God helps those who help themselves.
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt. @ -Abraham Lincoln
Everyone wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die.
Ask no questions and hear no lies.
Heroes come and go, but legends are forever. @ -Kobe Bryant
Silence is golden.
Don't shoot the messenger.
Where there's a will there's a way.
Every picture tells a story.
All good things come to he who waits.
Have a kind heart and a sharp eye.
Sometimes the heart sees what is invisible to the eye.
Actions speak louder than words.
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. @ -Lao Tzu
I don't trust people who don't love themselves and tell me, 'I love you'. There is an African saying which is: Be careful when a naked person offers you a shirt. @ -Maya Angelou
Love will find a way.
Mountains are moveable even if it's pebble by pebble.
Home is where the heart is.
Better to see something once than hear about it a thousand times. @ -Asian Proverb
A barking dog never bites.
May the happiest days of your past, be the saddest days of your future. @ -Irish Saying
The road to hell is paved with good intentions.
Failing to plan is planning to fail.
You reap what you sow.
Laughter is the best medicine.
If you can't beat them, join them.
Better the Devil you know than the Devil you don't.
If the shoe fits, wear it.
Little things please little minds.
Practice what you preach.
What the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't grieve over.
Procrastination is the thief of time. @ -Charles Dickens
If it isn't broken, don't fix it.
Count your blessings.
When the going gets tough, the tough get going. @ -Joseph Kennedy
Do not complain about the rain if you aren't going to open your umbrella.
Live for today for tomorrow never comes.
Blood is thicker than water.
If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.
It is better to give than to receive.
All's fair in love and war.
Better three hours too soon than a minute too late. @ -William Shakespeare
If you can't be good, be careful.
In the midst of life we are in death.
The wise speak softly, for their words do not attempt to convince. @ -James Pierce
Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and you weep alone.
A poor workman always blames his tools.
Live and learn.
If at first you don't succeed try, try and try again.
Nothing is certain but death and taxes.
Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.
The best things in life are free.
Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.
Patience is a virtue.
Many are called but few are chosen.
Don't bite the hand that feeds you.
You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink.
March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.
Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.
Time will tell.
No rest for the wicked.
Faith will move mountains.
Better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.
There's always more fish in the sea.
Never go to bed on an argument.
Beauty is bought by judgement of the eye. @ -William Shakespeare
Don't get mad, get even.
Don't let the bastards grind you down.
Be careful what you wish for.
The course of true love never did run smooth.
Great leaders always have open ears.
Peaceful reflection heals a torn soul.
History repeats itself.
He who laughs last laughs longest.
See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.
Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.
You can't judge a book by its cover.
Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.
Roses lose their pedals. But they bloom again.
You can choose your friends but you can't choose your family.
Children and fools tell the truth.
If you want happiness for a lifetime, help the next generation. @ -Chinese Saying
Don't try to run before you can walk.
Feed your soul as much as you feed your stomach.
Honesty is the best policy.
Carpe diem.
Never let the sun go down on your anger.
If you can't stand the heat get out of the kitchen.
The Devil is in the details.
No news is good news.
Prevention is better than cure.
It's ok to make mistakes.
Fight fire with fire.
Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.
Better late than never.
Forgive and forget.
There's a time and a place for everything.
One half of the world does not know how the other half lives.
Good things come to those that wait.
No pain, no gain.
All good things are wild and free. @ -Henry David Thoreau
All good things must come to an end.
Do unto others as you would have them do to you.
One hand washes the other.
Don't sweat the small stuff.
It's no use crying over spilt milk.
Life is what you make it.
Ask a silly question and you'll get a silly answer.
A place for everything and everything in its place.
If a job is worth doing it is worth doing well.
You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.
Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it. @ -George Santayana
A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.
Opposites attract.
A person is known by the company he keeps.
While there's life, there's hope. @ -Marcus Tullius Cicero
All things must pass.
