Indian Proverbs
Most popular Indian proverbs quotes
If you live in the river you should make friends with the crocodiles.
The most beautiful things in the universe are the starry heavens above us and the feeling of duty within us.
The crab instructs its young, "Walk straight ahead—like me."
A person consists of his faith. Whatever is his faith, even so is he.
A person who misses a chance and the monkey who misses its branch can't be saved.
A smile you sent, will always return.
Anger ends in cruelty.
Blaming your faults on your nature does not change the nature of your faults. Conquer a man who never gives by gifts; Subdue untruthful men by truthfulness; Vanquish an angry man by gentleness; And overcome the evil man by goodness.
Do not blame God for having created the tiger, but thank him for not having given it wings.
Don't bargain for fish which are still in the water.
Don't let grass grow on the path of friendship.
Even a cat is a lion in her own lair.
Fate and self-help share equally in shaping our destiny.
For the friendship of two, the patience of one is required.
Great anger is more destructive than the sword.
I had no shoes and complained, until I met a man who had no feet.
If you're going to live by the river, make friends with the crocodile.
Keep five yards from a carriage, ten yards from a horse, and a hundred yards from an elephant; but the distance one should keep from a wicked man cannot be measured.
Large desire is endless poverty.
Life is not a continuum of pleasant choices, but of inevitable problems that call for strength, determination, and hard work.
Listen or thy tongue will keep thee deaf.
No one was ever lost on a straight road.
Nonviolence is the supreme law of life.
Separation secures manifest friendship.
The way to overcome the angry man is with gentleness, the evil man with goodness, the miser with generosity and the liar with truth.
These can never be true friends: Hope, dice, a prostitute, a robber, a cheat, a goldsmith, a monkey, a doctor, a distiller.
To the mediocre, mediocrity appears great.
To watch us dance is to hear our hearts speak.
When the devil leaves, heaven comes in.
When we take one step toward to God, he takes seven steps toward us.
You can never enter the same river twice.
You can often find in rivers what you cannot find in oceans.
You can only lean against that which resists.
Talk to your children while they are eating; what you say will stay even after you are gone.
