Proverbials!

Sayings about Appearance Talent counts thirty percent; appearance counts seventy. ~ Chinese Proverbs A beautiful wife without money is like a fine house without furniture. ~ Spanish Proverbs A lovely girl attracts attention by her good looks, an ugly girl by the help of a mirror. ~ Maltese Proverbs Her father’s fortune will make the ugliest girl attractive . ~ Spanish Proverb If you fall in love let her be a beauty ; if you should steal, let it be a camel. ~ Lebanese Proverbs Where the hostess is beautiful the wine is tasty. ~ French Proverbs Beauty is a good letter of introduction. ~ Portuguese Proverbs Your beauty is in what you have. ~ Chadian Proverbs Beauty is ten, nine of which is dressing. ~ Azerbaijani Proverbs A heart in love with beauty never grows old. ~ Turkish Proverbs He who marries a beauty marries trouble. ~ Nigerien Proverbs When confronted with two evils, a man will always choose the most attractive . ~ Saying If there is light in ...

Sayings about Ugliness If there is character, ugliness becomes beauty; if there is none, beauty becomes ugliness. ~ Nigerian Proverbs Nobody's sweetheart is ugly . ~ Dutch Proverbs Never kiss an ugly girl; she will tell everyone. ~ Jewish Proverbs A lovely girl attracts attention by her good looks, an ugly girl by the help of a mirror. ~ Maltese Proverbs A gilt-edged visiting card often hides an ugly face. ~ Japanese Proverbs Gloves hide the ugliest hands. ~ Romanian Proverbs No mirror ever reflected an ugly woman. ~ Spanish Proverbs Better to kiss an ugly woman than to lick yourself. ~ Burundi Proverbs A beautiful woman belongs to everyone; an ugly one is yours alone. ~ Indian Proverbs One night with an ugly woman and one day in the mountains both are like an eternity. ~ Turkish Proverbs An ungrateful son is a wart on his father's nose -- he leaves it, it's ugly , he removes it, it hurts. ~ Iranian Proverbs A monkey never thinks her baby...

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 Clothing Borrowed clothes are either too tight or too loose. ~ Filipino Proverbs As soon as a man gets new trousers , he thinks about a new wife. ~ Iranian Proverbs The rich man may wear old clothes. ~ Ghanaian Proverbs If you stay at home you won’t wear out your shoes. ~ Yiddish Proverbs Not everyone who wears spurs owns a horse. ~ Spanish Proverbs Do not measure another man's coat on your body. ~ Malay Proverbs The prettiest of shoes makes a sorry hat. ~ Japanese Proverbs Do not judge by appearances; a rich heart may be under a poor coat . ~ Gaelic Proverbs Black souls wear white shirts. ~ Ukrainian Proverbs He who wears a smile instead of worrying is always the strongest. ~ Japanese Proverb Our last garment is made without pockets. ~ Italian Proverbs When you meet a man, you judge him by his clothes ; when you leave, you judge him by his heart. ~ Russian Proverbs An insult is but a short garment : it reveals the one who wears it....

Sayings about Fate Venture all; see what fate brings. ~ Vietnamese Proverbs Medicine cures the man who is fated not to die. ~ Traditional Proverb When fate throws a dagger at you, there are only two ways to catch it: by the blade or by the handle. ~ Chinese Proverbs It is the fate of the coconut husk to float, for the stone to sink. ~ Malawian Proverbs It is not the bullet that kills you, it is fate . ~ Arabian Proverbs Such is the fate of the sheep: either shorn or roasted. ~ American Proverbs It is the fate of the great ones of this earth, to be appreciated only after they are gone. ~ Traditional Proverb Men fated to be happy need not haste. ~ Chinese Proverb Fate sends almonds to toothless people. ~ Spanish Proverbs As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come. ~ Bible If you're fated to drown, you may die in a teaspoon of water. ~ Yiddish Proverbs Throw a lucky man into the sea, and he will come up w...

Sayings about hiding If you are in hiding , don't light a fire. ~ Ghanaian Proverbs He that hides is no better than he that steals. ~ Danish Proverbs The feathers of a dead eagle would cover you all over. ~ Gabonese Proverbs You may hide the fire, but what about the smoke? ~ Creole Proverb Snakes prefer to hide under flowers. ~ French Proverbs Poverty and ugliness are difficult to hide . ~ Chinese Proverbs A fair face may hide a foul heart. ~ Danish Proverb You cannot hide the sun with one hand. ~ American Proverb Often one finds one's destiny just where one hides to avoid it. ~ Chinese Proverb Cover up the good you do -- do like the Nile and conceal your sources. ~ Egyptian Proverbs Cats hide their claws. ~ English Proverbs Marriage is a covered dish. ~ Swiss Proverbs The earth will cover the doctor's mistakes. ~ Ukrainian Proverbs Why hide from God what the saints already know? ~ French Proverbs Darkness conceals the hippopotam...

Sayings about Birth Nobility of soul is more honorable than nobility of birth . ~ Dutch Proverbs Birth is the only remedy against death. ~ Nigerien Proverbs As soon as man is born he begins to die. ~ Traditional Proverb He who is born a mule can never be a horse. ~ Corsican Proverbs When a girl is born it is like having six thieves invade the house. ~ Polish Proverbs The best birthdays of all are those that haven’t arrived yet. ~ Saying The three most beautiful sights: a potato garden in bloom, a ship under sail, and a woman after the birth of a child. ~ Irish Proverbs A person born to be a flower pot will not go beyond the porch. ~ Mexican Proverbs Birth , ancestry, and that which you yourself have not achieved can hardly be called your own. ~ Greek Proverbs Give me, mother, luck at my birth , then throw me if you will on the rubbish heap. ~ Bulgarian Proverbs Birthdays are nature’s way of telling us to eat more cake. ~ Saying Men were born with bread...

Sayings about Actions A man's actions are more important than his ancestry. ~ Kenyan Proverbs If you want to know your past, look into your present conditions. If you want to know your future -- look into your present actions . ~ Chinese Proverbs Planning without action is futile, action without planning is fatal. ~ Saying If your inner mind isn't deceived, your outer actions won't be wrong. ~ Tibetan Proverbs For the sake of one good action , a hundred evil ones should be forgotten. ~ Chinese Proverb You can't truthfully explain your smallest action without fully revealing your character. ~ Saying Actions speak louder than words. ~ English Proverbs If faith without works is dead, willingness without action is fantasy. ~ Saying For every action , there is an equal and opposite criticism. ~ Saying Never repent a good action . ~ Danish Proverbs Force is that which rules the actions without regulating the will. ~ Traditional Proverb The begi...

Sayings about Determination Real leaders are ordinary people with extraordinary determination . ~ Saying To him who is determined it remains only to act. ~ Italian Proverbs Focus on where you want to go, not where your currently are. ~ Saying If you can’t find the key to success, pick the lock. ~ Saying With a resolute heart, a mouse can lift an elephant. Spreading the news is also multiplying it. ~ Tibetan Proverbs If you are   determined ... just do it! ~ Italian Proverb Be resolved and the thing is done. ~ Chinese Proverbs So we built the wall and the whole wall was joined together to half its height; for the people had a mind to work. ~ Bible Fall seven times, stand up eight. ~ Japanese Proverbs Quotations about Determination Determine what specific goal you want to achieve. Then dedicate yourself to its attainment with unswerving singleness of purpose, the trenchant zeal of a crusader. ~ Paul J. Meyer Determination that just won't quit -- that's ...