Grass Proverbs

Sayings about Grass

Don't allow the grass to grow on the path of friendship. ~ American Proverb

Sitting quietly, doing nothing, spring comes and the grass grows by itself. ~ Zen Proverb

My donkey is dead; let no more grass grow. ~ Greek Proverb

Soon grass, soon hay. ~ Dutch Proverb

Better a bad harvest than a bad neighbor. ~ Croatian Proverb

Mock the palm tree only when the date harvest is over. ~ Ethiopian Proverb

Old oxen like soft grass. ~ Myanmar Proverb

After the rain the grass will grow; after wine, conversation. ~ Swedish Proverb

Lower your head modestly while passing, and you will harvest bananas. ~ Congolese Proverb

A lucky person is someone who plants pebbles and harvests potatoes. ~ Greek Proverb

The harvest of a whole year depends on what you sow in the springtime. ~ Chinese Proverb

Have patience, the grass will be milk soon enough. ~ Chinese Proverb

One can't give a grasshopper to a child if one has not caught it yet. ~ Malagasy Proverb

Different fields, different grasshoppers; different seas, different fish. ~ Indonesian Proverb

The more help in the cornfield the smaller the harvest. ~ Zimbabwean Proverb

Pray to God for a good harvest, but keep on hoeing! ~ Slovenian Proverb

Knowledge is like a garden: if it is not cultivated, it cannot be harvested. ~ Guinean Proverb

Where a horse of a Turk passes the grass will not grow again. ~ Albanian Proverb

The buffalo that arrives late will have to drink muddy water and eat dry grass. ~ Vietnamese Proverb

With fortune on your side you can sow salt and harvest grass. ~ Kurdish Proverb

Do not let grass grow on the path of friendship. ~ French Proverb

When elephants fight, it's the grass that suffers. ~ African Proverb

Religious contention is the devil's harvest. ~ French Proverb

Do not choose your wife at a dance, but in the field among the harvesters.~ Czech Proverb

At the harvest you know how good the millet is. ~ Kenyan Proverb

Work improves the harvest better than the field itself. ~ Spanish Proverb

He who sows everywhere harvests nowhere. ~ French Proverb

The nicest woman is your own; the nicest harvest is your neighbors. ~ Korean Proverb

A harvest of peace grows from seeds of contentment. ~ Indian Proverb

If the bread in the oven is a failure you lose a week; if the harvest is a failure you lose a year; if marriage is a failure then you lose a life. ~ Estonian Proverb

The grass is always greener on the other side. ~ English Proverb

When you have a good government the grass will grow over your troubles. ~ Japanese Proverb

If you plant grass, you won’t get rice. ~ Malaysian Proverb

Once bitten by an adder, you will never walk through the high grass again. ~ Chinese Proverb

It will last out our time; if after us no grass grows, what does it matter to us? ~ Russian Proverb

When the tree dies, the grass underneath withers. ~ Chinese Proverb

A deer tethered with a golden chain can escape to the forest to eat grass. ~ Malawian Proverb

Where conceit and ignorance sit, grass will not grow again. ~ Turkish Proverb

If you see that a town worships a calf, then cut the grass and feed it. ~ Ethiopian Proverb

Customers are jade; merchandise is grass. ~ Chinese Proverb

Times are not always the same; the grass is not always green. ~ Mongolian Proverb

Grass does not grow on the nose of a thief. ~ Nigerian Proverb

On the road between the homes of friends, grass does not grow. ~ Norwegian Proverb

If the hill is on fire the grasshoppers are roasted. ~ Malagasy Proverb

Where the army goes there is no grass. ~ Croatian Proverb

Grass will not grow on a volcano. ~ French Proverb

Quotations about Grass

Were we closer to the ground as children, or is the grass emptier now? ~ Alan Bennett

Switzerland is simply a large, lumpy, solid rock with a thin skin of grass stretched over it. ~ Mark Twain

Anyone who watches golf on television would enjoy watching the grass grow on the greens. ~ Andy Rooney

God, I can push the grass apart and lay my finger on Thy heart. ~ Edna St. Vincent Millay

God is the friend of silence. Trees, flowers, grass grow in silence. See the stars, moon, and sun how they move in silence. ~ Mother Teresa

The grass must bend when the wind blows across it. ~ Confucius

Each blade of grass has its spot on earth whence it draws its life, its strength; and so is man rooted to the land from which he draws his faith together with his life. ~ Joseph Conrad

To us also, through every star, through every blade of grass, is not God made visible if we will open our minds and our eyes. ~ Thomas Carlyle

I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars. ~ Walt Whitman

Zeal is a volcano, the peak of which the grass of indecisiveness does not grow. ~ Khalil Gibran

The grass may be greener on the other side of the fence, but you still have to mow it. ~ Author Unknown

Big sisters are the crab grass in the lawn of life. ~ Charles M. Schulz

If you want to relax, watch the clouds pass by if you're laying on the grass, or sit in front of the creek; just doing nothing and having those still moments is what really rejuvenates the body. ~ Miranda Kerr

Every blade of grass has its angel that bends over it and whispers grow, grow. ~ The Talmud

The grass isn't always greener on the other side! ~ Ricky Gervais

You could cover the whole earth with asphalt, but sooner or later green grass would break through. ~ Ilya Ehrenburg

If civilization had been left in female hands we would still be living in grass huts. ~ Camille Paglia

Grass grows at last above all graves. ~ Julia C. R. Dorr

Knowing trees, I understand the meaning of patience. Knowing grass, I can appreciate persistence.~ Hal Borland

We trample grass, and prize the flowers of May; yet the grass is green when the flower fades away. ~ Robert Southwell

Bare feet on the grass comfort the spirit and connect the body to the earth all at once! ~ Maximillian Degenerez

A man who wants time to read and write must let the grass grow long. ~ Sloan Wilson

I asked the waiter, 'Is this milk fresh?' He said, 'Lady, three hours ago it was grass. ~ Phyllis Diller

There is not one blade of grass, there is no color in this world that is not intended to make us rejoice. ~ John Calvin