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September 17, 2011 by kevinstilley

Proverbs

Pray, but when you pray, move to your feet.
~ African proverb

Umuntu ngumuntu ngabantu.  (“A person is a person through other persons.”)
~ African saying

Who works achieves and who sows reaps.
~ Arabian Proverb

God promises a safe landing but not a calm passage.
~ Bulgarian proverb

Biggest profits mean gravest risks.
~ Chinese Proverb

The man who removed the mountain began by carrying away small stones.
~Chinese proverb

Words spoken may fly away… The writing-brush leaves its mark.
~ Chinese Proverb

Call on God, but row away from the rocks.
~ Indian proverb

It is better to live one day as a lion than a hundred years as a sheep.
~ Old Persian proverb

Think that day lost whose low descending sun
Views from thy hand no noble actions done.
~ Ancient proverb

Bad news goes about in clogs, good news in stockinged feet.
~ Welsh proverb

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