Proverbials!

Sayings about Selling Making money selling manure is better than losing money selling musk. ~ Egyptian Proverb Sleep after selling horses and elephants. ~ Hindu Proverb To receive a favor is to sell one's liberty. ~ Japanese Proverb He has sold the sun to buy a candle. ~ Hebrew Proverb Don't visit auctions if you have no money. ~ Hebrew Proverb There is no better sale than when you give a true friend what he needs.  ~ Chinese Proverb Sell what you have bought while the dust is still on your shoes. ~ Palestinian Proverb It is the fool whose own tomatoes are sold to him. ~ Ghanaian Proverb If you buy things you don't need, you will soon be selling things you do need. ~ Philipino Proverb The thief who isn't caught is an honest salesman .  ~ Romanian Proverb Money can buy a lot that is not even for sale .  ~ Chinese Proverb Making money selling manure is better than losing money selling musk. ~ Egyptian Proverb Who accepts from another...

Sayings about Pockets Good bargains empty your pockets .~ German Proverb He who has an egg in his pocket does not dance.~ Gabonese Proverb The devil dances in an empty pocket ~ Traditional Proverb If the pocket is empty, the judge is deaf.~ Russian Proverb With money in your pocket , you are wise, and you are handsome, and you sing well too.~ Yiddish Proverb A book is a garden carried in the pocket .~ Arabian Proverb If your pocket gets empty, your faults will be many.~ Libyan Proverb A lawyer looks at you with one eye, but he looks at your pocket with two.~ Jamaican Proverb The happiness in your pocket , don’t spend it all.~ Chinese Proverb The heaviest burden is an empty pocket .~ Yiddish Proverb The hands of a lawyer are always in someone’s pocket .~ Indian Proverb The longest road is the one that leads to your pocket .~ Yiddish Proverb You can’t keep a word of thanks in your pocket .~ Russian Proverb The rich man carries God in his pocket , the po...

Sayings about Elections The only thing we learn from new elections is we learned nothing from the old. ~ American Proverb Of two evils, it is always best to vote for the least hypocritical. ~ American Proverb If you take too long to choose, you will end up with the leftovers. ~ Croatian Proverb A slave does not choose his master. ~ Ghanaian Proverb Many promises impair confidence. ~ Latin Proverb Thirty-six plans of how to win the battle are not so good as one plan to withdraw from the fight. ~ Japanese Proverbs Everyone should carefully observe which way his heart draws him, and then choose that way with all his strength. ~ Traditional Proverb A three inch tongue -- the iron bulwark of politics. ~ Japanese Proverb Quotations about Election Leadership is not about the next election , it's about the next generation. ~ Simon Sinek Democracy consists of choosing your dictators, after they've told you what you think it is you want to hear. ~ Alan Coren If ...

Sayings about buying & Shopping You don't learn anything from buying , but you do from selling. ~ Russian Proverb Don't buy a boat that is under water. ~ Congolese Proverb Tell me what you want to buy and I will tell you what you are. ~ Mexican Proverb Before you buy shoes, measure your feet. ~ African Proverb You can't buy heaven with money. ~ Maltese Proverb The emperor is rich, but he cannot buy one extra year. ~ Chinese Proverb There are more foolish buyers than foolish sellers. ~ French Proverb You cannot buy wisdom abroad if there is none at home. ~ Russian Proverb Buyers are never as smart as the sellers. ~ Chinese Proverb Do not buy either the moon or the news, for in the end they will both come out. ~ Arabian Proverb Running and buying don't go together -- running and selling do. ~ German Proverb A friend you have to buy; enemies you get for nothing. ~ Jewish Proverb He who dispraises a thing wants to buy it. ~ French ...

