The proverbs within the bible are great lessons in life and in business. We learn so much from this ancient text that every businessman should read and follow. The Proverbs talks a lot about moral, ethics and wisdom that is missing in today’s society. The proverbs within the bible itself address a lot on people’s character and morality which many lacks.
Also, there are a lot of commonly used proverbs that can be taken as business proverbs. They are a great collection of moral sayings that not only enhances your mind but your speech as well. Proverbs are long life experiences, told in one short sentence. Use your creative mind when reading these business proverbs. There is more than what meets the eye.
700+ Business Proverbs
A
A bad penny always turns up
A bad workman always blames his tools
A banker is someone who lends you an umbrella when the sun is shining, and who asks for it back when it starts to rain
A bargain is something you don’t need at a price you can’t resist
A big tree attracts the woodsman’s axe
A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
A bit of fragrance clings to the hand that gives flowers
A book holds a house of gold
A book is like a garden carried in the pocket
A book tightly shut is but a block of paper
A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle
A chain is no stronger than its weakest link
A coin of gold is delighting in a bag of silver coins
A constant guest is never welcome
A coward dies a thousand times before his death. The valiant tastes of death but once
A diamond with a flaw is worth more than a pebble without imperfections
A dull pencil is greater than the sharpest memory
A fool and his money is soon parted
A fool judges people by the presents they give him
A fox smells its own lair first
A full cup must be carried steadily
A gem is not polished without rubbing, nor a man perfected without trials
A good beginning makes for a good ending
A good enemy is a better person than a false friend
A good man in an evil society seems the greatest villain of all
A good surgeon has an eagle is eye, a lion is heart, and a lady is hand
A great talker is a great liar
A guilty conscience needs no accuser
A half truth is a whole lie
A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains
A house divided against itself cannot stand
A hungry man is an angry man
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step
A kingdom is lost for want of a shoe
A leopard cannot change its spots
A lie can be halfway around the world before the truth gets its boots on
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing
A little of what you fancy does you good
A loaded wagon makes no noise
A man is as old as he feels
A man is known by the company he keeps
A miss is as good as a mile
A nation is treasure is in its scholars
A new broom sweeps clean
A nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse
A Pasoly in the eye is worth several in the shins
A penny saved is a penny earned
A person is known by the company he keeps
A picture paints a thousand words
A place for everything and everything in its place
A pot of milk is ruined by a drop of poison
A problem shared is a problem halved
A prophet is not recognized in his own land
A rat who gnaws at a cat is tail invites destruction
A rolling stone gathers no moss
A sly rabbit will have three openings to its den.
A stitch in time saves nine
A thief thinks everyone steals
A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men
A watched pot never boils
Ability can take you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there
Absence makes the heart grow fonder
Absolute power corrupts absolutely
Act today only tomorrow is too late
Action is the proper fruit of knowledge
Action speaks louder than words
Advice most needed is least heeded
After a storm comes a calm
All cats love fish but hate to get their paws wet
All flowers are not in one garden
All for one and one for all
All good things must come to an end
All hat and no cattle
All is fish that comes the net
All is well that ends well
All that glitters is not gold
All the world is your country, to do good is your religion
All things must pass
Always care about your flowers and your friends. Otherwise they’ll fade, and soon your house will be empty
An ambitious horse will never return to its old stable.
