The goal is not to be better than the other man, but to be better than your previous self. @ -Hindu Proverb
If you want to go quickly, go alone. If you want to go far, go together. @ -African Proverb
There isn't a tree in the world that the wind hasn't shaken. @ -Hindu Proverb
The name of the LORD is a strong tower; the righteous run to it and are safe. @ -Proverbs 18:10
God helps those who help themselves.
A fool gives full vent to his anger, but a wise man keeps himself under control. @ -Proverbs 29:11
What is coming is better than what is gone.
A half truth is a whole lie. @ -Yiddish proverb
I ask not for a lighter burden, but for broader shoulders. @ -Jewish Proverb
Have a kind heart and a sharp eye.
He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever. @ -Chinese Proverb
Good things come to those that wait.
When the heart is at ease, the body is healthy. @ -Chinese Proverb
Tension is who you think you should be. Relaxation is who you are. @ -Chinese Proverb
Let go, or be dragged. @ -Zen Proverb
Tell me, I forget. Show me, I remember. Involve me, I understand. @ -Chinese Proverb
A good friend is like a four-leaf clover; hard to find and lucky to have.
If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow. @ -Chinese Proverb
Starting is easy, persistence is an art. @ -German proverb
When you learn, teach. When you get, give. @ -Maya Angelou
Failure is not falling down but refusing to get up. @ -Chinese Proverb
One minute of patience, ten years of peace. @ -Greek proverb
Be not afraid of going slowly. Be afraid only of standing still. @ -Chinese Proverb
To be calm is the highest achievement of the self. @ -Zen Proverb
Silence is a fence around wisdom. @ -German proverb
Trust in the lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. @ -Proverbs 3:5
If you kick a stone in anger, you'll hurt your own foot. @ -Korean Proverb
There is no shame in not knowing; the shame lies in not finding out. @ -Russian proverb
Knowledge is learning something new every day. Wisdom is letting go of something every day. @ -Zen Proverb
Fear makes the wolf bigger than he is. @ -German proverb
Listen to many, speak to a few. @ -William Shakespeare
The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person who is doing it. @ -Chinese Proverb
Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago. @ -Warren Buffett
Give thanks for a little and you will find a lot. @ -Hansa Proverb
Don't bite the hand that feeds you.
Keep your face toward the sunshine and shadows will fall behind you.
A righteous man falls down seven times and gets up. @ -King Solomon, Proverbs, 24:16.
The good you did yesterday will bring you happiness when you wake. @ -Hindu Proverb
Be the master OF mind rather than mastered BY mind. @ -Japanese Proverb
You can't wake a person who is pretending to be asleep. @ -Navajo Proverb
However long the night, the dawn will break. @ -African Proverb
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
There is no pillow so soft as a clear conscience. @ -French Proverb
Do unto others as you would have them do to you.
The bamboo that bends is stronger than the oak that resists. @ -Japanese Proverb
It is better to live one day as a lion, than a thousand days as a lamb. @ -Roman proverb
Actions speak louder than words.
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
Be swift to hear, slow to speak. @ -Russian proverb
Eagles fly alone, but sheep flock together. @ -Polish Proverb
A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song. @ -Chinese Proverb
If we are facing in the right direction, all we have to do is keep on walking. @ -Zen Proverb
Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst. @ -English Proverb
When I had money everyone called me brother. @ -Polish Proverb
One moment of patience may ward off great disaster. One moment of impatience may ruin a whole life. @ -Chinese Proverb
Beginning is easy, continuing is hard. @ -Japanese Proverb
To get lost is to learn the way. @ -African Proverb
You may find the worst enemy or best friend in yourself. @ -English Proverb
If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together. @ -African Proverb
A stumble may prevent a fall. @ -English Proverb
Peace is costly but it is worth the expense. @ -African 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
Who does not thank for little will not thank for much. @ -Estonian Proverb
Bad is never good until worse happens. @ -Danish Proverb
Certain things catch your eye, but pursue only those that capture the heart. @ -Indian Proverb
A mother understands what a child does not say. @ -Jewish Proverb
Begin to weave and God will give the thread. @ -German proverb
Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors. @ -African Proverb
All things good to know are difficult to learn. @ -Greek proverb
Hatred stirs up dissension, but love covers over all wrongs. @ -Proverbs 10:12
When the winds of change blow, some people build walls and others build windmills. @ -Chinese Proverb
One generation plants the trees; another gets the shade.  @ -Chinese Proverb
Fire in the heart sends smoke into the head. @ -German proverb
Be a master of the mind, not mastered by the mind. @ -Zen Proverb
Your teacher can open the door but you must enter by yourself. @ -Chinese Proverb
Nothing is so dear and precious as time. @ -French Proverb
It's not enough to learn how to ride, you must also learn how to fall. @ -Mexican Proverb
It is an equal failing to trust everybody, and to trust nobody. @ -English Proverb
Shared joy is a double joy; shared sorrow is half a sorrow. @ -Swedish Proverb
People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.