Sayings about Tools A speaker needs no tools . ~ Nepalese Proverb Man is greater than the tools he invents. ~ United States Proverb The anvil lasts longer than the hammer . ~ Italian Proverb The same hammer that breaks the glass forges the steel. ~ Traditional Proverb A bad workman blames with his tools . ~ Romanian Proverb A silver hammer can open an iron gate. ~ Basque 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 A bad workman never finds a good tool . ~ French Proverb A guest hammers a nail in the wall even if he stays only one night. ~ Polish Proverb A wise man without a book is like a workman with no tools . ~ Moroccan Proverb The angry hammer works off his fury on the steel. ~ Arabian Proverb Jade and men, both are sharpened by bitter tools . ~ Chinese Proverb Quotations about Tools An architect's most useful tools are an eraser at the drafting board, and a wr...

Sayings about Turtles Sleepy turtles never catch up with the sunrise. ~ Jamaican Proverb The turtle underestimates the value of fast feet. ~ Japanese Proverb A wife should be as humble as a lamb, busy as a bee, as beautiful as a bird of paradise and faithful as a turtle dove. ~ Russian Proverb The turtle lays thousands of eggs without anyone knowing, but when the hen lays an egg, the whole country is informed. ~ Malay Proverb Trusting in wealth is like looking for feathers on turtles . ~ Senegalese Proverb A turtle is not proud of his long neck.~ Malian Proverb A turtle can only get on it by sticking its neck out. ~ Korean Proverb Quotations about Turtles Take a walk with a turtle . And behold the world in pause. ~ Bruce Feiler See the turtle of enormous girth, on his shell he holds the earth. If you want to run and play, come along the beam today. ~ Stephen King And when you look at the Turtle’s movie there is something there, definitely something there...

Sayings about Priests A priest blesses his own bread first. ~ Greek Proverb Talk to a priest and die a thousand deaths. ~ Thai Proverb If the doctor is fasting it is bad for the priest . ~ Spanish Proverb Get married and you will be happy for a week; slaughter a pig and you will be happy for a month; become a priest and you will be happy for the rest of your life. ~ Polish Proverb Presents make women affable, priests indulgent, and the law crooked. ~ Danish Proverb Honor goes to God; the priests get the bacon. ~ Russian Proverb Priest on the outside, Satan on the inside. ~ Armenian Proverb For our sins God has created three enemies for us: mice in the house, the fox in the mountains, and a priest in our village. ~ South American Proverb How good at combing is the bald priest. ~ Japanese Proverb Wars are caused by women and priests . ~ Czech Proverb Priests and road signs show you the way but don't go with you. ~ German Proverb Son of a priest , gra...

Sayings about Modesty When wine comes in, modesty leaves. ~ Italian Proverb Modesty is the beauty of women. ~ Scottish Proverb Don't look for more honor than your learning merits. ~Jewish Proverb Sweep before your own door first before you sweep before the doorsteps of your neighbors. ~ Norwegian Proverb Death has no modesty . ~ Zulu Proverb Rare is agreement between beauty and modesty . ~ Latin Proverb Too humble is half proud. ~ Yiddish Proverb If every fool wore a crown, we should all be kings. ~Welsh Proverb Too much humility is pride. ~ German Proverb An overly modest man goes hungry. ~ Ethiopian Proverb Do not make yourself so big, you are not so small. ~ Jewish Proverb Lower your head modestly while passing, and you will harvest bananas. ~ Congolese Proverb If you humble yourself too much, you will get trampled on. ~ Serbian Proverb If you are too modest , then you will go hungry. ~ African Proverb Quotations about Modesty Modesty is th...

Sayings about Arrival Visits always give pleasure — if not the arrival , the departure. ~ Portuguese Proverb You arrive Mr. Big Shot but leave Mr. Nobody. ~ Zulu Proverb Punishment is a cripple, but it arrives. ~ Spanish Proverb You may never die before death arrives. ~ Indian Proverb The horse that arrives early gets good drinking water. ~ Zulu Proverb It’s better to arrive on time than to be invited. ~ Spanish Proverb He who arrives too late finds the plate turned over. ~ Belgian Proverb Who arrives in the darkness departs as night falls. ~ Chinese Proverb The buffalo that arrive late will have to drink muddy water and eat dried grass. ~ Vietnamese Proverb He who is in a hurry always arrives late. ~ Georgian Proverb "We have rowed well," said the flea as the fishing boat arrives at its mooring. ~ Latvian Proverb Let us hurry and finish up the food; when visitors arrive , the meal will be over. ~ New Zealander Proverb He who walks alone sh...

