Proverbials!

Sayings about Greatness Great men have big hearts. ~ Ethiopian Proverbs The greatest hero is one who has control over his desires. ~ Sanskrit Proverb Alexander the Great was not very tall. ~ Greek Proverbs It is the fate of the great ones of this earth, to be appreciated only after they are gone. ~ Traditional Proverb Only great men may have great faults. ~ French Proverb He is great whose faults can be numbered. ~ Hebrew Proverb Greatness is not achieved with violence. ~ African Proverb The greatest conqueror is he who overcomes the enemy without a blow. ~ Chinese Proverb A truly great man never puts away the simplicity of a child. ~ Chinese Proverb Great men's requests are commands. ~ Danish Proverbs Great people give it with reproaches. ~ Chinese Proverb You are not great just because you say you are. ~ South African Proverb Great talker, great liar. ~ French Proverb A clever person turns great troubles into little ones and little ones i

Sayings about Walking Little by little one walks far. ~ Peruvian Proverb Walk straight and you will not fall. ~ Yiddish Proverb Restless feet may walk into a snake pit. ~ Ethiopian Proverb Walk according to the length of your step. ~ Tibetan Proverb The farmer hopes for rain, the walker hopes for sunshine, and the gods hesitate. ~ Chinese Proverb Truth may walk through the world unarmed. ~ Bedouin Proverb If you walk on snow you cannot hide your footprints. ~ Chinese Proverb With a walking -stick you reach many lands; you reach many more with words. ~ Finnish Proverb You are permitted in time of great danger to walk with the devil until you have crossed the bridge. ~ Bulgarian Proverb You make a road by walking on it. ~ Nicaraguan Proverb Eat according to the limits of your provisions; walk according to the length of your step. ~ Tibetan Proverb One generation builds the street on which the next will walk . ~ Chinese Proverb After lunch, rest; after

Sayings about Achievement Achievement  is largely the product of steadily raising one’s levels of aspirations and expectations. ~ Saying Birth, ancestry, and that which you yourself have not achieved can hardly be called your own. ~ Greek Proverb Not much is achieved where everyone gives the orders. ~ Portuguese Proverb There are no shortcuts to life’s greatest achievements . ~ Saying Greatness is not achieved with violence. ~ African Proverb God's goal will be achieved when everyone is content with himself. ~ Breton Proverb The body achieves what the mind believes. ~ Saying Somebody is always doing what somebody else said couldn't be done. ~ Saying Quotations about Achievement High achievement always takes place in the framework of high expectation. ~ Jack Kinder Let us, then, be up and doing, with a heart for any fate; still achieving , still pursuing, learn to labor and to wait. ~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Our achievements speak for themselv

Sayings about Agreement  A lean agreement is better than a fat lawsuit. ~ German Proverb Better a friendly refusal than an unwilling consent. ~ Spanish Proverb Rare is agreement between beauty and modesty.~ Latin Proverb Agreement makes law. ~ Legal Maxim An agreement is a kind of debt.~ Moroccan Proverb Two crocodiles cannot agree . ~ Swahili Proverb Two experts never agree . ~ Zimbabwean Proverb Where there is negotiation, there is hope for agreement . ~ Somalia Proverb Greeks only agree with each other about going to the toilet. ~ Greek Proverb When the cat and the mouse agree the farmer doesn't stand a chance. ~ Danish Proverb He who cannot agree with his enemies is controlled by them. ~ Chinese Proverb The wolf and the dog agree about the goat -- which together they eat. ~ Basque Proverb They two agreed like two cats in a gutter. ~ Traditional Proverb Sometimes even the intestine and the stomach disagree . ~ Arabian Proverb Agreements sh

Sayings about Accident  Substance is not enough,  accident  is also required. ~ Italian Proverb An accidental meeting is more pleasant than a planned one. ~ Chinese Proverbs Substance is not enough, accident is also required. ~ Italian Proverb If the lady of the house breaks something it is an unfortunate accident ; if the servant does, then it is a terrible disaster. ~ Turkish Proverb Let a wrong-doing repeat itself at least three times: the first may be an accident , the second a mistake, but the third is likely to be intentional. ~ African Proverb When a rich man falls they say it was an accident ; when a poor man falls they say that he was drunk. ~ Turkish Proverb Quotations about Accidents I don’t believe in accidents ; there are only encounters in history. There are no accidents. ~ Elie Wiesel Nothing is accidental in the universe — this is one of my Laws of Physics — except the entire universe itself, which is Pure Accident, pure divinity.~ Joyce Carol Oat

Sayings about Apology & feeling Sorry Better safe than sorry . ~ English Proverb He is a sorry barber who has but one comb. ~ Italian Proverb The unfaithful woman has remorse , the faithful one has regret. ~ Chinese Proverb I felt sorry for myself because I had no shoes — until I met a man who had no feet. ~ Jewish Proverb It is a sorry house in which the cock is silent and the hen crows. ~ French Proverb He who serves the public has a sorry master. ~ Italian Proverb Repentant tears wash out the stain of guilt. ~ Latin Proverb Age is a sorry travelling companion. ~ Danish Proverb Not the fastest horse can catch a word spoken in anger. ~ Chinese Proverb All of the Earth's treasures can't bring back a lost moment. ~ French Proverb Quotations about Apology A stiff apology is a second insult. The injured party does not want to be compensated because he has been wronged; he wants to be healed because he has been hurt. ~ Gilbert K. Chesterton I

