Proverbials!

Quotations about Enthusiasm Great dejection often follows great enthusiasm . ~ Joseph Roux The real secret to success is  enthusiasm . ~ Walter Chrysler All noble enthusiasms pass through a feverish stage and grow wiser and more serene. ~ William Ellery Channing Enthusiasm for a cause sometimes warps judgment. ~ William Howard Taft Religion is among the most powerful causes of enthusiasm . ~ Edmund Burke We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us really happy is something to be enthusiastic about. ~ Charles Kingsley The prudent person may direct a state, but it is the enthusiast who regenerates or ruins it. ~ Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton Enthusiasm begets enthusiasm. ~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Enthusiasm is the fever of reason. ~ Victor Hugo None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm . ~ Henry David Thoreau One man has enthusiasm for 30 minutes, another for 30 days, but it is the...

Sayings about Ability Apply fitting ability in the fitting place. ~ Japanese Proverbs To be willing is to  be able . ~ French Proverbs You have to be rich to be able to live like a poor man. ~ French Proverb The strongest among the disabled is the one who never forgets his disability.~ Swedish Proverb Behind every able man , there are always other able men. ~ Chinese Proverbs If you have money, men think you are wise, handsome, and able to sing like a bird. ~ Jewish Proverb Cut down the tree that you are able to . ~ Russian Proverbs Pray that you will never have to bear all that you are able to endure. ~ Jewish Proverb Great abilities produce great vices as well as virtues. ~ Greek Proverb Courage is ten, nine is the ability to escape.~ Azerbaijani Proverb A good storyteller must be able to lie a little. ~ Chinese Proverb Able people can do more. ~ Chinese Proverb Willing is a good man, but Able is a better one. ~ Virgin Islander Proverb He wh...

Sayings about Aiming To talk without thinking is to shoot without  aiming . ~ English Proverb Aim high in your career but stay humble in your heart. ~ Korean Proverb Aiming isn't hitting. ~ Swahili Proverb Too aim is not enough, you must hit! ~ German Proverb Before firing, you must take aim . ~ Nigerian Proverb Frivolous talk is like shooting without aiming . ~ Spanish Proverb Taking aim for too long can ruin your eyes. ~ Ivorian Proverb Quotations about Aiming A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at. ~ Bruce Lee Aim for the highest. ~ Andrew Carnegie A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves. ~ Lao Tzu I think you should aim for the stars – and hopefully avoid ending up in the clouds! ~ Roxanne McKee Aim at heaven and you will get earth thrown in. Aim at earth and you get neither. ~ C. S. Lewis You need to...

Sayings about Roads Beautiful roads never go far. ~ Chinese Proverb Women and cats in the house, men and dogs in the street . ~ Catalonian Proverb The streets of London are paved with gold. ~ Traditional Proverb It is a long road that has no turning. ~ Irish Proverb Short is the road that leads from fear to hatred. ~ Italian Proverb Light in the streets , shadows in the house. ~ South American Proverbs The wind sweeps the road clean. ~ Sanskrit Proverb Heaven has a road , but no one travels it; Hell has no gate but men will dig to get there. ~ Chinese Proverb If you want to travel fast use the old roads . ~ Vietnamese Proverb The night walks the same road as the dream. ~ Russian Proverb There are a thousand roads to every wrong. ~ Polish Proverb Don't leave the main road for a shortcut. ~ Portuguese Proverb The road to success is lined with many tempting parking spaces. ~ Traditional Proverb Good looking and good luck don't always walk the...

Sayings about Keys A house with two keys is worth nothing. ~ Congolese Proverb Monday is the key day of the week. ~ Scottish Proverb A golden key will open every lock. ~ Yiddish Proverb Death is the key that will open a miser's coffers. ~ Sierra Leonean Proverb The key to success isn't much good until one discovers the right lock to put it in. ~ Chinese Proverb The key that opens is also the key that locks. ~ African Proverb Beware of the door with too many keys . ~ Portuguese Proverb Patience is the key to paradise. ~ Albanian Proverb When two friends part they have to lock up each other's secrets and throw away the key . ~ Hebrew Proverb Everyone is given the key to the gates of Heaven. The same key opens the gates of Hell. ~ Traditional Proverb Sloth is the key to poverty. ~ Traditional Proverb Death has the key to open the miser's chest. ~ Ghanaian Proverb Doubt is the key to knowledge. ~ Iranian Proverb Indecision is the ...

Sayings about Success The key to success isn't much good until one discovers the right lock to put it in. ~ Chinese Proverb If you wish to  succeed , consult three old people. ~ Chinese Proverb The  success   of a man is through the soles of his feet, that of a woman is from her legs. ~ African Proverb He who cannot boast cannot succeed . ~ Chinese Proverb From success to failure is one step; from failure to success is a long road. ~ Yiddish Proverb On the ladder to success there is always somebody on the rung above you and who uses your head to steady himself. ~ Icelandic Proverb A child who is to be successful is not reared exclusively on a bed of down. ~ Ghanaian Proverb If at first you don't succeed , try, try again. ~ English Proverb Men learn little from success , but much from failure. ~ Arabian Proverb Stupid solutions that succeed are still stupid solutions. ~ Yiddish Proverb The unscrupulous succeed every time. ~ Japanese Pro...

Sayings about Failure The great question is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with failure . ~ Chinese Proverb From success to failure is one step; from failure to success is a long road. ~ Yiddish Proverb The first pancake is always a failure . ~ Russian Proverb Success has many parents, but failure is an orphan. ~ American Proverb Fail to steal the chicken while it ate up your bait grain. ~ Chinese Proverb Let the sword decide only after the plan has failed . ~ Arabian 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 A proud heart can survive a general failure because such a failure does not prick its pride. ~ African Proverb It is a mistake to suppose that people succeed through success; they often succeed through failures. ~ Saying If you fail to practice your art, it will soon disappear. ~ German Proverb ...

Sayings about Ladders The world is a ladder for some to go up and others down. ~ American Proverb A fool is a wise man's ladder . ~ South African Proverb Life is a ladder -- some will climb up it, others down. ~ Bulgarian Proverb Before you start up a ladder , count the rungs. ~ Yiddish Proverb The flatterer makes you climb up a tree then takes the ladder away. ~ Chinese Proverb He who climbs a ladder , must have his brains in his feet. ~ Polish Proverb If a woman hears that something unusual is going on in heaven, she would find a ladder to go and look. ~ Armenian Proverb The higher you climb , the heavier you fall. ~ Vietnamese Proverb It is easier to climb down than up. ~ French Proverb He who inherits a hill must climb it. ~ Spanish Proverb Hasty climbers have sudden falls. ~ Italian Proverb As if it weren't bad enough to fall, the ladder lands on top of you. ~ Malawian Proverb He who holds the ladder is as bad as the thief. ~ German Prover...