Proverbs About Life
- People may notice the wound on your head, but they do not feel the pain you endure.
- When you learn patience, you overcome half of life’s challenges.
- If you are harsh in your youth, you will find life harsh in your old age.
- A wise man was asked: What is wisdom? He replied: To distinguish between what you know and what you do not.
- You may be able to demolish a mountain, but you cannot hide the debris.
- Garlic will never lose its scent, even if washed with rose water.
- He who does not take risks gains nothing.
- Advising a brother in secret is counseling, while advising him publicly is humiliation.
- I have learned that my sustenance can only be claimed by me, which calms my heart; and my work can only be accomplished by me, so I remain dedicated to it.
- Be like the moon that has illuminated people for millions of years, without waiting for anyone to look up and thank it.
- Be just before being generous.
- Those who do not know sadness will never appreciate happiness.
- The one who loves himself too much will find others resenting him.
- This world is an enemy disguised as a friend.
- Those who mock wounds are the ones who have never known pain.
- The wisest man is often he who thinks he knows the least.
- Every moment in life is a treasure that will never come again.
- The tongue is not a bone, yet it can break bones.
- If you are sincere, let your sincerity lead to loyalty; if you are frank, let your frankness lead to acknowledgment.
- He who loves God sees beauty in everything.
- The wise man’s tongue is behind his heart, while the fool’s heart is behind his tongue.
- If you choose a life on the sidelines, be aware that you will die without a title.
- Contentment is the guide to honesty, honesty is the guide to gratitude, gratitude is the guide to abundance, and abundance is the proof that blessings will remain, while life is the embodiment of all goodness.
- Learn from the flower to smile, from the dove to be gentle, from the bee to be organized, from the ant to be diligent, and from the rooster to rise early.
- Happy homes have no sound.
- Make yourself a balance between how you treat yourself and others.
- Patience in the face of misfortune is called faith.
- Everyone thinks of changing the world, yet no one thinks of changing himself.
- When there is no hope for the future, there is no meaning to the present.
- Patience in keeping a secret is called discretion.
- It is enough for you to be loved by one heart in order to live.
- Patience for the sake of friendship is called loyalty.
- Everything becomes cheaper when abundant, except manners, which become more valuable with quantity.
- Often, losing a battle teaches you how to win the war.
- The most sincere sadness is a smile in tearful eyes.
- You should not say everything you know, but you must know everything you say.
- A raindrop can carve through stone, not by force but by persistence.
- Do not spit in a well; you may drink from it someday.
- It is wonderful to turn your enemy into a friend, but it is even better not to let your heart harbored hatred that forces you to turn it into friendship.
- Titles do not earn glory; it is people who give titles their glory.
- Intelligence has its limits, but stupidity knows no bounds.
- Many are educated, but few are cultured.
- It is difficult to sacrifice for a friend, but it is even harder to find a friend worth sacrificing for.
- The key to failure is trying to please everyone you know.
- If life were a rose, everyone would succeed in savoring its nectar.
- You should not measure yourself by what you have accomplished so far, but by what you still need to achieve in relation to your capabilities.
- Among those who hurt us most are those to whom we have given our complete trust, as they may use our secrets against us when we disagree.
- Everything starts small and then grows, except misfortunes, which typically start big and then diminish.
- The conscience is a quiet voice that tells you someone is watching you.
- Success is not everything; rather, the desire for success is everything.
- A loyal wife is one who can cultivate beauty in a man’s heart.
- It is not shameful to fall, but it is shameful not to be able to rise again.
- The scent of jasmine wafts even when we tread on it a thousand times.
- If a person cannot find something worth dying for, he will most likely not find anything worth living for.
- It is shameful to stumble twice over the same stone.
- It is better for a person to regret what he has done than to lament what he has not.
- People may forget the speed with which you completed your work, but they will remember the quality of what you achieved.
- A simple, unexpected gift carries much more impact than an expensive, anticipated one.
- Competing with oneself is the best competition in the world; the more one competes against oneself, the more one develops, ensuring that today is not like yesterday and tomorrow is not like today.
- When you hire people smarter than you and reach your goals, you demonstrate that you are smarter than they are.
- The productive tree is the one that is often attacked by people.
- A person cannot progress without trying something unfamiliar.
- Failures will claim that success is merely a matter of luck.
- Those who dare to confront failure are the ones who overcome challenges and succeed.
- The dictionary of success does not contain the words “if” and “but.”
- A good climber focuses on his goal and does not look down at the dangers that distract him.
- There are those who swim against the current, and there are those who waste their time waiting for the boat.
- There are two ways to have the tallest building: either destroy all the buildings around you or build higher than anyone else—always choose to build higher than others.
- The more cultured a person becomes, the greater his misery.
- A smile costs nothing, yet it means so much.
- Every discovery and invention we witness today was deemed impossible before its creation.
- Failures can be divided into two types: those who think without executing and those who execute without thinking.
- A person should dream of the stars but must also not forget that his feet are on the ground.
- Worshiping God is the purpose of life, and those who die without knowing God have died without truly living.
- Those who do not work do not make mistakes.
- Do not walk behind me; I may not know the way; do not walk in front of me; I may not follow you; but walk beside me, and we can become friends.
- There is a significant difference between retreating and fleeing.