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Where there's a will, there's a way.
- old English proverb
Which form of proverb do you prefer
Better late than never, or Better never than late?
- Lewis Carroll
A meowing cat can't catch mice.
- Yiddish Proverb
Do not use a hatchet to remove
a fly from your friend's forehead.
- Chinese Proverb
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Talk doesn't cook rice.
- Chinese Proverb
The person who says it cannot be done
should not interrupt the person who is doing it.
- Chinese proverb
Only a fool tests the depth of the water with both feet.
- African Proverb
Those who have free seats at a play hiss first.
- Chinese Proverb
The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
- Arabic Proverb and Chinese Proverb
He who takes medicine and neglects his diet
wastes the skill of his doctors.
- Chinese Proverb
No good comes from hurrying.
- Yiddish Proverb
All things at first appear difficult.
- Chinese proverb
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
- Lao Tzu (Chinese Proverb)
It is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.
- Chinese proverb often quoted by Eleanor Roosevelt
The truly rich are those who enjoy what they have.
- Yiddish Proverb
A bird does not sing because it has an answer.
It sings because it has a song.
- Chinese Proverb
Love me when I least deserve it,
because that's when I really need it.
- Swedish Proverb
Anger is like a thorn in the heart.
- Yiddish Proverb
Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow.
- Swedish Proverb
Every goodbye is the birth of a memory.
- Dutch Proverb
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
- Proverb
The man who can't dance thinks the band is no good.
- Polish Proverb
He who trusts all things to chance,
makes a lottery of his life
- Proverb
Carpe Diem (Seize the day)
- Latin Proverb
Envy breeds hate.
- Yiddish Proverb
A bad peace is better than a good war.
- Yiddish Proverb
Everyone should carefully observe
which way his heart draws him,
and then choose that way with all his strength.
- Hasidic 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
The show must go on.
- Proverb
Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence.
Talent will not;
nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent.
Genius will not;
unrewarded genius is almost a proverb.
Education will not;
the world is full of educated derelicts.
Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.
- Calvin Coolidge
Maybe So, Maybe Not.
- Ancient Taoist Proverb
If I keep a green bough in my heart the singing bird will come.
- Chinese proverb
We will be known forever by the tracks we leave.
- American Indian Proverb
Every dog has his day.
- Proverb
Habits are cobwebs at first, cables at last.
- Chinese proverb
Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.
- West African proverb famously quoted by Theodore Roosevelt
Good things come in small packages.
- old proverb
I hear and I forget.
I see and I remember.
I do and I understand.
- Chinese proverb
Everything is not as it appears to be.
- Proverb
If at first you don't succeed, try try again.
- Proverb
Be not afraid of growing slowly,
be afraid only of standing still.
- Chinese Proverb
It is better to be in chains with friends,
than to be in a garden with strangers.
- Persian Proverb
If the problem can be solved,
there is no use worrying about it.
If it can't be solved,
worrying will do no good.
- Tibetan proverb
Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.
- Buddhist proverb
Confidence is half of victory.
- Yiddish Proverb
A lie travels round the world while
truth is putting her boots on.
- French Proverb
(also attributed to Mark Twain, Winston Churchill, and others)
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
- Latin Proverb
Great oaks from little acorns grow.
- 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
He who hesitates is lost.
- Proverb
That which you hate to be done to you,
do not do to another.
- Ancient Egyptian Proverb
We do not inherit the Earth from our ancestors,
we borrow it from our children.
- Native American 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
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
Anger is often more hurtful than the injury that caused it.
- English Proverb
Don't ask questions about fairy tales.
- Yiddish Proverb
I wept because I had no shoes
until I met a man who had no feet.
- old Persian Proverb
You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps.
- old proverb often attributed to David Lloyd George
Strike while the iron is hot.
- Proverb
Yesterday is ashes.
Tomorrow is green wood.
Only today does the fire burn brightly.
- Eskimo Proverb
If things are not as you wish,
wish them as they are.
- Yiddish Proverb
Comparisons are odious.
- old English Proverb
The best mirror is an old friend.
- Proverb
Deal with the faults of others as gently as with your own.
- Chinese proverb
There is no pillow so soft as a clear conscience.
- French Proverb
March to the beat of your own drum.
- Proverb
Kindness is better than piety.
- Yiddish Proverb
It is darkest just before the dawn.
- Proverb
Listen to all, plucking a feather
from every passing goose,
but, follow no one absolutely.
- Chinese Proverb
Bad habits are like a comfortable bed,
easy to get into, but hard to get out of.
- Proverb
Examine what is said, not him who speaks.
- Arabian Proverb
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