What was hard to bear is sweet to remember.

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.
• 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 eyes do not see what the mind does not want.
• He who does not climb, will not fall either.
• 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.
• Life is a bridge, cross over it, but build no house on it.
• No one was ever lost on a straight road.
• 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.