Proverbials!

Sayings about Books See to it that you have many  books  and many friends — but be sure they are good ones. ~ Spanish Proverb A book is like a garden carried in the pocket. ~ Arabian Proverb Books and friends should be few but good.~ Traditional Proverb If a fool borrows a book cut off his hand; but cut off both hands of the fool who brings it back. ~ Iranian Proverb When you have read a book for the first time, you get to know a friend; read it for a second time and you meet an old friend. ~ Chinese Proverb Teachers die, but books live on. ~ Dutch Proverb Better than the ignorant are those who read books ; better still are those who retain what they read; even better are those who understand it; the best of all are those who go to work. ~ Indian Proverb There’s no thief like a bad book . ~ Italian Proverb Every age has its book . ~ Arabian Proverb Knowledge without wisdom is a load of books on the back of an ass. ~ Japanese Proverb Old truths...

Sayings about Ignorance If you want to gather a lot of knowledge, act as if you are ignorant . ~ Vietnamese Proverb Ask advice of an ignorant man and he will think you are his enemy. ~ Arabian Proverb An ignorant consent is no consent. ~ American Proverb Be wise, but pretend to be ignorant . ~ Russian Proverb Better than the ignorant are those who read books; better still are those who retain what they read; even better are those who understand it; the best of all are those who go to work. ~ Indian Proverb Knowledge is the mother of all virtue; all vice proceeds from ignorance . ~ Traditional Proverb Despise learning and make everyone pay for your ignorance . ~ Chinese Proverb The ignorant is his own enemy. ~ Palestinian Proverb It is better to be ignorant than mistaken. ~ Japanese Proverb Custom is the guide of the ignorant . ~ English Proverb A wise man takes his own decisions; the ignorant goes with the crowd. ~ Chinese Proverb Don't talk too ...

Sayings about Glory The glory of ancestors should not prevent a man winning glory for himself. ~ Serbian Proverb Glory is the shadow of virtue. ~ Latin Proverb The heavens declare the glory of God, and the earth shows his handiwork. ~ Bible Merit and glory never adorn a nightcap. ~ Chinese Proverb When glory comes, memory departs. ~ French Proverb Unless what we do is useful, glory is vain. ~ Latin Proverb The glory of young men is their strength, and the beauty of old men is their gray head. ~ Bible There’s no glory without sacrifice. ~ Filipino Proverb Popularity is the small change of glory . ~ French Proverb Never rely on the glory of the morning or the smiles of your mother-in-law. ~ Japanese Proverb Quotations about Glory Love exalts as much as glory does. ~ Juliette Drouet All glory comes from daring to begin. ~ Eugene F. Ware We are motivated by a keen desire for praise, and the better a man is the more he is inspired by glory . The very ...

Sayings about Asking One who is afraid of asking is ashamed of learning. ~ Danish Proverb He that does not ask will never get a bargain. ~ French Proverb The person with burned fingers asks for tongs. ~ Samoan Proverb The real scholar is not afraid to ask questions of his pupil. ~ Chinese Proverb To ask is no sin, and to be refused is no calamity. ~ Russian Proverb Don't ask me where I am going but where I have come from. ~ African Proverb He who is too proud to ask is too good to receive. ~ French Proverb By asking the impossible you will get the best. ~ Italian Proverb I never ask God to give me anything; I only ask him to put me where things are. ~ Mexican Proverb Ask for your wife's advice and then do the opposite. ~ Arabian Proverb Asking is no sin, and being refused is no tragedy. ~ Russian Proverb Faith has no eyes; he who asks to see has no faith. ~ Portuguese Proverb If it is worth taking, it is worth asking for. ~ Gaelic Prove...

Sayings about Language As long as a language lives, the people will not perish. ~ Czech Proverb Love understands all languages . ~ Romanian Proverb The echo knows all languages . ~ Finnish Proverb God knows what will happen to women who drink wine, girls that speak old languages , and suns that set too early. ~ Breton Proverb Speaking French is no proof of intelligence. ~ Creole Proverb (Southern U.S.) Learn a new language and get a new soul. ~ Czech Proverb Love has its own language , but marriage falls back on the local dialect. ~ Russian Proverb Proverbs are the lamp of speech. ~ Saudi Arabian Proverb Speech both conceals and reveals the thoughts of men. ~ Latin Proverb The eyes have one language everywhere. ~ Romanian Proverbs Who knows the language is at home everywhere. ~ Dutch Proverb As the man is, so is his language . ~ Danish Proverb Speech is silver, silence is golden. ~ Traditional Proverb Better wise language than well combed hair. ~ Ice...

