40 Quotes From Different Countries

40 Quotes From Different Countries

Proverbs From Nations

Here are some of my favorite quotes from different countries.

  1.  “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.”  – African Proverb
  2. “Fall seven times, stand up eight.” – Japanese Proverb
  3. “Shared joy is a double joy; shared sorrow is half a sorrow.” – Swedish Proverb
  4. “Words should be weighed, not counted.” -Yiddish Proverb
  5. “If you can’t live longer, live deeper.” – Italian Proverb
  6. “Do good and throw it in the sea.” – Arab Proverb
  7. “Where love reigns, the impossible may be attained.” –  Indian Proverb
  8. “It’s better to light a candle than curse the darkness.” – Chinese Proverb
  9. “A man who uses force is afraid of reasoning.” – Kenyan Proverb
  10. “Still waters run deep.” – Latin Proverb
  11. “He who does not travel, does not know the value of men.” – Moorish Proverb
  12. “The night rinses what the day has soaped.” -Swiss Proverb
  13. “Measure a thousand times and cut once.” -Turkish Proverb
  14. “A spoon does not know the taste of soup, nor a learned fool the taste of wisdom.” – Welsh Proverb
  15. “The most beautiful fig may contain a worm.” Zulu Proverb
  16. “Change yourself and fortune will change.” – Portuguese Proverb
  17. “In love, there is always one who kisses and one who offers the cheek.” – French Proverb
  18. “Evil enters like a needle and spreads like an oak tree.” – Ethiopian Proverb
  19. “Who begins too much accomplishes little.” – German Proverb
  20. “Whoever gossips to you will gossip about you.” – Spanish Proverb
  21. “Age is honorable and youth is noble.” – Irish Proverb
  22. “Beauty lies in the eye of the beholder.” -English Proverb
  23. “Don’t sail out farther than you can row back.” Danish Proverb
  24. “There is no shame in not knowing; the shame lies in not finding out.” – Russian Proverb
  25. “Before you score, you first must have a goal.” – Greek Proverb
  26. “A beautiful thing is never perfect.” – Egyptian Proverb
  27. “Good advice is often annoying, bad advice never is.” – French Proverb
  28. “Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime.” – Chinese Proverb
  29. “Do not rejoice at my grief, for when mine is old, yours will be new.” – Spanish Proverb
  30. “What you see in yourself is what you see in the world.” – Afghan Proverb
  31. “It takes a whole village to raise a child.” -African Proverb
  32. “Examine what is said, not who speaks.” – Arab Proverb
  33. “Two wrongs don’t make a right.” – English Proverb
  34. “A large chair does not make a king.” -Sudanese Proverb
  35. “Everyone is kneaded out of the same dough, but not baked in the same oven.” – Yiddish Proverb
  36. ”The heart that loves is always young.” – Greek Proverb
  37. ”He who always thinks it is too soon is sure to come too late.” – German Proverb
  38. ”Turn your face to the sun and the shadows will fall behind you.” – New Zealander Proverb
  39. “When the sun rises, it rises for everyone.” – Cuban Proverb
  40. “The reputation of a thousand years may be determined by the conduct of one hour.” – Japanese Proverb
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