Proverb Tweets Sample

If you want to be respected, you must respect yourself - Danish #Proverb


 

I believe what you say, I'm only surprised at what you do. ~ Egyptian #Proverb

 Drunken days have all their tomorrow. - proverb  

 

 

He who asks a question is a fool for a moment. But he who doesn't remains a fool forever.

- Chinese Proverb

 

If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.

- proverb

 

"The longest road out is the shortest road home." - Irish Proverb 

"By asking for the impossible, obtain the best possible." -Italian Proverb 

 What you don't see with your eyes, don't invent with your mouth. -Jewish Proverb 

 

"A good laugh and a long sleep are the two best cures for anything."  

- Irish Proverb

He who never knows where he is going, will never know whether he has arrived. 

From: The Wisdom of Africa, BBC, 2002

Not to know is bad. Not to wish to know is worse.

The log on the woodpile does not laugh at the log in the fire. Sent by Sir-Muel MG, Kenya, & Kipkorir Silas Kwendet, India

We often neglect educating the heart whilst educating the mind. 

- Proverb

 








We don't inherit the Earth from our ancestors.We borrow it from our children. - Native American

"Take down a thief from the gallows and he will hang you up." - Italian

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Never fight a stranger in the dark, for he may turn out to be your brother. Zambian proverb sent by Peter Igbonekwu Cee, Lagos, Nigeria


 

The leopard cannot change its spots.

When eating bamboo sprouts, remember the man who planted them. 
- Chinese

Shared joy is a double joy. Shared sorrow is half a sorrow.

 If a sane dog fights a mad dog, it's the sane dog's ear that is bitten off. 

- Burmese

 In a caravan, it's the first camel who delays the rest; however the last one gets all the beatings. [Abraham Kahsay, Ethiopia]

A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains. 

--Dutch Proverb

 



 

A person who is slow to wrath is a person of great understanding.

-Proverb

It is by the strength of their number that the ants in the field can carry their prey to the nest.   - Sent by Daniel Chuks, Nigeria

The generous person is not wasteful; he is simply buying honour for himself. 

-yoruba 

A hen's curses have never killed an eagle. 

Sent by Robert Atuhairwe Rwase, Uganda

 

Fear only two: God, and the man who has no fear of God.

-  Hasidic Proverb

 

A pessimist, confronted with two bad choices, chooses both.

 - Jewish Proverb

 

 "What is coming is better than what is gone."

--Arabic proverb Morocco

 

 It's with patience that snakes climb coconut palms. [Be patient, but determined] #yoruba #proverb

 Dig the well before you are thirsty. - #Chinese

 Lower your voice and strengthen your argument. ~ #Lebanese

Nothing sums up Obama foreign policy better than this Persian proverb: expect no miracle from this saint.

 “Be not afraid of going slowly; be afraid only of standing still.” - Chinese

 

Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in getting up every time we do.

- Confucius