Sayings about Tongue The  tongue  can paint what the eye can’t see. ~  Chinese Proverbs With a sweet tongue and kindness, you can drag an elephant by a hair. ~ Persian Proverb The wise person has long ears and a short tongue . ~ German Proverbs Listen or thy tongue will keep thee deaf. ~ American Indian Proverb Sweet tongues buy horses on credit. ~ Hawaiian Proverbs The deeper the sorrow the less the tongue has it. ~ The Talmud Loose tongues are worse than wicked hands. ~ Jewish Proverbs The tongue that belongs to a fake friend is sharper than a knife. ~ Argentine Proverbs The only weapon that becomes sharper with constant use is the tongue . ~ Saying Teach your tongue to say “I don’t know” instead of to make up something. ~ Jewish Proverb The body pays for a slip of the foot, and gold pays for a slip of the tongue . ~ Malaysian Proverbs To speak kindly does not hurt the tongue . ~ Saying Quotations about Tongue I prefer tongue-tied kn...

Sayings about Anxiety Every little yielding to anxiety is a step away from the natural heart of man. ~ Japanese Proverb Anxiety will not let you die of hunger. ~ African Proverb If the fight is tomorrow, then why should you clench your fist today? ~ Cameroon Proverb Anxiety about the future never profits; we feel no evil until it comes, and when we feel it, no counsel helps; wisdom is either too early or too late. ~ Saying Quotations about Anxiety Anxiety is an emotion characterized by an unpleasant state of inner turmoil, often accompanied by nervous behavior, such as pacing back and forth, somatic complaints, and rumination.~ From Wikipedia (Wikipedia) Anxiety is a thin stream of fear trickling through the mind. If encouraged, it cuts a channel into which all other thoughts are drained. ~ Arthur Somers Roche Generally we obtain very surely and very speedily what we are not too anxious to obtain. ~ Jean-Jacques Rousseau Some of your grief you have cu...

Sayings about Toughness Tough times don’t last but tough people do. ~ French proverb What was hard to bear is sweet to remember. ~ Portuguese Proverb Man is harder than rock and more fragile than an egg. ~ Yugoslavian Proverb You need a sharp axe for a tough bough. ~ Russian Proverb When you go, the road is rough; when you return, smooth. ~ Thai Proverb This world is a harsh place, this world. ~ Zulu Proverb Run as hard as a wild beast if you will, but you won't get any reward greater than that destined for you. ~ Egyptian Proverbs The hardest person to wake up is the person who is already awake. ~ Filipino Proverb What's too hard for a man must be worth looking into. ~ Kenyan Proverb It is hard to swim against the current. ~ Dutch Proverb The wicked work harder to preach hell than the righteous do to get to heaven. ~ American Proverb The first hundred years are the hardest. ~ American Proverb Man is harder than iron, stronger than stone and more fr...

Sayings about Family A family in harmony will prosper in everything. ~ Chinese Proverb It is easy to govern a kingdom but difficult to rule one's family .~ Chinese Proverb A man can't get rich if he takes proper care of his family .~ Navajo Proverb Even the maid has a family .~ South African Proverb The family is like the forest: if you are outside, it is dense; if you are inside, you see that each tree has its own position. ~ Ghanaian Proverb None but a mule denies his family . ~ Arabian Proverb If you want a place in the sun, you must leave the shade of the family tree.~ Osage Proverb Dine with a stranger but save your love for your family .~ Ethiopian Proverb In a good family the husband is deaf and the wife blind.~ French Proverb Look for the good, not the evil, in the conduct of members of the family .~ Jewish Proverb A dog shows affection even to a poor family . ~ Chinese Proverb The family that prays together stays together. ~ Traditional P...

Sayings about Skills Talents without skills is like deserts without an oasis. ~ Arabian Proverb To pick up in a clumsy way is stealing, to steal in a skillful way is to pick up. ~ Armenian Proverb Who has a trade may go anywhere. ~ Spanish Proverb Skill and assurance form an invincible combination. ~ Dutch Proverb Better go without medicine than call in an unskilled physician. ~ Japanese Proverb In a calm sea, every man is a pilot. ~ English Proverb To lie and eat fish demand a lot of skill . ~ Spanish Proverb Many people can pack the cards; fewer can play the game.~ Italian Proverb The person that makes one basket can make a hundred. ~ Spanish Proverb Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors. ~ African Proverb Be not a jack of all trades, but a master of one. ~ Chinese Proverb The best doctor prevents illness, an average doctor visits when the illness is imminent, and the unskilled doctor treats your present illness. ~ Chinese Proverb The itch that giv...