Nothing can come of nothing. @ -William Shakespeare
A leopard cannot change its spots.
Tomorrow is another day.
Find the silver lining to your clouds.
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
You can't get blood out of a stone.
The longest journey starts with a single step.
Fight the good fight.
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
Two heads are better than one.
Dead men tell no tales.
It takes a thief to catch a thief.
There's no time like the present.
A good example is the best sermon. @ -Benjamin Franklin
Still waters run deep.
Rain before seven, fine before eleven.
Keep your chin up.
Tears water our growth. @ -William Shakespeare
The female of the species is more deadly than the male.
Don't try to walk before you can crawl.
If you lie down with dogs, you will get up with fleas.
Never give a sucker an even break.
He who fights and runs away, may live to fight another day.
Out of sight, out of mind.
Don't cross the bridge till you come to it.
Christmas comes but once a year.
Do as I say, not as I do.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
Don't put all your eggs in one basket.
Revenge is a dish best served cold.
Never speak ill of the dead.
To do a great right do a little wrong. @ -William Shakespeare
You win some, you lose some.
Good things come in small packages.
It's the singer not the song.
All the world loves a lover.
That which does not kill us makes us stronger. @ -Friedrich Nietzsche
Empty vessels make the most noise.
Tomorrow never comes.
Love is the only gold. @ -Alfred Lord Tennyson
Walls have ears.
If God had meant us to fly he'd have given us wings.
There's no smoke without fire.
There's none so deaf as those who will not hear.
The way to a man's heart is through his stomach.
It's never too late.
Know which side your bread is buttered.
Practice makes perfect.
Half a loaf is better than no bread.
There's no place like home.
A picture paints a thousand words.
To err is human; to forgive divine.
Cover the earth before it covers you. @ -Dagobert Runes
You can't have your cake and eat it too.
Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.
If life deals you lemons, make lemonade.
You can't run with the hare and hunt with the hounds.
In the kingdom of the blind the one eyed man is king.
He who lives by the sword shall die by the sword.
Nothing new under the sun.
Revenge is sweet.
Everything comes to him who waits.
Make hay while the sun shines.
Faint heart never won fair lady.
There's many a good tune played on an old fiddle.
Cheats never prosper.
There's no fool like an old fool.
Every cloud has a silver lining. @ -John Milson
The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.
Business before pleasure.
Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.
To every thing there is a season.
Spare the rod and spoil the child.
Easy come, easy go.
A good beginning makes a good ending.
Love thy neighbor as thyself.
Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves.
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
You can't hold with the hare and run with the hounds.
Love makes the world go round.
Less is more.
Who aims at excellence will be above mediocrity; who aims at mediocrity will be far short of it. @ -Burmese Saying
Out with the old, in with the new.
Red sky at night shepherd's delight; red sky in the morning, shepherd's warning.
Strike while the iron is hot.
Open your heart to miracles.
If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.
Slow but sure.
As you sow so shall you reap.
First things first.
You are what you eat.
After a storm comes a calm.
Two is company, but three's a crowd.
A prophet is not recognized in his own land.
He that goes a-borrowing, goes a-sorrowing.
Doubt is the beginning not the end of wisdom.
Bad money drives out good.
The darkest hour is just before the dawn.
Make yourself sheep and the wolves will eat you. @ -Benjamin Franklin
A problem shared is a problem halved.
A house divided against itself cannot stand.
For everything there is a season.
Don't throw pearls to swine.
Time flies.
The cobbler always wears the worst shoes.
Let the punishment fit the crime.
To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.
Better safe than sorry.
An Englishman's home is his castle.
An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
Fortune favors the brave.
Hard cases make bad law.
When in Rome, do as the Romans do.
A change is as good as a rest.
The bigger, the better.
Hindsight is always twenty-twenty.
Might is right.
It's no use locking the stable door after the horse has bolted.
It takes one to know one.
The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.