Coffee and love taste best when hot. @ -Ethiopian Proverb
There's no time like the present.
When the student is ready, the master appears. @ -Buddhist proverb
If you can't live longer, live deeper. @ -Italian proverb
A picture is worth a thousand words. @ -English Proverb
Give me a fish and I eat for a day. Teach me to fish and I eat for a lifetime. @ -Chinese Proverb
A single conversation with a wise man is better than 10 years of study. @ -Chinese Proverb
Better three hours too soon than a minute too late. @ -William Shakespeare
Better late than never.
Hasten slowly. @ -Croatian Proverb
There is only one pretty child in the world, and every mother has it. @ -Chinese Proverb
Love sees sharply, hatred sees even more sharp, but Jealousy sees the sharpest for it is love and hate at the same time. @ -Arab Proverb
A bad worker blames his tools. @ -Australian Proverb
The best candle is understanding. @ -Welsh Proverb
There's no place like home.
Envy shoots at others and wounds itself. @ -English Proverb
To understand all is to forgive all. @ -French Proverb
You have a lifetime to work, but children are only young once. @ -Polish Proverb
He who hesitates is lost. @ -English Proverb
Patience is the key to paradise. @ -Turkish proverb
Even though you know a thousand things, ask the man who knows one. @ -Turkish proverb
When diet is wrong, medicine is of no use. When diet is correct, medicine is of no need. @ -Ayurvedic proverb
To close your eyes will not ease another's pain. @ -Chinese Proverb
In our togetherness (as a team) castles are built. @ -Irish proverb
Hope is the last thing ever lost. @ -Italian proverb
Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe. @ -Abraham Lincoln
When the going gets tough, the tough get going. @ -Joseph Kennedy
The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now. @ -Chinese Proverb
Once bitten, twice shy.
A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for a difficult time. @ -Proverbs 17:17
All that's well lasts short. @ -Croatian Proverb
The cheapest is always the most expensive. @ -German proverb
One can do without people but one has need of a friend. @ -Chinese Proverb
The power of habit is great. @ -Latin Proverb
Monday is the key day of the week. @ -Gaelic Proverb
The darkest hours are just before dawn. @ -English Proverb
Fall down seven times, get up eight. @ -Japanese Proverb
Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow. @ -Swedish Proverb
God gave burdens, also shoulders. @ -Yiddish proverb
No road is long with good company. @ -Turkish proverb
A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.
Patience is poultice for all wounds. @ -Irish proverb
The tree with most leaves will not necessarily produce juicy fruit. @ -Brazilian Proverb
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Do a good deed and throw it into the sea. @ -Egyptian Proverb
Fall seven times and stand up eight. @ -Japanese Proverb
The wolf has a thick neck because he does his job on his own. @ -Bulgarian Proverb
When eating fruit, remember the one who planted the tree. @ -Vietnamese Proverb
One man's trash is another man's treasure. @ -English Proverb
Practice makes perfect.
Learning is like rowing upstream: not to advance is to drop back. @ -Chinese Proverb
Some men go through a forest and see no firewood. @ -English Proverb
Even monkeys fall from trees. @ -Japanese Proverb
Eat well, drink in moderation, and sleep sound, in these three good health abounds. @ -Latin Proverb
You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink.
Life without endeavor is like entering a jewel mine and coming out with empty hands. @ -Japanese Proverb
If it ain't broke, don't fix it. @ -English Proverb
Do not confine your children to your own learning, for they were born in another time. @ -Chinese Proverb
No one knows a son better than the father. @ -Chinese Proverb
Do not wake sleeping dogs. @ -Dutch proverb
Two heads are better than one.
Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere. @ -Chinese Proverb
Discretion is the greater part of valor. @ -English Proverb
Better to see something once than hear about it a thousand times. @ -Asian Proverb
We tell them it is a bull, they say milk it. @ -Egyptian Proverb
Truth is more valuable if it takes you a few years to find it. @ -French Proverb
Think of many things; do one. @ -Portuguese proverb
You can't always get what you want. @ -English Proverb
All good things must come to an end.
In time of test, family is best. @ -Burmese Proverb
Money grows on the tree of persistence. @ -Japanese Proverb
Cost goes before the profit. @ -Dutch proverb
If you want something done right, you have to do it yourself. @ -English Proverb
There's no such thing as a free lunch.
When the rich make war, it's the poor that die. @ -Russian proverb
Slow is every foot on an unknown path. @ -Irish proverb
Familiarity breeds contempt.
