Among the blind, the one-eyed man is king.

More Indian Proverbs

• 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.
• The eyes do not see what the mind does not want.
• He who does not climb, will not fall either.
• Dependence on another is perpetual disappointment.
• Patience is the most beautiful prayer.
• Regularity is the best medicine.
• What was hard to bear is sweet to remember.
• When we take one step toward to God, he takes seven steps toward us.
• No strength within, no respect without.
• Certain things capture the eye, but pursue only those that capture the heart.
• Life is a bridge, cross over it, but build no house on it.
• No one was ever lost on a straight road.
• Fish and guests smell when they are three days old.
• If they don’t exchange a few words, father and son will never know one another.
• Life is not a continuum of pleasant choices, but of inevitable problems that call for strength, determination, and hard work.
• If you live on the river, befriend the crocodile.
• For the friendship of two, the patience of one is required.
• To sing to the deaf, to talk with the dumb, and to dance for the blind are three foolish things.
• Walking slowly, even the donkey will reach Lhasa.