Some proverbs from around the world. Enjoy!
“Either you eat life or life eats you.”
- Polynesian proverb
“Measure seven times, cut once.”
- Russian proverb
“Deep doubts, deep wisdom. Small doubts, small wisdom.”
- Chinese proverb
“A flatterer has water in one hand and fire in the other.”
- German proverb
“A roaring lion goes hungry.”
- African proverb
“Suffer with your own rule rather than frolic under someone else’s.”
- Mongolian proverb
“Your reputation of a thousand years may be determined by the conduct of one hour.”
- Japanese proverb
“You buy cheaply you pay dearly.”
- French proverb
“The person who commands the art of living makes little distinction between their work and their play; their labour and their leisure"
- Zen proverb
Perform better!
Posted on
May 27, 2026
