English Proverb Famous Quotes
We never know the worth of water 'til the well is dry.
Some have been thought brave because they were afraid to run away.
The eyes are the window of the soul.
This is courage in a man to bear unflinchingly what heaven sends.
The shortest answer is doing.
One boy is more trouble that a dozen girls.
He that has no charity deserves no mercy.
Many things are lost for want of asking.
He that lives in a glass house must not throw stones.
Advice is least heeded when most needed.
"In the morning be first up, and in the evening last to go to bed, for they that sleep catch no fish."
Do not be in a hurry to tie what you cannot untie.
"In times of prosperity friends will be plenty, in times of adversity not one in twenty."
"A man's first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own heart, his next to escape the censures of the world."
Spread the table and contention will cease.
A full cup must be carried steadily.
Never fall out with your bread and butter.
Don't dig your grave with your own knife and fork.
"First deserve, and then desire."
Don't fall before you're pushed.
Let him make use of instinct who cannot make use of reason.
Use soft words and hard arguments.
Danger and delight grow on one stalk.
"When a proud man hears another praised, he feels himself injured."
Every path has its puddle.
We are usually the best men when in the worst health.
"Write down the advice of him who loves you, though you like it not at present."
English Proverb Quotations
Make up your mind to act decidedly and take the consequences. No good is ever done in this world by hesitation.
Thomas Huxley
No plan can prevent a stupid person from doing the wrong thing in the wrong place at the wrong time--but a good plan should keep a concentration from forming.
Charles E Wilson
"Do not despair of life. Think of the fox, prowling in a winter night to satisfy his hunger. His race survives I do not believe any of them ever committed suicide."
Henry David Thoreau
"Nothing will ever be attempted, if all possible objections must be first overcome."
Samuel Johnson
There is no logical answer to the question ' Why be moral'. Religions provide practical answers to the question.
B J Gupta
Providence has hidden a charm in difficult undertakings which is appreciated only by those who dare to grapple with them.
AnneSophie Swetchine
"Faith is not belief without proof, but trust without reservation."
D Elton Trueblood
It would be a sad situation if the wrapper were better than the meat wrapped inside it. (referring to clothing)
Albert Einstein
"A multitude of rulers is not a good thing. Let there be one ruler, one king."
Homer
"Hope is the thing with feathers That perches in the soul. And sings the tune Without the words, and never stops at all."
Emily Dickinson