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Motivational Proverbs 1 Motivational Proverbs 2
Friendship Proverbs Love Proverbs
Motivational Proverbs 2
Be there with the day and be gone with the day.
Even a hare will bite when it is cornered.
Of all the stratagems, to know when to quit is the best.
What some people mistake for the high cost of living is really the cost of living high.
Habit, if not resisted, soon becomes necessity.
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.
Be careful of your thoughts; they may become words at any moment.
All things are possible until they are proved impossible - and even the impossible may only be so, as of now.
If opportunity does not knock, build the door.
An artist is not one who has solved life's problems. He is one who accepts life's problems.
The gift of an image is that it provides a place to watch your soul.
The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.
Those who stand for nothing fall for anything.
It is not what you have in your life, but whom you have in your life that counts.
If freedom is outlawed, only outlaws will have freedom.
You cannot scratch with the turkeys if you want to fly with the eagles.
It does not matter where you are coming from - all that matters is where you are going.
Getting there first is often more important than getting there perfect.
Painting is just another way of keeping a diary.
Keep trying! It is only from the valley that the mountain seems high.
What you set free is yours forever, clutch it and it is gone.
I not only use all the brains I have, but also all I can borrow.
Everyone had talent. What is rare is the courage to follow your talent to where it may lead you.
I am careful not to confuse excellence with perfection. Excellence, I can reach for; perfection is god's business.
There is little nudity as objectionable as the naked truth.
Do not make reasons for him to stay, only reasons for him to return.
The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything but genius.
One who knows and knows that he knows he is a wise man, follow him; one who knows not and knows that he knows not, is an ignorant man, guide him; one who knows not and knows not that he knows not, is a fool, and shun him.
The true measure of a man's wealth is in the thing he can afford not to buy.
There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as if everything is.
It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.
There are only two ways of telling the complete truth – anonymously and posthumously.
It is easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them.
Fanaticism is just one-step away from barbarism.
A man should never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong, which is saying, in other words, that he is wiser today than he was yesterday.
I do not need to compromise my principles, because they do not have the slightest bearing on what happens to me anyway.
Be conservative in what you do, be liberal in what you accept from others.
Your enemy is never a villain in his own eyes. Keep this in mind; it may offer a way to make him your friend. If not, you can kill him without hate, and quickly.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity.
You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Do not ever count on having both at once.
One who conquers others is great. One who conquers himself is mighty.
The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything.
Death that does not kill you makes you stronger.
Success is that old abc – ability, breaks, and courage.
One thing you cannot recycle is wasted time.
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
There are only two forces in the world – the sword and the spirit. In the end, the spirit will always conquer the sword.
We do not love qualities, we love persons; sometimes because of their defects as well as of their qualities.
Do not be afraid to confront risks. It is by taking chances that we learn how to be brave.
Nothing is really over…until the moment, you stop trying.
I want to know everything about something and nothing about anything else.
Find a job you like and you add five days to every week.
When I hear somebody say, 'life is hard', I am always tempted to ask, 'compare to what?'
The mind has exactly the same power as the hands; not merely to grasp the world, but to change it.
Success will not lower its standard to us. We must raise our standards to success.
Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.
When you live on a round planet, there is no choosing side.
It is intelligent to have a plan, but neurotic to fall in love with it.
Hot heads and cold hearts never solved anything.
When it is all over, its not who you were…it is whether you made a difference.
You can learn a line from a win and a book from a defeat.
Marriage is the only war where you sleep with the enemy.
Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should get used to the idea.
The greatest regrets in our lives are the risks we did not take.
Experience is like a comb that life gives you when you are bald.
It is better to declare truth and be rejected then to withhold it just to be accepted.
There is only one pretty child in the world and every mother has it.
People who drink to drown their sorrows should be told that sorrow knows how to swim.
Everything is all right in the end. If it is not all right, then it is not the end.
Find the purpose, means will follow.
