German Proverb
» Action » “God gives the nuts, but he does not crack them.”
» Action » “The greatest step is out the door.”
» Adaptability » “Take the world as it is, not as it ought to be.”
» Advice » “To advise is not to compel.”
» Advice » “Never give advice unless asked.”
» Advice » “To advise is easier than to help.”
» Age and Aging » “An old man loved is winter with flowers.”
» Ancestry » “Mules are always boasting that their ancestors were horses.”
» Animals » “The fatter the flea the leaner the dog.”
» Business » “Work is our business; it’s success is God s.”
» Change » “To change and change for the better are two different things”
» Charity » “Charity sees the need, not the cause.”
» Conflict » “Who digs a pit for others will fall in themselves.”
» Conscience » “A clear conscience is a soft pillow.”
» Critics and Criticism » “Even the lion has to defend himself against flies.”
» Decisions » “No answer is also an answer.”
» Eternity » “Forever is a long bargain.”
» Eyes » “It is better to trust the eyes rather than the ears.”
» Failure » “Who has never tasted what is bitter does not know what is sweet.”
» Fate » “One must either be the hammer or the anvil.”
» Flowers » “Fair flowers are not left standing along the wayside long.”
» Fortune » “In bad fortune hold out, in good hold in.”
» Government » “Office without pay makes thieves.”
» Humility » “Too much humility is pride.”
» Influence » “What little Jack does not learn, big John will never.”
» Laziness » “Towards evening the lazy person begins to get busy.”
» Leaders and Leadership » “Those that rule must hear and be deaf, must see and be blind.”
» Liberty » “Liberty is God’s gift, liberties the devil s.”
» Life and Living » “In the morning of life, work; in the mid day give council; in the evening, pray.”
» Luck » “Luck seeks those who flee and flees those who seek it.”
» Marriage » “Weeping bride, laughing wife, laughing bride, weeping wife.”
» Mediocrity » “A man trying to sell a blind horse always praises its feet.”
» Mistakes » “An old error is always more popular than a new truth.”
» Negotiation » “Buying is cheaper than asking.”
» Novelty » “Always something new, seldom something good.”
» Opportunity » “When fortune knocks open the door.”
» Past » “Nothing is as new as something which as been long forgotten.”
» Performance » “Too aim is not enough, you must hit!”
» Persuasion » “Those that will not hear must be made to feel.”
» Preachers and Preaching » “The worst behaved students turn out to be the most pious preachers.”
» Present » “Today must not borrow from tomorrow.”
» Procrastination » “Begin to weave and God will give the thread.”
» Promises » “Nothing weights lighter than a promise.”
» Proverbs » “A country can be judged by the quality of its proverbs.”
» Rest » “Rest breeds rust.”
» Revenge » “Revenge converts a little right into a great wrong.”
» Speakers and Speaking » “A good speaker makes a good liar.”
» Speakers and Speaking » “Speaking comes by nature, silence by understanding.”
» Strength » “Cunning surpasses strength.”
» Strength » “What the lion cannot manage to do the fox can.”
» Teachers and Teaching » “He who undertakes to be his own teacher has a fool for a pupil.”
» Time and Time Management » “The morning hour has gold in its mouth.”
» Unity » “Necessity unites.”
» War » “To call war the soil of courage and virtue is like calling debauchery the soil of love.”
» Wisdom » “The wise person has long ears and a short tongue.”