An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth
An eye for an eye leaves the whole world blind
An idle brain is the devil is workshop
An ounce of discretion is worth a pound of wit
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure
Any time means no time
Appearances are deceptive
April showers bring May flowers
As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another
As soon as a man is born, he begins to die
As you make your bed so must you lie on it
As you sow, so shall you reap
Ask advice only of your equals
Ask me no questions, I’ll tell you no lies
Attack is the best form of defense
B
Bad news travel fast
Barking dogs seldom bite
Be careful before every step
Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still
Be on the safe side
Be the first to the field and the last to the couch
Before criticizing a man, walk a mile in his shoes
Beggars can’t be choosers
Better die with honor than to live with shame
Better late than never
Better safe than sorry
Better to be alone than in bad company
Better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it
Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool that to speak and remove all doubt
Between a rock and a hard place
Between the devil and the deep sea
Beware of Greeks bearing gifts
Birds of a feather flocks together
Bite off more than one can chew
Bitter pills may have blessed effects
Blood is thicker than water
Brain is better than brawn
Burn the candle at both ends
Business before pleasure
Business is Business
Buy a pig in a poke
Buy the best and you only cry once
C
Call a spade a spade
Carry your own cross
Catch as catch can
Chance favours the prepared mind
Charity begins at home
Charity sees the need not the cause
Cleanliness is next to godliness
Clothes don’t make the man
Cold hands, warm heart
Common sense ain’t common
Comparisons are hateful
Corporations have proven that crime does pay, and pay very well for a long, long time
Count your blessings
Courtesy costs nothing
Creating the thing with which you will be beaten
Crime does not pay
Curiosity killed the cat
Cry me a river, build a bridge and get over it
Cut your coat according to your cloth
D
Damned if you do, damned if you don’t
Deep doubts, deep wisdom; small doubts, little wisdom
Desperate times call for desperate measures
Different strokes for different folks
Dig the well before you are thirsty
Diligence is the mother of good fortune
Discretion is the better part of valor
Divide and rule
Do good, reap good; do evil, reap evil
Do not fear going forward slowly; fear only to stand still
Do not protect yourself by a fence, but rather by your friends
Do not remove a fly from your friend is forehead with a hatchet
Do not wear out your welcome
Do unto others as you would like them to do unto you
Doctors make the worst patients
Don’t cut off your nose to spite your face
Don’t go near the water until you learn how to swim
Don’t put all your eggs in one basket
Don’t wash your dirty linen in public
Don’t ask God to guide your footsteps if you’re not willing to move your feet
Don’t be sweet, lest you be eaten up; don’t be bitter, lest you be spewed out
Don’t bite off more than you can chew
Don’t bite the hand that feeds you
Don’t bring a knife to a gun fight
Don’t burn your bridges behind you
Don’t change horses in midstream
Don’t count your chickens before they are hatched
Don’t cross the bridge till you come to it
Don’t fall before you’re pushed
Don’t have too many irons in the fire
Don’t judge a man by the size of his hat, but by the angle of his tilt
Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth
Don’t make a mountain out of a molehill
Don’t mend what ain’t broken
Don’t open a shop unless you like to smile
Don’t put new wine into old bottles
Don’t rock the boat
Don’t shut the barn door after the horse is gone
Don’t spit into the wind
Don’t spoil the ship for a ha’pworth of tar
Don’t take life too seriously; you’ll never get out of it alive
Don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater
Don’t try to walk before you can crawl
Don’t upset the apple-cart
Doubt is the beginning, not the end, of wisdom
Dreams are not the ones which come when you sleep, but they are the ones which will not let you sleep
Dwell not upon thy weariness, thy strength shall be according to the measure of thy desire
E
Each generation will reap what the former generation has sown
Each to his own taste
Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise
Easier said than done
Easy come, easy go
Eat to live, but do not live to eat
Education is a progressive discovering of our own ignorance
Empty vessels make the most noise
Enjoy what you don’t know
Enough is as good as a feast
Even a broken/stopped clock is right twice a day
Even a dog can distinguish between being stumbled over and being kicked
Even a dog can make it to the top when there is a flood
Even an old dog likes to be patted on the head and told, “Good boy!”