The foundation of all mental illness is the unwillingness to experience legitimate suffering.
If you believe in yourself, and act as if you believe in yourself, others will believe in you.
A man convinced against his will, is of the same opinion still.
Men must be taught as if taught them not, and things unknown proposed as things forgot.
Think big, think fast, think ahead, ideas are no one's monopoly.
If you work with determination and perfection, success will follow.
You do not require an invitation to make profits.
Pursue your goals even in the face of difficulties, and convert adversities into opportunities.
Do not cry if the sun sets at the end of the day, because the tears will not let you enjoy the beauty of the stars.
A careless word may kindle strife; a cruel word may wreck a life; a timely word may level stress; a loving word may heal and bless.
Whenever you see darkness, there is extraordinary opportunity for the light to burn brighter.
Your imperfections are what make you beautiful.
It does not take a lot of strength to hang on, it takes a lot of strength to let go.
Worrying is less work than doing something to fix the worry.
The day people stop bringing you their problems are the day you have stopped leading them.
It is easy to get a reputation for wisdom. It is only necessary to live long, speak little and do less.
Thoughts become words, words become actions, action become habits, and habits decide your destiny.
Talent does what it can; genius does what it must.
You do not need to be excellent at all times; sometimes you have to be extraordinary.
It is nice to be simple but do not be an average.
Be not afraid of growing slowly but be afraid of standing still.
Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear.
It is never too late to be what you might have been.
For every problem, a solution is simple, direct and wrong.
Great love and great achievements involve great risk.
When you lose, do not lose the lesson.
Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes wonderful stroke of luck.
Open your arms to change, but do not let go off your values.
Share your knowledge. It is a way to achieve immortality.
Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it.
Happiness is like perfume, you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on yourself.
Your progress is only limited by your desire so aim for the moon, do not worry if you fail, you will be among the stars.
Happiness is the art of making a bouquet of those flowers within reach.
To be successful look for the circumstances you want. If you cannot find them, make them.
As long as we have memories, yesterday remains, as long as we have hope, tomorrow awaits. As long as we have friendship, each day is never a waste.
We can have more than we have got because we can become more than we are.
If you care at all, you will get some results. If you care enough, you will get incredible results.
Formal education will help you make a living but self-education will make you a fortune.
Success lies in the opposite direction of the normal pull.
We each of us are angels with only one wing. And we can only fly embracing each others.
No man or woman is worth your tears, and the one who is, will not make you cry.
The worst way to miss someone is to be sitting right beside them knowing you can't have them.
Never frown, even when you are sad, because you never know who is falling in love with your smile.
Do not waste your time on a man/woman, who is not willing to waste their time on you.
Maybe god wants us to meet a few wrong people before meeting the right one, so that when we finally meet the person, we will know how to be grateful.
Do not cry because it is over, smile because it happened.
There's always going to be people that hurt you so what you have to do is keep on trusting and just be more careful about who you trust next time around.
Make yourself a better person and know who you are before you try to know someone else and expect them to know you.
Do not try so hard, the best things come when you least expect them to.
Remember: whatever happens happens for a reason.
What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us.
Not all of us have to possess earthshaking talent. Just common sense and love will do.
Everyone is trying to accomplish something big, not realizing that life is made up of little things.
It is not necessary to be rich and famous to be happy. Its only necessary be rich.
Kites rise highest against the wind – not with it.
There is no greater wealth than wisdom, no greater poverty than ignorance, and no greater heritage than culture.
Remember, your parents or close ones are looking at you with expectations. Your decisions are not simply your own, they are sure to have a bearing on others as well.
You can complain because roses have thorns, or you can rejoice because thorns have roses.
Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please.
To get the full value of joy, you must have someone to divide it with.
To be a leader you have to lead human beings with affection.
Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.
Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length.
There are too many mediocre things in life. Love should not be one of them.
The heart wants what it wants…there is no logic to those things.
Money was invented so we could know exactly how much we owe.
