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A proverb is much matter distilled into few words.
- R. Buckminster Fuller
Where there's a will, there's a way.
- old English proverb
All things at first appear difficult.
- Chinese proverb
The truly rich are those who enjoy what they have.
- Yiddish Proverb
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A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
- Lao Tzu (Chinese Proverb)
A bird does not sing because it has an answer.
It sings because it has a song.
- Chinese Proverb
No good comes from hurrying.
- Yiddish Proverb
Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow.
- Swedish Proverb
He who takes medicine and neglects his diet
wastes the skill of his doctors.
- Chinese Proverb
Anger is like a thorn in the heart.
- Yiddish Proverb
It is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.
- Chinese proverb often quoted by Eleanor Roosevelt
The man who can't dance thinks the band is no good.
- Polish Proverb
Fall seven times, stand up eight.
- Japanese Proverb
A bad peace is better than a good war.
- Yiddish Proverb
Envy breeds hate.
- Yiddish Proverb
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
- Proverb
A man too busy to take care of his health is like
a mechanic too busy to take care of his tools.
- Spanish Proverb
Comparisons are odious.
- old English Proverb
The show must go on.
- Proverb
Love me when I least deserve it,
because that's when I really need it.
- Swedish Proverb
We do not inherit the Earth from our ancestors,
we borrow it from our children.
- Native American Proverb
If things are not as you wish,
wish them as they are.
- Yiddish Proverb
Actions speak louder than words.
- Proverb
Strike while the iron is hot.
- Proverb
It is darkest just before the dawn.
- Proverb
Experience is the best teacher.
- Proverb
Great oaks from little acorns grow.
- Proverb
If I try to be like him, who will be like me?
- Yiddish proverb
A wise man hears one word and understands two.
- Yiddish Proverb
When the student is ready, the teacher will appear.
- Buddhist Proverb
Examine what is said, not him who speaks.
- Arabian Proverb
Fear makes the wolf bigger than he is.
- German Proverb
Many hands make light work.
- Proverb
Don't ask questions about fairy tales.
- Yiddish Proverb
When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced.
Live your life so that when you die,
the world cries and you rejoice.
- Indian Proverb
Wherever you go, there you are.
- Traditional Zen Proverb
Good things come in small packages.
- old proverb
Man plans, God laughs
- Yiddish Proverb
A man is not old until his regrets take the place of his dreams.
- Yiddish Proverb
Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.
- Buddhist proverb
Habits are cobwebs at first, cables at last.
- Chinese proverb
Listen to all, plucking a feather
from every passing goose,
but, follow no one absolutely.
- Chinese Proverb
Everyone is wise, until he speaks.
- Irish proverb
Time cures all things.
- Proverb
You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps.
- old proverb often attributed to David Lloyd George
Which form of proverb do you prefer
Better late than never, or Better never than late?
- Lewis Carroll
We will be known forever by the tracks we leave.
- American Indian Proverb
He who hesitates is lost.
- Proverb
Every dog has his day.
- Proverb
Seize the day (Carpe Diem)
- ancient Roman proverb
He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes.
He who does not ask a question remains a fool forever.
- Chinese Proverb
Confidence is half of victory.
- Yiddish Proverb
Live and let live.
- Yiddish Proverb
The beginning of wisdom is to
call things by their right names.
- Chinese proverb
Listen or your tongue will keep you deaf.
- Native American Proverb
Every cloud has a silver lining.
- Proverb
I hear and I forget.
I see and I remember.
I do and I understand.
- Chinese proverb
Better late than never.
- Proverb
Anger is often more hurtful than the injury that caused it.
- English Proverb
When the music changes, so does the dance.
- African Proverb
Yesterday is ashes.
Tomorrow is green wood.
Only today does the fire burn brightly.
- Eskimo Proverb
Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day,
teach a man to fish and he will eat for a lifetime.
- Chinese Proverb
Everyone should carefully observe
which way his heart draws him,
and then choose that way with all his strength.
- Hasidic Proverb
March to the beat of your own drum.
- Proverb
Bad habits are like a comfortable bed,
easy to get into, but hard to get out of.
- Proverb
A closed mind is like a closed book;
just a block of wood.
- Chinese proverb
Maybe So, Maybe Not.
- Ancient Taoist Proverb
Everything is not as it appears to be.
- Proverb
Necessity is the mother of invention.
- Proverb
If you understand, things are just as they are;
if you do not understand, things are just as they are.
- Zen Proverb
All's well that ends well.
- Proverb (and title of a Shakespeare play)
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