Proverbs and old sayings about Contentment, page 82

5134 proverbs and old sayings about contentment

If you have never done anything evil, you should not be worrying about devils knocking at your door.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about contentment

If you wish to know what most occupies a man's thoughts, you have only to listen to his conversation.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about contentment

If you have never done anything wrong, you should not be worrying about devils to knock at your door.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about contentment

When fate throws a dagger at you, there are only two ways to catch it: by the blade or by the handle.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about contentment

If you want your children to have a peaceful life, let them suffer a little hunger and a little coldness.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about contentment

When you have only two dollars left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a rose with the other.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about contentment

When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lily with the other.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about contentment

Ask no favors and people everywhere are affable; if you don't drink, it doesn't matter what price wine is.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about contentment

Learn to paint a tiger and you only paint his skin; learn to know a human being and you only know his face.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about contentment

One cannot manage too many affairs; like pumpkins in water, one pops up while you try to hold down the other.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about contentment

If you must play, decide on three things at the start the rules of he game, the stakes, and the quitting time.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about contentment

A flower you plant may not necessarily bloom; but the seed of a tree you happen to drop may grow into a forest.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about contentment

If you must play, decide upon three things at the start: the rules of the game, the stakes, and the quitting time.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about contentment

If you curse your wife in the evening, you will sleep alone at night. A crisis is an opportunity riding the dangerous wind.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about contentment

Do not do all you can, do not spend all that you have, do not believe all that you hear, and do not tell all that you know.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about contentment

You cannot prevent the birds of sorrow from flying over your head, but you can prevent them from building nests in your hair.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about contentment

When you have read a book for the first time, you get to know a friend; read it for a second time and you meet an old friend.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about contentment

Life itself cannot give you joy/ Unless you really will it. / Life just gives you time and space -- It's up to you to fill it.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about contentment

You looked high and low till your iron shoes were worn out but still to no avail. Then you chanced upon it without ever looking.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about contentment

If you want to know your past, look into your present conditions. If you want to know your future -- look into your present actions.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about contentment