Without imaginative consciousness, the past does not exist because it is no longer, the future does not exist because it is not yet, and the present that may not be divided into past and future does not exist because it is without extension.
If you wish another to keep your secret, first keep it yourself.
The official secrets act is not to protect secrets but to protect officials.
Those who are quick to promise are generally slow to perform.
Work and pray, live on hay. You will get pie in the sky when you die.
We make large promises to avoid making small presents.
There are no problems - only opportunities to be creative.
I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it.
It is so easy to fall in love but hard to find someone who will catch you.
Do not criticize what you cannot understand.
The best thing about the future is that it only comes one day at a time.
Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear.
You would be surprise how much it costs to look this cheap.
It is never too late to be what you might have been.
If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.
Life is what happens when you are making other plans.
A narrow vision is divisive. A broad vision is expansive. But, the supreme vision is all-inclusive – and the higher the vision, the greater the mission.
Education is what survives when what has been learnt is forgotten.
Every fool knows you cannot touch the stars, but it does not stop wise men from trying.
Genius begins great works; labour alone finishes them.
If you cannot make mistake, you cannot make anything.
The beginning of wisdom is silence. The second step is listening.
You will be doing anything for the one you love…except love them again.
Fate exists but it can only take you so far, because once you are there, it is up to you to make it happen.
To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart.
If someone betrays you once, it is his fault; if he betrays you twice, it is your fault.
Learn from the mistakes of others. You cannot live long enough to make them all yourself.
The right to be let alone is indeed the beginning to all freedom.
Success is how high you bounce when you hit down.
I am a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it.
If you judge people, you have no time to love them.
Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute.
Do not wish to be anything but what you are, and try to be that perfectly.
A day will never be anymore than what you make of it. Practice being a 'doer'.
The best and the most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart.
Look to the future and not to the past to find those things you want to make last.
And in the end, it is not the years in your life that counts, it is the life in your years.
Life is 10 percent what you make it and 90 percent how you take it.
Ability is what you are capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.
To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart.
Anger is only one letter short of danger. If someone betrays you once, it is his fault; if he betrays you twice, it is your fault.
Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.
He, who loses money, loses much; he, who loses a friend, loses much more; he, who loses faith, loses all.
Good, better, best; never let it rest until your good is better and your better is best.
Those who have an excessive faith in their theories or in their ideas are not only poorly disposed to make discoveries, but they also make very poor observations.
The journey of a thousand miles begins with a broken fan belt and a leaky tire.
It is always darkest before dawn, so if you are going to steal your neighbor's newspaper, that is the time to do it.
Do not be irreplaceable. If you cannot be replaced, you cannot be promoted.
Always remember you are unique. Just like everyone else.
Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned, nor hell a fury like a woman scorned.
Beauty is a woman you notice; a charmer is one who notices you.
Never approach a friend's girlfriend or wife with mischief as your goal. There are just too many women in the world to justify that sort of dishonorable behavior. Unless she is attractive.
A compliment is like a kiss through a veil.
A correct answer is like an affectionate kiss.
A coward is a hero with a wife, kids, and a mortgage.
A dress makes no sense unless it inspires men to want to take it off you.
A good marriage is at least 80 percent good luck in finding the right person at the right time. The rest is trust.
A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband.
A kiss is a rosy dot over the 'I' of loving.
A kiss: to a young girl, faith; to a married woman, hope; to an old maid, charity.
A sweetheart is a bottle of wine; a wife is a wine bottle.
Yesterday is a cancelled check. Tomorrow is a promissory note. Today is cash...spend it wisely.
Time is the best gift you will ever receive; do not take it for granted. Tell everyone how much they mean to you, you may not get the chance tomorrow.
If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day, so I never have to live without you.
I will lean on you, you lean on me, and we will be okay.
Everyone hears what you say. Friends listen to what you say. Best friends listen to what you do not say.
We all take different paths in life, but no matter where we go, we take a little of each other everywhere.
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