Favorite Proverbs


	•	  A fool and his money are soon parted.
	•	  A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
	•	  A penny saved is a penny earned.
Actions speak louder than words.
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure (one of my favorites.
	•	  Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Better to light one candle than to curse the darkness.
	•	  Do not cross the bridge till you come to it.
	•	  Do not put all your eggs in one basket.
	•	  Do not put off until tomorrow what you can do today.
	•	  Empty vessels make the most noise
	•	  Every cloud has a silver lining.
	•	  Every little bit helps.
	•	  First things first.
	•	  Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.
	•	  God helps those who help themselves.
	•	  Haste makes waste.
Hindsight is always twenty-twenty.
	•	  History repeats itself.
	•	  Honesty is the best policy.
	•	  Hope for the best, and prepare for the worst.
	•	  If at first you do not succeed, try, try again.
If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.
• It is never too late.
	•	  It is what it is.
	•	  It takes one to know one.
	•	  Kill two birds with one stone (just a fun one, not literal!)
Laughter is the best medicine.
	•	  Less is more.
	•	  Let the buyer beware.
• er well alone.
	•	  Life is what you make it.
	•	  Live and let live.
Many hands make light work. (teamwork)
	•	  Misery loves company.
	•	  Necessity is the mother of invention.
	•	  Never judge a book by its cover.
	•	  Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.
Never too old to learn.
	•	  No man can serve two masters.
	•	  No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
	•	  Not all those who wander are lost.
	•	  Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
	•	  One man's trash is another man's treasure.
	•	  Patience is a virtue.
	•	  Penny wise and pound foolish.
	•	  Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely (one for our
	•	  Practice makes perfect.
	•	  Practice what you preach.
	•	  Pride comes/goes before a fall (Bible-OT).
	•	  Putting the cart before the horse.
	•	  Rome was not built in one day.
	•	  (Speech is silver but) Silence is golden.
	•	  Slow but sure.
	•	  Speak softly and carry a big stick.
Still waters run deep.
	•	  Talk is cheap.
	•	  The early bird catches the worm.
	•	  The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.
It is the last straw that breaks the camel's back.
The light is on but nobody is home.
The longest journey starts with a single step.
There ain't no such thing as a free lunch.
There are none so blind as those who will not see.
There but for the grace of God go I.
There is no place like home.
There is no time like the present.
There are none so deaf as those who will not hear.
Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it (George Santayana)
	•	  Time flies.
	•	  Time is a great healer.
	•	  To each his own. (another of my favorites)
Tomorrow is another day.
Too much of a good thing.
Truth is stranger than fiction.
	•	  Two wrongs do not make a right.
	•	  United we stand, divided we fall.
	•	  Use it or lose it.
	•	  Up a creek without a paddle (another fun one)
Variety is the spice of life (William Cowper, English Poet
(1731-1800)
Walk softly but carry a big stick (26th US President Theodore
	•	Roosevelt)
Waste not, want not.
What goes around, comes around.
When in Rome, do as the Romans do. (St. Ambrose 347A -
Whatever floats your boat (fun one!)
When it rains it pours.
When life gives you lemons, make lemonade.
Where there is a will there is a way.
With great power comes great responsibility
• Wonders will never cease.
You can lead a horse to water, but you cannot make it drink.
Youth is wasted on the young.
For a more thorough A-Z listing, see this Wikipedia article:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_proverbial_phrases