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Daily Motivational Wise Quotes Proverbs About Life And Work by mercyson(m): 9:38am On Mar 12, 2018
You don’t have to look any other site for great
daily motivational wise quotes and proverbs
about life. You are at the right place. This post
is centered on wise sayings from great people
across the world. They both ancient and
modern proverbs and cuts across the whole
world.

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69 MOTIVATIONAL PROVERBS
FOR THE DAY

72 THOUGHT PROVOKING
PROVERBS ABOUT LIFE

54 INSPIRATIONAL PROVERBS
ON LIFESTYLES AND
RELATIONSHIP

59 INSPIRATIONAL AFRICAN
PROVERBS


Starting with the initial one


69 MOTIVATIONAL PROVERBS FOR THE
DAY

1. Penny wise, pound foolish. Meaning: in
sparing small things, you might lose big
things.

2. The arrival of a baby is surrounded by
pains. Meaning: happiness is sometimes
provided by pains.

3. One good turn deserves another. Meaning:
A good thing reciprocates.

4. When you are on the back of a horse,
remember those who cannot ride donkeys.
Meaning: the privileged should remember
the less privileged.

5. The mice cannot play when the cat is
around. Meaning: the presence of a king
also serves as deterrent to the slaves.

6. A willful waste of time gives a woeful end.
Meaning: a time not properly utilized results
in regrets.

7. Uneasy lays the head that wears the crown.
Meaning: the most successful person
sometimes gets failure unexpected.

8. A little drop of water makes a mighty
ocean. Meaning: a gradual sowing leads to
reaping bountifully.

9. A known devil is better than an unknown
angel. Meaning: he who admits himself as
a sinner and needed repentance is better
than the one who calls himself righteous
and yet he is not.

10. A hazy climber often gets a sudden fall.
Meaning: an unorganized person mostly
gets failure unexpectedly.

11. When the first frog falls into a pit, the others
will take caution. Meaning: seeing the cause
of death, others will prevent themselves
from the same calamity.

12. An animal that was once caught in a trap
will see a bent stick and run away.
Meaning: a person who had experience a
downfall will try to avoid similar experience.

13. A cooking pot for the chameleon is also a
cooking pot for the lizard. Meaning:
everyone should be treated equally.

14. The ruins of a land and its people begin in
their homes. Meaning: the bad character
displayed by an individual is due to lack of
home training.

15. When rain falls on the leopard, It does not
wash off the spots. Meaning: the fact that
one is in a deep problem does not stop him
from doing what he is supposed to do.

16. The moon moves slowly but by dawn, it
has crossed the sky. Meaning: a gradual
procedure brings about great achievements.

17. The horns cannot be heavy to a cow.
Meaning: you are equal to your problems.

18. You can’t tell which lizard is suffering from
stomach ache because all do lie prostrate
on the ground. Meaning: you can’t tell what
people do by their looks.

19. The thing that will kill a dog will first kill its
ability to smell. Meaning: he that is working
towards doom forgets cautions.

20. The mouth and nose are too close to be
enemies. Meaning: some people are too
close to separate.

21. The secret of the owls should not be made
known in daylight. Meaning: not all plans
should be made known to everybody.

22. Old age does things to man. Meaning: the
mentality of perfect reasoning diminishes as
one grows older.

23. It’s only a sick person that thinks that
suspicion is wisdom. Meaning: a fool
accepts a wrong idea as a good idea.


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