Proverbs & Quotes

[erenberk]

We can share proverbs, quotes and famous saying in this thread.

Let me share some of them.

• Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day; show him how to catch fish, and you feed him for a lifetime.
  
  A proverbial saying which suggests that the ability to work is of greater benefit than a one-off handout.

• A penny saved is a penny earned.
  
  It is as useful to save money that you already have as it is to earn more.

A wretched soul, bruised with adversity,
We bid be quiet when we hear it cry;
But were we burdened with like weight of pain,
As much or more we should ourselves complain.
William Shakespeare

It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop.
Confucius

To forget one's purpose is the commonest form of stupidity.
Friedrich Nietzsche

Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err. It passes my comprehension how human beings, be they ever so experienced and able, can delight in depriving other human beings of that precious right.
Mahatma Gandhi

Education: that which reveals to the wise, and conceals from the stupid, the vast limits of their knowledge.
Mark Twain

One swallow does not make a summer, neither does one fine day; similarly one day or brief time of happiness does not make a person entirely happy.
Aristotle

Every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life are based on the labors of other men, living and dead, and that I must exert myself in order to give in the same measure as I have received and am still receiving.
Albert Einstein

[shadowknight]

Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.

Albert Einstein

[cheleby]

“Questions are the creative acts of intelligence."
”“Sorular, zekanın yaratıcı eylemleridir.”
Frank Kingdomy

[mazula]

"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, You aren't aiming high enough."

"Eğer son %90 kere de başarız olmamışsanız , yeterinde yükseği amaçlamıyorsunuz demektir."

-Alan Kay

[mei]

be careful when you fight the monsters, lets you become one.
"canavarlarla savaşırken onlardan biri olmamak için dikkatli olun"

[mr_rain]

Confidence is good but control is much better

Güven iyidir ancak kontrol daha iyidir !

İngiliz atasözü..

[shadowknight]

Let the beauty you love be what you do. There are a thousand ways to kneel and kiss the earth.

Mevlana

[erenberk]

[shadowknight]

"Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become.Everything else is secondary."

Steve Jobs

[shadowknight]

Since in order to speak, one must first listen, learn to speak by listening

Mevlana