Change is you:
- - Believe
in yourself.
- - Be the
change you wish to see in the world.
- - Be just
before you are generous.
- - Beauty
is in the eye of the beholder.
- - Better
yourself before others.
- - Brains
are better than brawn (physical force).
- - Clothes don’t
make the man.
- - Don’t find
fault, find a remedy.
- - Honesty
is the best policy.
- - Without
kindness there can be no true joy.
- - When life’s
path is steep (tough), keep your mind even (smooth).
Wisdom, knowledge and Education:
- - Character
building begins in infancy and continues until death.
- - Wisdom
is to live in the present, plan for the future, and profit from the past.
- - Wisdom is
easy to carry but difficult to gather.
- - A wise
person does at once, what a fool does at last.
- - A wise
man turns chance into good fortune.
- - There is
no slavery but ignorance.
- - Liberty
is the child of intelligence.
- - Great
minds think alike.
- - Education’s
purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one.
- - When the
pupil is ready, the teacher will come.
- - Imagination
is more important than knowledge.
- - Patience
is the companion of wisdom.
- - A fool
and his money are quickly parted.
- - A little
learning is a dangerous thing.
- - Half the
truth is often a whole lie.
- - Words should
be weighed not counted.
- - Words once
spoken can never be recalled.
Friends and acquaintances:
- - A friend
in need is a friend indeed.
- - Who is
mighty? He who makes an enemy into a friend.
- - Destroy
your enemy by making him your friend.
- - We will
never know the worth of water till the well goes dry.
- - A man is
known by the company he keeps.
- - You can
fool people some of the time, but you can’t fool them all of the time.
- - When
eating fruit, remember the one who planted the tree.
- - What
breaks in a moment, may take years to mend.
- - Give
assistance not advice in a crisis.
- - A house
divided cannot stand.
Share and care:
- - Do good
and care not to whom.
- - A candle
loses nothing by lighting another candle.
- - One
flower makes no garland.
- - A gentle
hand may lead even an elephant by a hair.
- - A gentle
word opens the iron gate.
- - A good
tree can lodge ten thousand birds.
Do or Die:
- - Willing is
not enough, we must do.
- - No pain,
no gain.
- - Better
do it than wish it done.
- - Well
begun is half done.
- - Well
done is better than well said.
- - A
journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.
- - A road
twice travelled is never as long.
- - Out of
adversity comes opportunity.
- - A little
axe can cut down a big tree.
- - Deeds
are fruits; words are leaves.
- - Words
are mere bubbles of water; deeds are drops of gold.
Determination and struggles:
- - Difficulties
make you a jewel.
- - God
helps those who help themselves.
- - Do not
leave for tomorrow what you can do today.
- - A smooth
sea never made a skilled mariner.
- - Be
gracious in defeat.
- - We learn
little from victory, much from defeat.
- - When one
door shuts, another opens.
- - Cut your
coat according to your cloth.
- - Don’t bite
off more than you can chew.
- - A bird
in the hand is worth two in the bush.
- - A fault
confessed is half redressed.
Tit for tat:
- - What
goes around, comes around.
- - What goes
up must come down.
- - What you
give is what you get.
- - What you
do to others will bear fruit in you.
Others:
- - A penny
saved is a penny earned.
- - Blood is
thicker than water.
- - When the
moon is full, it begins to wane.
- When the
apple is ripe it will fall.
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Source: Old paper junk