proverb

Link	Quote	Tags	Author
434e43d	Give a man a fire and he's warm for a day, but set fire to him and he's warm for the rest of his life.	proverb	Terry Pratchett
b276f9e	Instead of cursing the darkness, light a candle.	inspirational proverb	Ben Franklin
1b67f69	There is an ancient tribal proverb I once heard in India. It says that before we can see properly we must first shed our tears to clear the way.	suffering wisdom revelation proverb	Libba Bray
f2558e7	Survival is the ability to swim in strange water.	proverb	Frank Herbert
9f5f37d	He who conquers himself is the mightiest warrior.	ancient-china ancient-chinese conquers philosophical philosophy inspirational chinese body training ancient fighting warrior self-realization self-improvement proverb	Confucius
ae0a77a	Plants are more courageous than almost all human beings: an orange tree would rather die than produce lemons, whereas instead of dying the average person would rather be someone they are not.	be-yourself acting adage adages aphorisms audacity axiom axioms balls cojones conforming courageousness dictum dictums fit-in hardihood heroism herself human-being intrepidity made-me-think make-you-think maxims motivated moxie murder murdered oneself persons pluckiness pretender pretenders profound provoke-thought quotation spunk standout themselves true-grit daring humour bravery courage inspired people human fear quote inspiration inspire death motivational humor inspirational fearful actor saying lemons conform animal pluck courageous lemon plants nerve boldness motive plant words-to-live-by killed gnomes nonconformity orange maxim tree brave actors façades act grit epigram epigrams gnome produce deep fitting-in valour proverbs facade aphorism pretending quotations sayings pretend conformity gallantry peoples guts standing-out trees animals satire satirical self thought-provoking person himself yourself quotes human-beings thoughtful insightful proverb humans kill fearlessness dead fruit fruits die	Mokokoma Mokhonoana
8cbd5c8	To treat a person like a carpet, it is necessary that one do the walking, and one allow himself to be walked on. --Shin'a'in saying	proverb	Mercedes Lackey
36a7182	"Human beings say, "It never rains but it pours." This is not very apt, for it frequently does rain without pouring. The rabbits' proverb is better expressed. They say, "One cloud feels lonely": and indeed it is true that the sky will soon be overcast."	rain rabbit proverb	Richard Adams
ae693d3	The second mouse gets the cheese!	retort mouse proverb	Terry Pratchett
3c6c083	"Quoting an old proverb: "An empty cart rattles loudly." she said. meaning, One who lacks substance boasts loudest."	lacking-substance proverb	Alan Brennert
eebc67f	A bird in the hand was worth two in the bush, he told her, to which she retorted that a proverb was the last refuge of the mentally destitute.	proverbs proverb	W. Somerset Maugham
fb87c66	"In the void, there is no distinction of east and west." Gwen blinked slightly at that. "I know all of those words, and yet when strung together like that I have no idea what they mean."	funny proverb monk steampunk	Jim Butcher

Give a man a fire and he's warm for a day, but set fire to him and he's warm for the rest of his life.

Terry Pratchett

b276f9e

Instead of cursing the darkness, light a candle.

inspirational proverb

Ben Franklin

1b67f69

There is an ancient tribal proverb I once heard in India. It says that before we can see properly we must first shed our tears to clear the way.

suffering wisdom revelation proverb

Libba Bray

f2558e7

Survival is the ability to swim in strange water.

proverb

Frank Herbert

9f5f37d

He who conquers himself is the mightiest warrior.

ancient-china ancient-chinese conquers philosophical philosophy inspirational chinese body training ancient fighting warrior self-realization self-improvement proverb

Confucius

ae0a77a

Plants are more courageous than almost all human beings: an orange tree would rather die than produce lemons, whereas instead of dying the average person would rather be someone they are not.

be-yourself acting adage adages aphorisms audacity axiom axioms balls cojones conforming courageousness dictum dictums fit-in hardihood heroism herself human-being intrepidity made-me-think make-you-think maxims motivated moxie murder murdered oneself persons pluckiness pretender pretenders profound provoke-thought quotation spunk standout themselves true-grit daring humour bravery courage inspired people human fear quote inspiration inspire death motivational humor inspirational fearful actor saying lemons conform animal pluck courageous lemon plants nerve boldness motive plant words-to-live-by killed gnomes nonconformity orange maxim tree brave actors façades act grit epigram epigrams gnome produce deep fitting-in valour proverbs facade aphorism pretending quotations sayings pretend conformity gallantry peoples guts standing-out trees animals satire satirical self thought-provoking person himself yourself quotes human-beings thoughtful insightful proverb humans kill fearlessness dead fruit fruits die

Mokokoma Mokhonoana

8cbd5c8

To treat a person like a carpet, it is necessary that one do the walking, and one allow himself to be walked on. --Shin'a'in saying

proverb

Mercedes Lackey

36a7182

"Human beings say, "It never rains but it pours." This is not very apt, for it frequently does rain without pouring. The rabbits' proverb is better expressed. They say, "One cloud feels lonely": and indeed it is true that the sky will soon be overcast."

rain rabbit proverb

Richard Adams

ae693d3

The second mouse gets the cheese!

retort mouse proverb

Terry Pratchett

3c6c083

"Quoting an old proverb: "An empty cart rattles loudly." she said. meaning, One who lacks substance boasts loudest."

lacking-substance proverb

Alan Brennert

eebc67f

A bird in the hand was worth two in the bush, he told her, to which she retorted that a proverb was the last refuge of the mentally destitute.

proverbs proverb

W. Somerset Maugham

fb87c66

"In the void, there is no distinction of east and west." Gwen blinked slightly at that. "I know all of those words, and yet when strung together like that I have no idea what they mean."

funny proverb monk steampunk

Jim Butcher