Proverbs - Sayings - Thoughts 7a
1. It is the small every day cruelties that cut the heart out of the home.
2. Give others a piece of your heart not a piece of your mind.
3. To be able to stay calm when you feel like panicing is peace.
4. Life is a grindstone. Whether it grinds you down or polishes you up depends on what you are made of.
5. The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear.
6. We cannot direct the wind but we can adjust the sails.
7. Love means being soft-hearted not hot-headed.
8. Speak kind words and you will hear kind echoes.
9. Never miss an oppurtunity to make others happy; even if you have to leave them alone to do so.
10. A day hemmed in prayer is less likely to unravel.
11. Te best way out of a difficulty is through it.
12. The devil never has a problem getting the soul of a self-centered person.
13. Relationships die when we stop putting the other person first.
14. A house without love cannot become a home.
15. No maatter what your lot in life be build something on it.
16. It's not the load the weighs us down it's the way we carry it.
17. You can buy education but wisdom is a gift from God.
18. You don't have to do things perfectly in order to enjoy doing them.
19. Words of encouragement are like rays of warm sunshine.
20. People are like water; some wash away fear; some wash away hope.
21. It is easier to leave angry word unspoken than to mend a heart those words have broken.
22. A man who falls in love with himself has no rivals.
23. He who has little and says it is enough has more than he who has much and wants more.
24. Conscience is the still small voice that makes you feel still smaller.
25. Swallowing your pride will not give you idigestion.
26. Temptation is sure to ring your doorbell, but do not ask it to stay for dinner.
27. He who seeks a friend without a fault remains without one.
28. Have faith in God and He will be faithful to you.
29. When God is not the center of our lives; we are off balance.
30. When success turns a person's head he is facing failure.
31. Death is the doorway into heaven.
32. Love and hate can't live in the same heart.
33. Saying I love you means nothing; showing that love means everything.
34. Even a lion speaks kindly to trap his prey.
35. Life is understood backwards but must be lived forwards.
36. An egotist is someone who is always me-deep in conversation.
37. Adversity makes a man wise, not rich.
38. Advice is least heeded when most needed.
39. All sins cast long shadows.
40. An honest man is not the worse because a dog barks at him.
41, An open enemy is better than a false friend.
42. Bad is never good until worse happens.
43. Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still.
44. Be slow in choosing a friend, but slower in changing him.
45. The best answer to anger is silence.
46. Better a lie that soothes than a truth that hurts.
47. Better to light one candle than to curse the darkness
48. A book is like a garden carried in the pocket.
49. By asking for the impossible, obtain the best possible.
50. By learning you will teach; by teaching you will learn.
51. Charity sees the need, not the cause.
52. A closed mind is like a closed book; just a block of wood
53. Confessed faults are half mended.
54. Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you will be like him yourself.
55. Do not be in a hurry to tie what you cannot untie.
56. Do not put your spoon into the pot which does not boil for you.
57. Do not rejoice over what has not yet happened.
58. Do not stand in a place of danger trusting in miracles.
59. Do not throw the arrow which will return against you.
60. Don't run too far, you will have to return the same distance.
61. Don't think there are no crocodiles because the water is calm.
62. Dwell not upon thy weariness, thy strength shall be according to the measure of thy desire.
63. Every man is a fool in some man's opinion.
64. Everyone thinks his own burden heavy.
65. Every path has its puddle.
66. Every road has two directions.
67. Examine what is said, not him who speaks.
68. A fool finds pleasure in evil conduct, but a man of understanding delights in wisdom.
69. A fool finds no pleasure in understanding but delights in airing his own opinions.
70. A fool gives full vent to his anger, but a wise man keeps himself under control
71. A fool shows his annoyance at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.
72. Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses.
73. From a fallen tree, all make kindling.
74. From a thorn comes a rose, and from a rose comes a thorn.
75. God promises a safe landing but not a smooth passage.
76. God will be present, whether asked or not.
77. Gossip needs no carriage.
78. Gratitude is the heart's memory.
79. A handfull of patience is worth a bushel of brains.
80. He that plants thorns must never expect to gather roses.
81. He who says what he likes will hear what he does not like.
82. He who wants a rose must respect the thorn.
83. He who puts up with insult invites injury.
84. If you are patient in a moment of anger, you will escape a hindred days of sorrow.
85. If you can't go over, you must go under.
86. If you let everyone walk over you, you become a carpet.
87. If you reveal your secrets to the wind you should not blame the wind for revealing them to the trees.
88. If you scatter thorns, don't go barefoot.
89. If you stop every time a dog barks, your road will never end.
90. If you want to be respected, you must respect yourself.
91. In case of doubt it is best to lean to the side of mercy.
92. It is easier to pull down than to build up.
93. It is harder to be poor without complaining than to be rich without boasting.
94. Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere.
95. Let no man deceive you with vain words.
96. Live with wolves, and you learn to howl.
97. Look for the good, not the evil, in the conduct of members of the family.
98. A man is not where he lives, but where he loves.
99. Many men know how to flatter, few men know how to praise.
100. Mock not the fallen, for slippery is the road ahead of you.
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