Proverbial Thursday – Proverbs and Sayings from around the World

I find there to be profound wisdom in proverbs, sayings and quotes and I marvel at the way they are so succinct in communicating messages to the reader. Mostly anonymous, they come to us from past generations and from across cultures. They speak of the experiences of lives lived and lessons learned. Quotes, like proverbs, make us think more deeply about something.

Each Thursday, I post a Proverb or Saying and a quote that I find thought-provoking.  I hope you will too.

Det er med løgn som med en snebold, jo længere den triller, jo større bliver den.

It is with lies as with a snowball, the longer they continue, the bigger they become.

                     -Danish Proverb

I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen.

– Ernest Hemingway

Something to Ponder About this Thursday

Proverbial Thursday – Proverbs and Sayings from around the World

I find there to be profound wisdom in proverbs, sayings and quotes and I marvel at the way they are so succinct in communicating messages to the reader. Mostly anonymous, they come to us from past generations and from across cultures.

They speak of the experiences of lives lived and lessons learned. Quotes, like proverbs, make us think more deeply about something.

Each Thursday, I post a Proverb or Saying and a Quote that I find thought-provoking.  I hope you will too.

If you light a path for somebody, it will also brighten your path –

Chinese Proverb

It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because we do not dare that things are difficult –

Seneca Indian

and a final thought from Buddha to ponder about, this Thursday –

Proverbial Thursday – Proverbs and Sayings from Around the World

I find profound wisdom in proverbs, sayings and quotes and marvel at the way they are so succinct in communicating messages to the reader. Mostly anonymous, they come to us from past generations and across cultures, and speak of the experiences of lives lived and lessons learned. Quotes like proverbs, can make us think more deeply about something.

Each Thursday, I post a Proverb or Saying and a Quote that I find thought-provoking.  I hope you will too.

Knowledge is like a garden, if it is not cultivated, it cannot be harvested.
-Guinean Proverb

It took me a long time not to judge myself through someone else’s eyes.
-Sally Field

Something to Ponder About

Proverbial Thursday – Proverbs and Quotes from Around the World

I find profound wisdom in proverbs, sayings and quotes and marvel at the way they are so succinct in communicating messages to the reader. Mostly anonymous, they come to us from past generations and across cultures, and speak of the experiences of lives lived and lessons learned. Quotes like proverbs, can make us think more deeply about something.

Each Thursday, I post a Proverb or Saying and a Quote that I find thought-provoking.  I hope you will too.

In keeping with the book theme that is currently proliferating my posts, I have chosen a proverb from Saudi Arabia this Proverbial Thursday:

“A book is a garden carried in the pocket.” Saudi Arabian Proverb

“We have to learn to be our own best friends because we fall too easily into the trap of being our own worst enemies.”
Roderick Thorp

Something to Ponder About

 

 

Proverbial Thursday -Proverbs from Around the World

I find profound wisdom in proverbs, sayings and quotes and marvel at the way they are so succinct in communicating messages to the reader. Mostly anonymous, they come to us from past generations and across cultures, and speak of the experiences of lives lived and lessons learned. Quotes like proverbs, can make us think more deeply about something.

Each Thursday, I post a Proverb or Saying and a Quote that I find thought-provoking.  I hope you will too.

 

There is nothing noble about being superior to some other person. The true nobility is in being superior to your previous self.
Hindustani Proverb

A successful person is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks that others throw at him or her.
David Brinkley

Something to Ponder About

Proverbial Thursday – Proverbs and Sayings from around the World

I find profound wisdom in proverbs, sayings and quotes and marvel at the way they are so succinct in communicating messages to the reader. Mostly anonymous, they come to us from past generations and across cultures, and speak of the experiences of lives lived and lessons learned. Quotes like proverbs, can make us think more deeply about something.

Each Thursday, I post a Proverb or Saying and a Quote that I find thought-provoking.  I hope you will too.

The first is perplexing, but the proverb reasonably sound.

The finest thing in the world is knowing how to belong to oneself

Michel de Montaigne

When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you.
African Proverb

Something to Ponder About

Sayings and Proverbs from around the World – Visions and Being Lost

Each Thursday, I post a Proverb or Saying and a Quote that I find thought-provoking.  I hope you will too.

Di lengre ein lever,di fleire syner får ein sjå – Norwegian saying

(The longer I live, the more visions can I see)

and some wise words from Tolkien:  

I find profound wisdom in proverbs, sayings and quotes and marvel at the way they are so succinct in communicating messages to the reader. Mostly anonymous, they come to us from past generations and across cultures, and speak of the experiences of lives lived and lessons learned. Quotes like proverbs, can make us think more deeply about something.

Proverbial Thursday – Proverbs from around the World

I find profound wisdom in proverbs, sayings and quotes and marvel at the way they are so succinct in communicating messages to the reader. Mostly anonymous, they come to us from past generations and across cultures, and speak of the experiences of lives lived and lessons learned. Quotes like proverbs, can make us think more deeply about something.

Each Thursday, I post a Proverb or Saying and a Quote that I find thought-provoking.  I hope you will too.

“A barking dog does not disturb the man on a camel.” – Egyptian Proverb

Halfway through the journey of our life, I find myself in a dark wood – Dante

Some sayings to ponder about today.