Even angels have teeth
Every bird loves to hear himself sing
Every dark cloud has a silver lining
Every dog has his day
Every family has a skeleton in the cupboard
Every man has his faults
Every man has his price
Every man is his own worst enemy
Every picture tells a story
Every rose has its thorn
Every stick has two ends
Everything can be justified until it happens to you
Everything in its own time
Everything with time
Experience is the best teacher
Experience is the mother of wisdom
F
Failing to plan is planning to fail
Failure is not falling down, you fail when you don’t get back up
Failure is the stepping stone for success
Failure teaches success
Fair exchange is no robbery
Faith will move mountains
Falling down does not signify failure but staying there does
Familiarity breeds contempt
Fear is stronger than love
Fear of death is worse than death itself
Fight fire with fire
Finder is keepers, loser weepers
Fine feathers make fine birds
Fingers were invented before knives and forks
Fire is a good servant but a bad master
First come, first served
First deserve, then desire
First things first
First think, and then speak
Fish and guests smell after three days
Flattery will get you nowhere
Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread
For want of a nail the horseshoe was lost
Forewarned is forearmed
Fortune favors the brave
Fortune knocks once at every man’s door
Fretting cares make grey hairs
From those to whom much is given, much is expected
G
Garbage in, garbage out
Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime
Give and take is fair play
Give credit where credit is due
Give him an inch and he’ll take a yard
Give people a common enemy and hopefully they will work together
Give respect, take respect
Give someone enough rope and he will hang himself
Give, and ye shall receive
Go from the sublime to the ridiculous
Go with the flow
God helps them that help themselves
Good fences make good neighbors
Good habits result from resisting temptation
Good things come to those who wait
Goodness is better than beauty
Great minds think alike, but fools seldom differ
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds
Great talkers are little doers
Green leaves and brown leaves fall from the same tree
Grin and bear it
Grow where you are planted
H
Habit is second nature
Half a loaf is better than no bread
Handsome is as handsome does
Hang a thief when he is young, and he’ll no’ steal when he is old
Hard cases make bad law
Hard words break no bones
Hard work never did anyone any harm
Haste makes waste
Have an old head on young shoulders
Have eyes in the back of one is head
He is the best general who makes the fewest mistakes
He is the most Unfortunate who is today is not better than yesterday
He that can’t endure the bad, will not live to see the good
He that is master of himself, will soon be master of others
He that knows nothing, doubts nothing
He that plants a tree plants for posterity
He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever
He who can, does. He who cannot, teaches
He who dares wins
He who fails to prepare, prepares to fail
He who fails to study the past is doomed to repeat it
He who hesitates is lost
He who is drowned is not troubled by the rain
He who is good at excuses is seldom good at anything else
He who knows does not speak. He who speaks does not know
He who laughs last laughs longest
He who lives by the sword dies by the sword
He who lives too fast, goes to his grave too soon
He who pays the piper calls the tune
He who stands for nothing will fall for everything
He who strikes the first blow admits he is lost the argument
He who will steal an egg will steal an ox
He who would leap high must take a long run
Health is better than wealth
Helping hands are better than praying lips
Hide your light under a bushel
Hindsight is always twenty-twenty
History repeats itself
Hitch one is wagon to a star
Home is where the heart is
Honesty is the best policy
Hope for the best, expect the worst
Hope is life
Hope springs eternal
I
I came, I saw, I conquered
I have the whole world against me, I show my back and the whole world is following me
I see, I forget. I hear, I remember. I do, I understand.
I think, therefore I am
I wants, don’t gets
If a job is worth doing, it is worth doing well
If all else fails, try the obvious
If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again
If ifs and ands were pots and pans there’d be no work for tinkers
If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it
If it can’t be cured, it must be endured
If it is not one thing it is another
If it is too good to be true, then it probably is
If life deals you lemons, make lemonade
If something can go wrong, it will
If the mountain won’t come to Mohammed, Mohammed must go to the mountain
If the shoe fits, wear it
If wishes were horses beggars would ride
If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow
If you believe everything you read, better not read
If you believe that dreams can come true be prepared for the occasional nightmare
If you bow at all, bow low
If you buy cheaply, you pay dearly
If you buy quality, you only cry once
If you can’t be good, be careful
If you can’t be good, be good at it
If you can’t beat em, join em
If you can’t beat them, arrange to have them beaten
If you can’t beat them, join them
If you can’t take the heat, get out of the kitchen
If you cross your bridges before you come to them you will have to pay the toll twice
If you don’t buy a ticket, you can’t win the raffle
If you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything at all!