When you try to stay on the surface of the water, you sink; but when you try to sink, you float. @ -Zen Proverb
Know that wisdom is such to your soul; if you find it, there will be a future, and your hope will not be cut off. @ -Proverbs 24:14
The pen is mightier than the sword. @ -English Proverb
Not the fastest horse can catch a word spoken in anger. @ -Chinese Proverb
No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks. @ -James Allen
Trees refuse no one their shade, not even the woodcutter. @ -Hindu Proverb
It takes a whole village to raise a child. @ -African Proverb
A watched pot never boils.
Wise men may not be learned; learned men may not be wise. @ -Chinese Proverb
A man grows most tired while standing still. @ -Chinese Proverb
He who rests grows rusty. @ -German proverb
Don't put all your eggs in one basket.
It takes a village to raise a child. @ -African Proverb
If you can't beat 'em, join 'em. @ -English Proverb
The way it came is the way it will go. @ -Croatian Proverb
Honesty is the best policy.
Sticks in a bundle are unbreakable. @ -Kenyan Proverb
Cheese, wine, and friends must be old to be good. @ -Cuban Proverb
He who is outside his door has the hardest part of his journey behind him. @ -Dutch proverb
Time never gets tired of running. @ -Egyptian Proverb
God too hides himself in the ocean within a drop of water. @ -Hindu Proverb
When spider webs unite, they can tie up a lion. @ -Ethiopian Proverb
The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.
That the birds of worry and care fly over your head, this you cannot change, but that they build nests in your hair, this you can prevent. @ -Chinese Proverb
When eating bamboo sprouts, remember the man who planted them. @ -Chinese Proverb
You can't make an omelet without breaking eggs.
Easy come, easy go.
No shame in asking questions, even to people of lower status. @ -Chinese Proverb
Not the day only, but all things have their morning. @ -French Proverb
In the planting season, visitors come singly, and in harvest time they come in crowds. @ -Australian Proverb
Even from a foe a man may learn wisdom. @ -Greek proverb
Hunger is felt by a slave and hunger is felt by a king. @ -Ghanaian Proverb
'Enough' is a feast. @ -Buddhist proverb
When walking, walk. When eating, eat. @ -Zen Proverb
Measure thrice, cut once. @ -Bulgarian Proverb
Keep your tents apart and your hearts together. @ -Tuareg Proverb
Cleanliness is next to godliness.
A peaceful heart sees a celebration in any village. @ -Hindu Proverb
No man is an island. @ -English Proverb
Hard work never killed a man. @ -Scottish proverb
Who is curious gets old quickly. @ -Hungarian Proverb
Two barrels of tears will not heal a bruise. @ -Chinese Proverb
Better than a thousand days of diligent study is one day with a great teacher. @ -Japanese Proverb
The loveliest faces are to be seen by moonlight, when one sees half with the eye and half with the fancy. @ -Persian Proverb
Go far, you'll be loved more. @ -Egyptian Proverb
Fortune favors the bold. @ -English Proverb
If you're poor, change and you'll succeed. @ -Chinese Proverb
Big fish eat small fish. @ -Chinese Proverb
Necessity is the mother of invention.
Think before acting; and whilst acting, still think. @ -Dutch proverb
Many hands make light work.
A penny saved is a penny earned.
One may go a long way after one is tired. @ -French Proverb
Beggars can't be choosers. @ -English Proverb
You can't judge a book by its cover.
The work praises the man. @ -Irish proverb
By learning you will teach; by teaching you will understand. @ -Latin Proverb
How beautiful it is to do nothing, and then to rest afterward. @ -Spanish proverb
Despise school and remain a fool. @ -German proverb
Draw not your bow till your arrow is fixed. @ -Russian proverb
Every little pot has a fitting lid. @ -Dutch proverb
Don't count your chickens before they are hatched.
Make haste with leisure. @ -German proverb
When he took time to help the man up the mountain, lo, he scaled it himself. @ -Tibetan Proverb
Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.
From the bitterness of disease man learns the sweetness of health. @ -Catalan proverb
He who takes medicine and neglects to diet wastes the skill of his doctors. @ -Chinese Proverb
Tomorrow is often the busiest day of the week. @ -Spanish proverb
If the wind will not serve, take to the oars. @ -Latin Proverb
Those who wish to sing always find a song. @ -Swedish Proverb
One joy scatters a hundred griefs. @ -Chinese Proverb
To do a great right do a little wrong. @ -William Shakespeare
The squeaky wheel gets the grease. @ -English Proverb
When in Rome, do as the Romans. @ -English Proverb
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
Two wrongs don't make a right.
Why kill time when one can employ it. @ -French Proverb
