American Proverb Famous Quotes



In God we trust all others must pay cash.

Kindness is the noblest weapon to conquer with.

Never trouble trouble until trouble troubles you.

You have to kiss a lot of toads before you find a handsome prince.

A tree never hits an automobile except in self defense.

"Opportunity doesn't knock. You knock, opportunity answers."

"If you can't lick 'em, join 'em."

Scratch my back and I'll scratch yours.

He who speaks the truth must have one foot in the stirrup.


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"Karate is a form of martial arts in which people who have had years and years of training can, using only their hands and feet, make some of the worst movies in the history of the world."
Dave Barry

People who make history know nothing about history. You can see that in the sort of history they make.
Gilbert Keith Chesterton

Some people are born on third base and go through life thinking they hit a triple.
Barry Switzer

Don't walk behind me I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend.
Albert Camus

"If you have love in your life it can make up for a great many things you lack. If you don't have it, no matter what else there is, it's not enough."
Ann Landers

"Man only of all earthly creatures, asks, Can the dead die forever - and the instinct that urges the question is God's answer to man, for no instinct is given in vain."
Edward George Earle Lytton BulwerLytton

Our lives are like a candle in the wind.
Carl Sandburg

Geniuses are the luckiest of mortals because what they must do is the same as what they most want to do.
Wystan Hugh Auden

Every society honors its live conformists and its dead troublemakers.
Mignon McLaughlin

"Lord, make me an instrument of your peace where there is hatred, let me sow love where there is injury, pardon where there is doubt, faith where there is despair, hope where there is darkness, light and where there is sadness, joy."
Unknown