If you don’t know where you’re going, any train will get you there
If you don’t want anyone to know, don’t do it
If you fake it, you can’t make it
If you keep your mouth shut, you won’t put your foot in it
If you love somebody, let them go, for if they return, they were always yours. And if they don’t, they never were
If you scatter thorns, don’t go barefoot
If you snooze you lose
If you trust before you try, you may repent before you die
If you want a thing done right, do it yourself
If you want to get even with your enemy, give him a horse
If you want to judge a man’s character, give him power
If you were born to be shot, you’ll never be hanged
If you’re in a hole, stop digging
If you’re not part of the solution, you’re part of the problem
If you’re prepared to be confused, be prepared for a sore bum
Ignorance is bliss
Ignorance of the law excuses no man
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery
In for a penny, in for a pound
In order to get where you want to go, you first have to leave where you are
In the end, a man’s motives are second to his accomplishments
In the kingdom of the blind the one eyed man’s king
In the middle of difficulties lie opportunities -
Insanity is doing the same thing over and over, expecting different results
Into every life a little rain must fall
It goes without saying
It is a blessing in disguise
It is a cracked pitcher that goes longest to the well
It is a good horse that never stumbles
It is a long lane that has no turning
It is a poor job that can’t stand at least one supervisor
It is all grist to the mill
It is an ill wind that blows no good
It is best to be on the safe side
It is better to be idiot than to pretend wise
It is better to be safe than sorry
It is better to die on one is feet than live on one is knees
It is better to give than to receive
It is better to light a candle than curse the darkness
It is better to travel hopefully than to arrive
It is never too late
It is no use locking the stable door after the horse has bolted
It is the empty can that makes the most noise
It is the squeaky wheel that gets the grease
It is easier to ask forgiveness than permission
It is easy to be wise after the event
It is never too late to mend
It is no use crying over spilt milk
It is not enough to aim; you must hit
It is not over till it is over
It is not so much the gift that is given but the way in which the gift is driven
It is not the size of the boat; it is the motion of the ocean
It is often a person is mouth broke their nose
It is the empty can that makes the most noise
It is the squeaky wheel that gets the grease
It is through the small things we do that we learn, not the big things
It never rains, but it pours
It pays to pay attention
It takes a thief to catch a thief
It takes all sorts to make a world
It takes both rain and sunshine to make rainbows
It takes one to know one
It takes two to lie – one to lie and one to listen
It takes two to make a quarrel
It takes two to tango
J
Jump from the frying pan and into the fire
K
Keep the wolf from the door
Keep thy shop, and thy shop will keep thee
Keep your broken arm inside your sleeve
Keep your friends close and your enemies closer
Keep your mouth shut and your ears open
Kill two birds with one stone
Knowledge is power
L
Laughter is the best medicine
Laughter is the shortest distance between two people
Law is the solemn expression of legislative will
Lead to Success, Follow to Failure
Learn to walk before you run
Least said, soonest forgotten
Leave it alone and it will grow on its own
Let bygones be bygones
Let sleeping dogs lie
Let the cobbler stick to his last
Let the punishment fit the crime
Life begins at forty
Life does not come with any guarantees
Life is battle don’t always go to the stronger or faster man, but sooner or later the man who wins is the one who thinks he can
Life is just a bowl of cherries
Life is like a box of chocolate, you never know what you’re gonna get
Life is too short to drink bad wine
Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans
Life is what you make of it
Light a man, he shall be warm for a night. Light a man on fire and he shall be warm for the rest of his life
Lightning never strikes twice in the same place
Little by little and bit by bit
Little enemies and little wounds must not be despised
Live and learn
Live and let live
Live for today for tomorrow never comes
Look before you leap
Long absent, soon forgotten
Look after the pennies and the pounds will look after themselves
Look at the bright side
Look before you leap
Look on the bright side
Look on the sunny side of life
Loose lips sink ships
Love is not finding someone to live with; it is finding someone whom you can’t live without
M
Make a friend when you don’t need one
Make hay while the sun shines
Making a rod for your own back
Man cannot live by bread alone
Man is truly himself when he is alone
Man wasn’t born to suffer but to carry on
Many a true word is spoken in jest
Many hands make work light
Many words will not fill a bushel
Marry in haste, repent at leisure
Meaning of life is not meaningful
Measure twice, cut once
Mirrors do everything we do, but they cannot think for themselves
Misery loves company
Missing the wood for the trees
Money cannot buy happiness
Money can’t buy everything, but everything needs money
Money is the root of all evil
Money isn’t everything
Money made through dishonest practices will not last long.
