More Indian Proverbs
- There is nothing noble in being superior to some other man. The true nobility is in being superior to your previous self.
- A tree starts with a seed.
- Better to have a diamond with a few small flaws than a rock that is perfect.
- Stolen sugar is the sweetest.
- A mother is a school, preparing her is like preparing a good nation.
- You should not call in a cat to settle the argument of two birds.
- A thief thinks everybody steals.
- He who has a true friend, has no need of a mirror.
- Do not blame God for having created the tiger, but thank him for not having given it wings.
- To the mediocre, mediocrity appears great.
- We can’t change the direction of the wind, but we can adjust the sails.
- The first day a guest, the second day a guest, the third day a calamity.
- You do not stumble over a mountain, but you do over a stone.
- It’s better to pick a fight with your in-laws than with your neighbors.
- Without love everything is in vain.
- Great anger is more destructive than the sword.
- I had no shoes and complained until I saw a man who had no feet.
- He who works as a slave, eats as a king.
- The way to overcome the angry man is with gentleness, the evil man with goodness, the miser with generosity and the liar with truth.
- To the mediocre, mediocrity appears great.
- Smiles that you broadcast, will always come back to you.
- Follow the river and you will get to the sea.
- You do not stumble over a mountain, but you do over a stone.
- Among the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
- Under the mountains is silver and gold. But under the night sky, hunger and cold.
- A problem is solved when it gets tougher.
- Call on God, but row away from the rocks.