Japanese Proverb Famous Quotes
"Fall seven times, stand up eight."
You don't have to die heaven and hell are in this world too.
"In wealth many friends in poverty, not even relatives."
Vision without action is a daydream. Action with without vision is a nightmare.
The reputation of a thousand years may be determined by the conduct of one hour.
We are no more than candles burning in the wind.
When you have completed 95 of your journey you are halfway there.
"If you believe everything you read, better not read."
One kind word can warm three winter months.
"After victory, tighten your helmet chord."
Who travels for love finds a thousand miles not longer than one.
Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare.
Never rely on the glory of the morning nor the smiles of your mother-in-law.
The reverse side also has a reverse side.
"Deceive the rich and powerful if you will, but don't insult them."
The crow that mimics a cormorant is drowned.
The nail that sticks out is hammered down.
The go-between wears out a thousand sandals.
"Experience is an expensive school, but a fool will learn from no other."
Don't stay long when the husband is not at home.
"When the character of a man is not clear to you, look at his friends."
Japanese Proverb Quotations
Happiness is not a reward-it is a consequence. Suffering is not a punishment-it is a result.
Robert Green Ingersoll
"I believe that if it were left to artists to choose their own labels, most would choose none."
Ben Shahn
Every man ... should periodically be compelled to listen to opinions which are infuriating to him. To hear nothing but what is pleasing to one is to make a pillow of the mind.
John Ervine
"The most dangerous aspect of present-day life is the dissolution of the feeling of individual responsibility. Mass solitude has done away with any difference between the internal and the external, between the intellectual and the physical."
Eugenio Montale
"You can have brilliant ideas, but if you can't get them across, your ideas won't get you anywhere."
Lee Iacocca
Crime does not pay ... as well as politics.
Alfred E Newman
To be a book-collector is to combine the worst characteristics of a dope fiend with those of a miser.
Robertson Davies
He who hesitates is a damned fool.
Mae West
"The populace is like the sea motionless in itself, but stirred by every wind, even the lightest breeze."
Titus Livius
There is no agony like bearing an untold story inside of you.
Maya Angelou