Attack is the best form of defense.
Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.
Enough is enough.
Feed a cold and starve a fever.
Where there's muck there's brass.
It's the early bird that catches the worm.
He who sups with the Devil should have a long spoon.
Worrying never did anyone any good.
Waste not want not.
A nod's as good as a wink to a blind horse.
There are two sides to every question.
Big fish eat little fish.
Charity begins at home.
Wonders will never cease.
Give credit where credit is due.
Let not the sun go down on your wrath.
Give the Devil his due.
Put your best foot forward.
Brevity is the soul of wit.
There's more than one way to skin a cat.
If the mountain won't come to Mohammed, then Mohammed must go to the mountain.
First impressions are the most lasting.
The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.
Only fools and horses work.
Beauty is only skin deep.
Great minds think alike.
What goes up must come down.
Handsome is as handsome does.
April is the cruelest month.
Many a true word is spoken in jest.
With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come. @ -William Shakespeare
Hope springs eternal.
East, west, home's best.
Little strokes fell great oaks.
The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.
The laborer is worthy of his hire.
Good talk saves the food.
The wages of sin is death.
A fool and his money are soon parted.
As you make your bed, so you must lie upon it.
Don't let the cat out of the bag.
Nine tailors make a man.
Rome wasn't built in a day.
Never judge a book by its cover.
From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.
Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.
Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.
Love, laugh and repeat. @ -Jasmine Upwork
Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.
A penny saved is a penny earned.
A trouble shared is a trouble halved.
Work expands so as to fill the time available.
Enough is as good as a feast.
Look before you leap.
Money makes the world go round.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
March comes in like a lion, and goes out like a lamb.
Every little helps.
If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.
You can't win them all.
The law is an ass.
A little of what you fancy does you good.
A word to the wise is enough.
The best defense is a good offence.
There's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip.
He who can does, he who cannot, teaches.
Ashes to ashes dust to dust.
It is easy to be wise after the event.
Little pitchers have big ears.
Discretion is the better part of valor.
It's the empty can that makes the most noise.
The Devil makes work for idle hands to do.
He who hesitates is lost. @ -English Proverb
Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.
An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.
A new broom sweeps clean.
Fish and guests smell after three days.
Why keep a dog and bark yourself?.
The good die young.
It goes without saying.
One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.
The best-laid schemes of mice and men gang aft agley.
The bigger they are, the harder they fall.
The age of miracles is past.
Nature abhors a vacuum.
Love is blind.
Time and tide wait for no man.
There's safety in numbers.
The proof of the pudding is in the eating.
It's better to give than to receive.
Fair exchange is no robbery.
Money isn't everything.
Beat swords into ploughshares.
Finders keepers, losers weepers.
Appearances can be deceptive.
Don't count your chickens before they are hatched.
There but for the grace of God, go I.
Stupid is as stupid does.
The apple never falls far from the tree.
Speak softly and carry a big stick.
You can't make an omelet without breaking eggs.
Variety is the spice of life.
Many hands make light work.
Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
You can't get blood out of a turnip.
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
More haste, less speed.
Comparisons are odious.
Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.
Don't put the cart before the horse.
'Enough' is a feast. @ -Buddhist proverb
Do as you would be done by.
Charity covers a multitude of sins.
Once a thief, always a thief.
Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.
All is grist that comes to the mill.
Let the dead bury the dead.
Misery loves company.
Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.
A cat may look at a king.
To the victor go the spoils.
A self-willed man has no other aim than his own growth. @ -Bruce Lee
The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.
Pride goes before a fall.
Distance lends enchantment to the view.
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
Hold with the hare and run with the hounds - You can't.
Don't change horses in midstream.
The truth will out.
Cowards may die many times before their death.
Share and share alike.
The customer is always right.
It takes all sorts to make a world.
Blue are the hills that are far away.
It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.
An army marches on its stomach.
Shrouds have no pockets.
