Indian Proverb
Indian Proverb
bothered carry cold donkey heat learn load three
To carry his load without resting, not to be bothered by heat or cold and always be content: these three things we can learn from a donkey
dance dance-and-dancing hear hearts speak watch
To watch us dance is to hear our hearts speak
character deep dig shallow
Better to dig one deep well than 10 shallow ones.
blaming change faults nature
Blaming your faults on your nature does not change the nature of your faults
enter river
You can never enter the same river twice.
faith prayer seven step steps takes toward
When we take one step toward to God, he takes seven steps toward us.
eloquent tail
There is nothing so eloquent as a rattlesnake's tail
dogs englishmen mad sun
Only mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the noonday sun
bank corpse float river sit soon
Sit on the bank of a river and wait: Your enemy's corpse will soon float by.
call choice continuum hard inevitable life pleasant problems work
Life is not a continuum of pleasant choices, but of inevitable problems that call for strength, determination, and hard work
deaf listen listening thee thy tongue
Listen or thy tongue will keep thee deaf
pain preferable treatment
The pain is sometimes preferable to the treatment
cannot distance five hundred man ten wicked yards
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.
impossible love reigns
Where love reigns the impossible may be attained.