Proverbs about Nurses & Nursing Many kiss the child for the nurse’s sake. ~ Danish Proverb Solitude is the nurse of wisdom. ~ German Proverb A patient that can swallow food makes the nurse doubtful. ~ Malagasy Proverb With seven nurses the child loses its eye. ~ Russian Proverb Hope is the nurse of misery. ~ American Proverb The baby who doesn’t cry isn’t nursed . ~ South American Proverb Quotations about Nurses & Nursing Our job as nurses is to cushion the sorrow and celebrate the job, everyday, while we are “just doing our jobs”. ~ Christine Belle We’d all be worse without a nurse . ~ Author Unknown America’s nurses are the beating heart of our medical system. ~ Barack Obama Nurses – one of the few blessings of being ill. ~ Sara Moss Nurse will always give us hope, an angel with a stethoscope. ~ Carrie Latet Apprehension, uncertainty, waiting, expectation, fear of surprise, do a patient more harm than any exertion. ~ Florence Nightingale N

Sayings about Sorrow Sorrow is to the soul what the worm is to wood. ~ Turkish Proverb He who has no children has one  sorrow , he who has children has a thousand  sorrows . ~ Turkish Proverb Shared joy is a double joy; shared sorrow is half a sorrow. ~ Swedish Proverb A man without a child is a king without sorrows . ~ Iranian Proverb Happiness has its roots -- sorrow has its womb. ~ Chinese Proverb Sorrows are valuable treasures that you only show to your friends. ~ Spanish Proverb Sorrow is the child of too much joy. ~ Chinese Proverb If it weren't for sorrow and bad times, every day would be Christmas. ~ Lithuanian Proverb There is not so much comfort in having children as there is sorrow in parting with them. ~ Traditional Proverb The bridge between joy and sorrow is not long. ~ German Proverb It rains sorrow on him who is already wet. ~ Spanish Proverb Don't let your sorrow come higher than your knees. ~ Swedish Proverb A child is a cer

Weeks & Weekends Sayings Monday is the key day of the week . ~ Scottish Proverb God does not pay weekly , but pays at the end. ~ Dutch Proverb Events follow one another like the days of the week . ~ Tanzanian Proverb Money is only good for a weekday , a holiday, and a rainy day. ~ Russian Proverb A Sunday well-spent brings a week of content. ~ Traditional 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 He that would have a beautiful wife should choose her on a Sunday . ~ Danish Proverb If you would be happy for a week , take a wife; if you would be happy for a month, kill a pig; but if you would be happy all your life, plant a garden. ~ Chinese Proverb A man who always wears his best kimono has no Sunday clothes. ~ Japanese Proverb He who is not drunk on a Sunday is not worth a greeting on Monday. ~ Albanian Proverb Get married and

Saying about Teeth The teeth often bite the tongue, still the two stay together. ~ Danish Proverb He that sleeps sound feels not the toothach e. ~ Swiss Proverb If a dog bites you and you don't bite him back, it will say that you have no teeth . ~ Sudanese Proverb Don't use your teeth when you can untie the knot with your fingers. ~ Afghan Proverb Other people's money has sharp teeth . ~ Russian Proverb A toad too would like to crack nuts, but he has no teeth . ~ Russian Proverb The unfortunate would be bitten by toothless dogs. ~ Tibetan Proverb Eat coconuts while you have teeth . ~ Senegalese Proverb The tongue goes to where the tooth aches. ~ French Proverb The teeth that laugh are also those that bite. ~ West African Proverb The teeth are smiling, but is the heart? ~ Congolese Proverb Fate sends almonds to toothless people. ~ Spanish Proverb You can hate the dog, but do not tell him that his teeth are dirty. ~ Creole Proverb (Southern U

Sayings about Justice Justice is better than admiration If you are going to kill, then kill an elephant; if you are going to steal make sure it's a treasure.~ Indian Proverb The more laws the less justice . ~ Traditional Proverb One hour of justice is worth seventy hours of prayer. ~ Turkish Proverb Where might is the master, justice is the servant. ~ German Proverb Popular agitation leads to justice . ~ Tamil Proverb The court is most merciful when the accused is most rich. ~ Hebrew Proverb When violence comes into the house, law and justice leave through the chimney. ~ Turkish Proverb One hour in the execution of justice is worth seventy years of prayer. ~ Traditional Proverb Justice is the result of public opinion. ~ Chinese Proverb Justice knows no friendship. ~ Estonian Proverb Quotations about Justice Justice is the crowning glory of the virtues. ~ Marcus Tullius Cicero The foundation of justice is good faith. ~ Marcus T. Cicero Never pray

Sayings about Law Few  laws , good nations. ~ German Proverb A lean agreement is better than a fat  lawsuit . ~ German Proverb Go to  law  for a sheep and lose your cow. ~ German Proverb Law cannot persuade when it cannot punish. ~ Traditional Proverb Fear the law not the judge. ~ Russian Proverb Custom is stronger than law . ~ Russian Proverb The more laws the less justice. ~ Traditional Proverb Win your lawsuit and lose your money. ~ Chinese Proverb Where there is no law there is no transgression. ~ Bible There’s one law for the rich and another for the poor. ~ Traditional Proverb When violence comes into the house, law and justice leave through the chimney. ~ Turkish Proverb Laws , like the spider’s web, catch the fly and let the hawk go free. ~ Spanish Proverb A lawsuit is a fruit-tree planted in a lawyer's garden. ~ Italian Proverbs Law is a flag and gold is the wind that makes it move. ~ Russian Proverb The law is three days older tha