Money makes the world go around
Monkey see, monkey do
More haste, less speed
Mouth makes a fish die
N
Nature, time, and patience are three great physicians
Necessity is the mother of invention
Never change, for the sake of others. There will be no one like you if you change
Never criticize a man until you’ve walked a mile in his moccasins
Never do things by halves
Never give advice unless asked
Never judge from appearances
Never leave a woman to do a man’s work
Never let a man do a woman’s job
Never let the right hand know what the left hand is doing
Never put off till (until) tomorrow what you can do today
Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today
Never say never
Never too late to learn
Never too late to repent
No man can serve two masters
No man is an island
No man is content with his lot
No money, no justice
No news is good news
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent
No pain no gain
Not until just before dawn do people sleep best; not until people get old do they become wise
Nothing succeeds like success
Nothing to be feared in life, but understood
Nothing ventured, nothing gained
Now we have doors so we can hide
O
Oil and water don’t mix
Old habits die hard
Once bitten twice shy
Once in a lifetime comes often, so be prepared
One good turn deserves another
One hand washes the other
One man’s junk is another man’s treasure
One man’s loss is another man’s gain
One man’s meat is another man’s poison
One swallow doesn’t make a summer
Only fools and horses work
Opportunity knocks only once
Opportunity seldom knocks twice
Our costliest expenditure is time
Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising everytime we fall
Out of sight, out of mind
Over a long distance, you learn about the strength of your horse; over a long time, you learn about the character of your friend.
P
Patience is a virtue
Penny wise, pound foolish
Politeness cost nothing and gains everything
Possession is nine tenths of the law
Power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely
Practice before you preach
Practice makes perfect
Practice what you preach
Prevention is better than cure
Pride comes before a fall
Procrastination is the thief of time
Prior preparation prevents poor performance
Promises are like pie crust
Proverbs are long life experiences, told in one short sentence
R
Raise your sail one foot and you get ten feet of wind
Rats desert a sinking sink
Rome was not built in a day
Rules were meant to be broken
S
Same meat, different gravy
Same trouble, different day
Say something nice or say nothing at all
Scratch my back and I’ll scratch yours
Seeing is believing
Seek and ye shall find
Seize opportunity by the beard, for it is bald behind
Self trust is the first secret of success
Sell a man a fish, he eats for a day, teach a man how to fish, you ruin a wonderful business opportunity
Set a thief to catch a thief
Silence is golden
Simple minds think alike
Six of one, and half a dozen the other
Slow and steady wins the race
Smile, and the world smiles with you; cry, and you cry alone
Some days you get the bear, other days the bear gets you
Someone who gossips to you will gossip about you
Something is better than nothing
Spare the rod, spoil the child
Speak of the devil and he is sure to appear
Speech is silver, silence is golden
Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me
Still waters run deep
Strike while the iron is hot
Success is a journey not a destination
Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof
Sweet things are bad for the teeth
T
Teachers open the door. You enter by yourself
That which does not kill you, makes you stronger
The ball is in your court
The best armor is to keep out of range
The best defense is a good offence
The best go first
The best is yet to come
The best of friends need not speak face to face
The best things come in small packages
The best things in life are free
The big thieves hang the little ones
The bigger they are, the harder they fall
The blind leading the blind
The buck stops here
The burnt child dreads the fire
The calm (comes) before the storm
The coat makes the man
The cobbler always wears the worst shoes
The darkest hour is just before the dawn
The customer is always right
The devil finds work for idle hands
The devil has the best tunes
The early bird catches the worm
The exception proves the rule
The female of the species is more deadly than the male
The first step is the hardest
The first step to health is to know that we are sick
The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials
The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence
The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do
The greatest thing that could happen in my lifetime is for all my ideas to be stolen
The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world
The key to all action lies in belief
The last straw breaks the camel is back
The law is a jealous mistress
The longest day must have an end
The longest mile is the last mile home
The more one knows, the less one believes
The more things change, the more they stay the same
The more you get, the more you want
The more you know, the more you know you don’t know
The nail that sticks out gets pounded
The only free cheese is in the mouse trap
The only stupid question is the one that is not asked
The pain on the little finger is felt by the entire body
The palest ink is better than the best memory
The pen is mightier than sword
The pitcher which goes too often to the well gets broken
The pot calls the kettle black
The proof of the pudding is in the eating
The rain falls on the just and the unjust alike
The sky is the limit
The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak
The start of a journey should never be mistaken for success
The teacher has not taught, until the student has learned
The truth is in the wine
The truth shall set you free
The value is determined by the agreement of two people
The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong
The whole dignity of man lies in the power of thought
The whole is greater than its parts
The wish is father to the thought
