tail." Proverb

"The Great Way has no gate. There are a thousand paths to it." Wu-men

"Don't throw away the old bucket until you know whether the new one holds water." Swedish proverb

"No one can see their reflection in running water. It is only in still water that we can see." Taoist proverb

"If you devote your life to seeking revenge, first dig two graves." Confucius, philosopher and teacher (c. 551-478 BCE)

“God gives every bird his worm, but he does not throw it into the nest.” Swedish proverb

"A man grows most tired while standing still." Chinese proverb

"Do not rely on a rabbit's foot for luck, after all, it didn't work out too well for the rabbit." Unknown

"Keep a green tree in your heart and perhaps a singing bird will come." Chinese proverb

if you chase two rabbits, you catch neither." Proverb

"Perhaps they are not stars in the sky, but rather openings where our loved ones shine down to let us know they are happy." Eskimo saying

“One who sits between two chairs may easily fall down.” Proverb

“Doing what you love is freedom. Loving what you do is happiness.” Fortune cookie

“Lower your voice and strengthen your argument.” Lebanese proverb

“Learning is weightless, a treasure you can always carry easily.” Chinese Proverb

“The higher the ape climbs the more he shows his rump.” French proverb

“You can't wake a person who is pretending to be asleep.” Navajo Proverb

“The man who strikes first admits that his ideas have given out.” Chinese proverb

“When eating bamboo sprouts, remember the man who planted them.” Chinese Proverb

“There are three truths: my truth, your truth, and the truth.” Chinese proverb

“There's a Chinese proverb that I think is true: You often find your destiny on the path you take to avoid it.” Hector Elizondo

“Promises are like the full moon: if they are not kept at once they diminish day by day.” German proverb

“No matter how far you have gone on the wrong road, turn back.” Turkish proverb

“Destiny spoils plans.” Turkish Proverb

“When two elephants fight it is the grass that gets trampled.” African proverb

“A bit of perfume always clings to the hand that gives the rose.” Chinese proverb

“Never forget that only dead fish swim with the stream.” Malcolm Muggeridge

“He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever.” Chinese Proverb

“Learning is like rowing upstream: not to advance is to drop back.” Chinese proverb

“Love makes time pass. Time makes love pass.” French Sundial Motto

“No snowflake ever falls in the wrong place.” Zen saying

“Do not be afraid of going slowly, be afraid only of standing still.” Chinese Proverb

“Indecision is like a stepchild: if he does not wash his hands, he is called dirty, if he does, he is wasting water.” African Proverb

“Never test the depth of the water with both feet.” Anonymous

“One meets his destiny often in the road he takes to avoid it." French Proverb

“If your mind isn’t clouded by unnecessary things, this moment is the best moment of your life.” Zen proverb

“Fish live in streams
Birds nest in trees
Human beings dwell
In warm hearts.” Japanese folk saying

“Fear less, hope more; eat less, chew more; whine less, breathe more; talk less, say more; love more, and all good things will be yours.” Swedish proverb

“Although gold dust is precious, when it gets in your eyes, it obstructs your vision.” Hsi-Tang

“Take hold lightly; let go lightly. This is one of the great secrets of felicity in love.” Spanish Proverb

“Put off for one day and ten days will pass.” Korean Proverb

“Use soft words and hard arguments.” English proverb

“If a man does only what is required of him, he is a slave. If a man does more than is required of him, he is a free man.” Chinese Proverb

“Once the game is over, the king and the pawn go back into the same box.” Italian proverb

“You cannot prevent the birds of sorrow from flying over your head, but you can prevent them from building nests in your hair.” Chinese Proverb

“There is no medicine for stupidity.” Japanese saying

“If you are planning for a year, sow rice; if you are planning for a decade, plant trees; if you are planning for a lifetime, educate people.” Chinese proverb

“A man who has committed a mistake and doesn't correct it is committing another mistake.” Confucius

“Deal with the faults of others as gently as your own.” Chinese Proverb

“Fear less, hope more; eat less, chew more; whine less, breathe more; talk less, say more; love more, and all good things will be yours.” Swedish proverb

“Four things come not back -- the spoken word, the sped arrow, the past life, and the neglected opportunity.” Arabian Proverb

“When two elephants fight it is the grass that suffers.” African Proverb

“None of the secrets of success will work unless you do.” Chinese proverb

“The bamboo that bends is stronger than the oak that resists.” Japanese proverb

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