The best is the enemy of the good.
It takes two to tango.
All roads lead to Rome.
All's well that ends well.
Many a little makes a mickle.
You can have too much of a good thing.
Make love not war.
There's an exception to every rule.
The bread always falls buttered side down.
Money doesn't grow on trees.
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
Judge not, that ye be not judged.
The child is the father of the man.
Set a thief to catch a thief.
Devil take the hindmost.
Don't upset the apple-cart.
Don't put new wine into old bottles.
The bottom line is the bottom line.
The fruit does not fall far from the tree.
Two wrongs don't make a right.
A watched pot never boils.
All that glisters is not gold.
Jack of all trades, master of none.
Keep your powder dry.
The pen is mightier than sword.
Marry in haste, repent at leisure.
The leopard does not change his spots.
All's for the best in the best of all possible worlds.
A stitch in time saves nine.
Speak as you find.
There's one born every minute.
Necessity is the mother of invention.
The exception which proves the rule.
Like father, like son.
For want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse was lost; and for want of a horse the man was lost.
A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.
Don't let the grass grow under your feet.
A rising tide lifts all boats.
See a pin and pick it up, all the day you'll have good luck; see a pin and let it lie, bad luck you'll have all day.
In for a penny, in for a pound.
Truth will out.
Horses for courses.
Wear your nice clothes and use your good china.
Seeing is believing.
It's all grist to the mill.
They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.
A fish always rots from the head down.
There's no such thing as a free lunch.
Life's not all beer and skittles.
Give a man a fish and you will feed him for a day.
Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.
Don't burn your bridges behind you.
Go the extra mile.
You can't make bricks without straw.
There's no accounting for tastes.
No names, no pack-drill.
You can't make a silk purse from a sow's ear.
Let well alone.
Rob Peter to pay Paul.
Life begins at forty.
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
Adversity makes strange bedfellows.
Beggars should not be choosers.
Familiarity breeds contempt.
Time is a great healer.
Good fences make good neighbors.
The thankful receiver bears a plentiful harvest. @ -William Blake
Cut your coat to suit your cloth.
Don't meet troubles half-way.
Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.
There are none so blind as those, that will not see.
Hard work never did anyone any harm.
Man does not live by bread alone.
There's no such thing as bad publicity.
Penny wise and pound foolish.
Every dog has its day.
Many a mickle makes a muckle.
One might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb.
Different strokes for different folks.
The more the merrier.
One swallow does not make a summer.
What you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts.
A miss is as good as a mile.
Seek and ye shall find.
Don't mix business with pleasure.
People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.
Nothing succeeds like success.
If ifs and ands were pots and pans there'd be no work for tinkers.
You can't take it with you.
Barking dogs seldom bite.
What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.
Let sleeping dogs lie.
East is east, and west is west.
Cleanliness is next to godliness.
Life is just a bowl of cherries.
The husband is always the last to know.
A thing of beauty is a joy forever.
And a child that's born on the Sabbath day.
It never rains but it pours.
Don't rock the boat.
Forewarned is forearmed.
A bad penny always turns up.
Moderation in all things.
The end justifies the means.
Youth is wasted on the young.
It's an ill wind that blows no one any good.
The Devil take the hindmost.
A house is not a home.
Time is money.
Even a worm will turn.
All publicity is good publicity.
What can't be cured must be endured.
Don't wash your dirty linen in public.
Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
One good turn deserves another.
Every stick has two ends.
First come, first served.
It is best to be on the safe side.
Possession is nine points of the law.
Beware the Ides of March.
Talk is cheap.
Into every life a little rain must fall.
Once bitten, twice shy.
Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration.
If the cap fits, wear it.
Old soldiers never die, they just fade away.
A little learning is a dangerous thing.
Bad news travels fast.
A golden key can open any door.
Ignorance is bliss.
Quid pro quo.
It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.
Third time lucky.