The worst good day is always better than the best bad day
The worst way to miss someone is to be sitting right beside them knowing you can’t have them
There are no endings: only new beginnings
There are no facts; only interpretations of facts
There are no small parts, only small actors
There are none so blind as those that will not see
There are none so deaf as those who will not hear
There are only twenty-four hours in a day
There are so many things to say that are better left unsaid
There are three types of lies – lies, damned lies, and statistics
There are two sides to every question
There is a black sheep in every flock
There is a thin line between love and hate
There is a time and a place for everything
There is always more fish in the sea
There is more than one way to skin a cat
There is no fool like an old fool
There is no honor among thieves
There is no peace for the wicked
There is no place like home
There is no point of knowledge or wisdom if not dotted
There is no smoke without fire
There is no such thing as a free lunch
There is no such thing as bad publicity
There is no time like the present
There is none so deaf as they that will not hear
There is no time like the present
There is safety in numbers
They that dance must pay the fiddler
Things are not always what they seem
Think before you speak
Thinking the worst always prepares you for the worst
This, too, shall pass
Those who complain, will attract more attention (for good or ill) than those who are content
Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it
Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas
Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones
Time and tide wait for no one
Time cures all things
Time flies
To burn the candle at both ends
To each, his own
To err is human, to forgive divine
To the victor go the spoils
To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive
To know the road ahead ask those coming back
To put the cart before the horse
Tomorrow is another day
Too many Chiefs and not enough Indians
Too many cooks spoil the broth
Too much of one thing, good for nothing
Trapped between a rock and a hard place
Tread on a worm and it will turn
Trust is the mother of deceit
Truth is stranger than fiction
Try not to become a man of success but a man of value
Try try but don’t cry
Turn the other cheek
Two heads are better than one
Two is company, three is a crowd
Two things prolong your life: A quiet heart and a loving wife
Two wrongs do not make a right
U
Uneasy is the head that wears the crown
United we stand, divided we fall
Use soft words and hard arguments
V
Variety is the spice of life
Virtue is its own reward
Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare
W
Wait until it is night before saying that is has been a fine day
Walk softly but carry a big stick
Waste not want not
Walk the walk and talk the talk
Walls have ears
Waste not, want not
We are all on this earth, we can’t get off so get on
We can’t always build the future for our youth, but we can build our youth for the future
We have nothing to fear but fear itself
We must take the bad with the good
We never miss the water till the well runs dry
We tend to be perfect. That is why when we make mistakes we are hard on ourselves
Well begun is half done
Well done is better than well said
What a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive
What goes around comes around
What goes up must come down
What is done can’t be undone
What you don’t know can’t hurt you
What you don’t see with your eyes, don’t invent with your mouth
What you see is what you get
What you sow is what you reap
When a thing is done advice comes too late
When in doubt, do nothing
When in Rome, do as the Romans do
When one door closes, another door opens
When poverty comes in the door, love flies out the window
When the cat is away, the mice will play
When the character of a man is not clear to you, look at his friends
When the going gets tough, the tough get going
When you drink the water, remember the spring
When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lily with the other
When you go to buy, use your eyes, not your ears
When you have given nothing, ask for nothing
When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lily with the other
Where there is a will there is a way
Where there is no trust there is no love
Who begins too much accomplishes little
Who keeps company with wolves, will learn to howl
Why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free?
Winning is earning. Losing is learning
Words uttered only causes confusion. Words written only causes history
Write injuries in the sand, kindnesses in marble
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You ain’t seen nothing yet
You are as handy as a pocket
You are responsible for you
You can choose your friends, but you can’t pick/choose your family
You can lead a horse to water but you can’t make him drink
You can’t please everyone
You can’t win them all
You cannot have it both ways
You cannot have your cake and eat it, too
You can’t change the wind, but you can adjust your sails
You can’t have it both ways
You can’t make a silk purse out of a sow is ear
You can’t make an omelette without breaking eggs
You can’t make bricks without straw
You can’t run with the hare and hunt with the hounds
You can’t take it with you when you die
You can’t tell a book by its cover
You can’t win them all
You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar
Youth is wasted on the young
You don’t get something for nothing
You don’t have to be different to be good. You have to be good to be different
You don’t have to be faster than the bear, just faster than the slowest guy running from the bear
You have to crawl before you can walk
You must never confuse your feelings with your duties
You need to bait the hook to catch the fish
You never know what you have till it is gone
You never miss your water until your well runs dry
You scratch my back and I’ll scratch yours
You win some, you lose some
You’ll always miss 100% of the shots you don’t take
You’ve got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your grandfather was
