Wednesday, March 19, 2008

chicken soup for the soul..

Proverbs
A collection of famous proverbs from everywhere.


If you want happiness for an hour -- take a nap. If you want happiness for a day -- go fishing. If you want happiness for a month -- get married. If you want happiness for a year -- inherit a fortune. If you want happiness for a lifetime -- help someone else.
Chinese Proverb

Do not confine your children to your own learning, for they were born in another time.
Chinese Proverb

Teachers open the door but you must walk through it yourself.
Chinese Proverb

A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials.
Chinese Proverb

Be not afraid of going slowly, be afraid only of standing still.
Chinese Proverb

Follow love and it will flee, flee love and it will follow.
Proverb

A mother's heart is always with her children.
Proverb

There is not so much comfort in having children as there is sorrow in parting with them.
Proverb

In teaching others we teach ourselves.
Proverb

Think of your own faults the first part of the night when you are awake, and of the faults of others the latter part of the night when you are asleep.
Chinese Proverb

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