Sayings about Careers Aim high in your career but stay humble in your heart.~ Korean Proverb all seven times, stand up eight! ~ Japanese Proverb "But" is a fence over which few leap. ~ German proverb He believes that marriage and a career don’t mix. So after the wedding he plans to quit his job.~ Author Unknown An artist’s career always begins tomorrow.~ James Whistler Probably any successful career has X number of breaks in it, and maybe the difference between successful people and those who aren’t super achievers is taking advantage of those breaks.~ Joan Ganz Cooney Every woman dreams of her own political career and her own place in life.~ Raisa M. Gorbachev Whether you are talking about education, career , or service, you are talking about life. And life must really have joy. It’s supposed to be fun.~ Barbara Bush Life for the European is a career ; for the American it is a hazard.~ Mary McCarthy No decent career was ever founded on a public.~ F...

Sayings about Visitors & Visiting The devil visit s the rich too — but he visits the poor twice. ~ Swedish Proverb He who would visit a vice, never has far to travel. ~ Arabian Proverb God often visits us, but most of the time we are not at home. ~ French Proverb Misfortune does not visit the weak-hearted. ~ Russian Proverb Visit rarely, and you will be more loved. ~ Arabian Proverb Don’t expect to be offered a chair when you visit a place where the chief himself sits on the floor. ~ Ghanaian Proverb Misfortune does not restrict his visits to one day. ~ Ghanaian Proverb If your neighbor visits Mecca once, watch out for him. If he makes a second visit, you had better avoid him. After the third visit you had better move to another street. ~ Arabian Proverb Only the foolish visit the land of the cannibals. ~ New Zealander Proverb We are all visitors to this time, this place. We are just passing through. ~ Australian Proverb God bless him who pays visits ...

Sayings about Extremes & Extremists While yearning for excess we lose the necessities. ~ Iranian Proverb People who have little to do are excessive talkers. ~ Traditional Proverb Only when you can be extremely pliable and soft can you be extremely hard and strong. ~ Zen Proverb We pay when old for the excesses of youth. ~ Traditional Proverb If sweetness be excessive , it is no longer sweetness. ~ African Proverb The excess of one is the shortage of another. ~ Arabian Proverb A bow that is bent too far will break. ~ Italian Proverb Quotations about Extremes & Extremists Extreme hopes are born from extreme misery.~ Bertrand Russell Never go to excess , but let moderation be your guide. ~ Marcus Tullius Cicero Excess of liberty, whether it lies in state or individuals, seems only to pass into excess of slavery. ~ Plato In politics, being ridiculous is more damaging than being extreme .~ Roy Hattersley He that has never suffered extreme a...

Sayings on Wheels Wisdom and virtue are like the two wheels of a cart. ~ Japanese Proverb God will help a seaman in a storm but the pilot must still remain at the wheel . ~ German Proverb The world is a wheel and men are the felloes, and the devil prowling around spins. ~ Maltese Proverbs A wheel that turns gathers no rust. ~ Greek Proverb It's tough trying to keep your feet on the ground, your head above the clouds, your nose to the grindstone, your shoulder to the wheel , your finger on the pulse, your eye on the ball and your ear to the ground.~ Traditional Proverb Badly oiled wheels will squeak. ~ Russian Proverb As the spokes of a wheel are attached to the hub, so all things are attached to life. ~ Sanskrit Proverb A lawyer and a wagon wheel must be well greased. ~ German Proverb Quotations about Wheels There have been three great inventions since the beginning of time: fire, the wheel , and central banking. ~ Will Rogers It is smarter to borrow f...