Thoughts on Proverbs

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A man's pride shall bring him low,
but honor shall uphold the humble in spirit.
- Proverbs 29:23

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For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he.
- Proverbs 23:7

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

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The truly rich are those who enjoy what they have.
- Yiddish Proverb

Where there's a will, there's a way.
- old English proverb

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
- Lao Tzu (Chinese Proverb)

All things at first appear difficult.
- Chinese proverb

A bird does not sing because it has an answer.
It sings because it has a song.
- Chinese Proverb

He who takes medicine and neglects his diet
wastes the skill of his doctors.
- Chinese Proverb

Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow.
- Swedish Proverb

Love me when I least deserve it,
because that's when I really need it.
- Swedish Proverb

No good comes from hurrying.
- Yiddish 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

If I keep a green bough in my heart the singing bird will come.
- Chinese proverb

Treat the earth well,
It was not given to you by your parents,
It was loaned to you by your children.
- Native American Proverb

One can pay back the loan of gold,
but one dies forever in debt to those who are kind.
- Malayan Proverb

We do not inherit the Earth from our ancestors,
we borrow it from our children.
- Native American Proverb

I wept because I had no shoes
until I met a man who had no feet.
- old Persian Proverb

Deal with the faults of others as gently as with your own.
- Chinese proverb

Comparisons are odious.
- old English Proverb

Kindness is better than piety.
- Yiddish Proverb

Fall seven times, stand up eight.
- Japanese Proverb

If I try to be like him, who will be like me?
- Yiddish proverb

If you are patient in one moment of anger,
you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.
- Chinese Proverb

If things are not as you wish,
wish them as they are.
- Yiddish Proverb

March to the beat of your own drum.
- Proverb

Yesterday is ashes.
Tomorrow is green wood.
Only today does the fire burn brightly.
- Eskimo Proverb

Fear makes the wolf bigger than he is.
- German Proverb

Carpe Diem (Seize the day)
- Latin Proverb

Which form of proverb do you prefer
Better late than never, or Better never than late?
- Lewis Carroll

When the music changes, so does the dance.
- African Proverb

Actions speak louder than words.
- Proverb

Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.
- West African proverb famously quoted by Theodore Roosevelt

The beginning of wisdom is to
call things by their right names.
- Chinese proverb

Strike while the iron is hot.
- Proverb

A man is not old until his regrets take the place of his dreams.
- Yiddish Proverb

I hear and I forget.
I see and I remember.
I do and I understand.
- Chinese proverb

Behind an able man there are always other able men.
- Chinese proverb

Necessity is the mother of invention.
- Proverb

Good things come in small packages.
- old proverb

Every cloud has a silver lining.
- Proverb

Confidence is half of victory.
- Yiddish Proverb

Bad habits are like a comfortable bed,
easy to get into, but hard to get out of.
- Proverb

Wherever you go, there you are.
- Traditional Zen Proverb

Great oaks from little acorns grow.
- Proverb

Listen to all, plucking a feather
from every passing goose,
but, follow no one absolutely.
- Chinese Proverb

If you understand, things are just as they are;
if you do not understand, things are just as they are.
- Zen Proverb

Be not afraid of growing slowly,
be afraid only of standing still.
- Chinese Proverb

Everyone should carefully observe
which way his heart draws him,
and then choose that way with all his strength.
- Hasidic Proverb

You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps.
- old proverb often attributed to David Lloyd George

A wise man hears one word and understands two.
- Yiddish 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

He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes.
He who does not ask a question remains a fool forever.
- Chinese Proverb

Man plans, God laughs
- Yiddish Proverb

Habits are cobwebs at first, cables at last.
- Chinese 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

Examine what is said, not him who speaks.
- Arabian Proverb

Experience is the best teacher.
- Proverb

It is darkest just before the dawn.
- Proverb

A closed mind is like a closed book;
just a block of wood.
- Chinese proverb

Seize the day (Carpe Diem)
- ancient Roman proverb

All's well that ends well.
- Proverb (and title of a Shakespeare play)

If at first you don't succeed, try try again.
- Proverb

Time cures all things.
- Proverb

Many hands make light work.
- Proverb

That which you hate to be done to you,
do not do to another.
- Ancient Egyptian Proverb

Everyone is wise, until he speaks.
- Irish proverb

When the student is ready, the teacher will appear.
- Buddhist Proverb

Better late than never.
- Proverb

Live and let live.
- Yiddish Proverb

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