For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he.
- Proverbs 23:7
A man's pride shall bring him low,
but honor shall uphold the humble in spirit.
- Proverbs 29:23
Which form of proverb do you prefer
Better late than never, or Better never than late?
- Lewis Carroll
Only a fool tests the depth of the water with both feet.
- African Proverb
Where there's a will, there's a way.
- old English proverb 
Those who have free seats at a play hiss first.
- Chinese Proverb
Do not use a hatchet to remove
a fly from your friend's forehead.
- Chinese Proverb
A meowing cat can't catch mice.
- Yiddish Proverb
The person who says it cannot be done
should not interrupt the person who is doing it.
- Chinese proverb
The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
- Arabic Proverb and Chinese Proverb
Talk doesn't cook rice.
- 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
A bird does not sing because it has an answer.
It sings because it has a song.
- Chinese Proverb
Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow.
- Swedish Proverb
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
- Lao Tzu (Chinese Proverb)
The truly rich are those who enjoy what they have.
- Yiddish Proverb
All things at first appear difficult.
- Chinese proverb
Anger is like a thorn in the heart.
- Yiddish Proverb
Love me when I least deserve it,
because that's when I really need it.
- Swedish 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
The show must go on.
- Proverb
Envy breeds hate.
- Yiddish Proverb
He who trusts all things to chance,
makes a lottery of his life
- Proverb
Every goodbye is the birth of a memory.
- Dutch Proverb
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
- Proverb
A bad peace is better than a good war.
- Yiddish Proverb
Carpe Diem (Seize the day)
- Latin 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
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
We do not inherit the Earth from our ancestors,
we borrow it from our children.
- Native American Proverb
The best mirror is an old friend.
- Proverb
Wherever you go, there you are.
- Traditional Zen Proverb
Anger is often more hurtful than the injury that caused it.
- English Proverb
Great oaks from little acorns grow.
- Proverb
You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps.
- old proverb often attributed to David Lloyd George
The beginning of wisdom is to
call things by their right names.
- Chinese proverb
People will, in a great degree,
and not without reason,
form their opinion of you upon
that which they have of your friends;
and there is a Spanish proverb
which says very justly,
"Tell me whom you live with,
and I will tell you who you are.
- Lord Chesterfield
Habits are cobwebs at first, cables at last.
- Chinese proverb
Life without a friend is like death without a witness.
- Spanish proverb
Behind an able man there are always other able men.
- Chinese proverb
March to the beat of your own drum.
- Proverb
Strike while the iron is hot.
- Proverb
If I keep a green bough in my heart the singing bird will come.
- Chinese proverb
A wise man hears one word and understands two.
- Yiddish Proverb
Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.
- Buddhist proverb
Fall seven times, stand up eight.
- Japanese Proverb
Man plans, God laughs
- Yiddish Proverb
If I try to be like him, who will be like me?
- Yiddish proverb
Kindness is better than piety.
- Yiddish 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
Every cloud has a silver lining.
- Proverb
Be not afraid of growing slowly,
be afraid only of standing still.
- Chinese Proverb
Many hands make light work.
- Proverb
That which you hate to be done to you,
do not do to another.
- Ancient Egyptian Proverb
Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.
- West African proverb famously quoted by Theodore Roosevelt
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
Don't ask questions about fairy tales.
- 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)
Listen to all, plucking a feather
from every passing goose,
but, follow no one absolutely.
- Chinese Proverb
One can pay back the loan of gold,
but one dies forever in debt to those who are kind.
- Malayan Proverb
Actions speak louder than words.
- Proverb
Live and let live.
- 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
Everything is not as it appears to be.
- Proverb
Necessity is the mother of invention.
- Proverb
Every dog has his day.
- Proverb
Comparisons are odious.
- old English Proverb
Deal with the faults of others as gently as with your own.
- Chinese proverb
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