Proverbs and old sayings New Zealand

26 proverbs and old sayings new zealand

Turn your face to the sun and the shadows fall behind you.

Proverbs and old sayings New Zealand about sun, fall, face

Boast during the day; be humble at night.

Proverbs and old sayings New Zealand about night, day

The block of wood should not dictate to the carver.

Proverbs and old sayings New Zealand

The more you ask how much longer it will take, the longer the journey seems.

Proverbs and old sayings New Zealand

Persist as resolutely as you persist in eating.

Proverbs and old sayings New Zealand

Even food can attack.

Proverbs and old sayings New Zealand about attack, food

Let someone else sing your praise.

Proverbs and old sayings New Zealand about praise

Be quick to follow up an advantage.

Proverbs and old sayings New Zealand

When one chief falls, another rises.

Proverbs and old sayings New Zealand

Who lives in a quiet house has plenty.

Proverbs and old sayings New Zealand about quiet, home, house

In peace be faithful; in war be valiant.

Proverbs and old sayings New Zealand about war, peace

Hold on tight to the words of your ancestors.

Proverbs and old sayings New Zealand about ancestors

A little axe, when well used, brings lots of food.

Proverbs and old sayings New Zealand about food

Don't spend time with people who don't respect you.

Proverbs and old sayings New Zealand about respect, people, time

Never spend time with people who don't respect you.

Proverbs and old sayings New Zealand about respect, people, time

In this world I greet my oldest survivor -- the earth.

Proverbs and old sayings New Zealand about earth, world

Old canoes can be restored, but youth and beauty cannot.

Proverbs and old sayings New Zealand about youth, beauty, old, olderness

A hand that is ready to hit may cause you great trouble.

Proverbs and old sayings New Zealand

A house full of people is filled with different points of view.

Proverbs and old sayings New Zealand about home, house, people

Don't lean on your fellow men -- theirs is an ever moving support.

Proverbs and old sayings New Zealand about man