Sayings about Tools

Man is greater than the tools he invents. ~ United States Proverbs

The anvil lasts longer than the hammer. ~ Italian Proverbs

The same hammer that breaks the glass forges the steel. ~ Traditional Proverb

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Sayings about Costs

What costs nothing is worth nothing. ~ Dutch Proverbs

The cost is high of the honey that must be licked from thorns. ~ Dutch Proverb

To enjoy life is worth so much more than it costs.

Sayings about Careers

Aim high in your career but stay humble in your heart.~ Korean Proverb

all seven times, stand up eight! ~ Japanese Proverb

“But” is a fence over which few leap. ~ German proverb

He believes that marriage

Sayings about buying & Shopping

Don’t buy a boat that is under water. ~ Congolese Proverb

Tell me what you want to buy and I will tell you what you are. ~ Mexican Proverb

You don’t learn anything from buying

Sayings about Riches

Giving gifts to the rich is like pouring water into the sea. ~ Russian Proverb

If you borrow some chaff from the rich man you have to repay him with wheat. ~ Finnish Proverb

The villain that

Sayings about Trades

He who cannot speak well of his trade does not understand it. ~ French Proverb

Every man has a good wife and a bad trade. ~ Italian Proverb

Advertising is the mother of trade. ~

Sayings about Right & Right Doing

The boss is always right. ~ Russian Proverbs

When both parties are right, it’s a bad day for “right.” ~ Yiddish Proverbs

Being in the right does not depend on having a

Sayings about Office

Office without pay makes thieves. ~ German Proverbs

Pastors come for your wine and officers for your daughters. ~ Dutch Proverbs

No office so humble but it is better than nothing. ~ Dutch Proverb

If you hold

Sayings about Bridges

God gave us hands but He doesn’t build bridges with them. ~ German Proverbs

A fable is a bridge that leads to truth. ~ Arabian Proverbs

Tap even a stone bridge before crossing. ~ Korean Proverbs

Make

Sayings about Pockets

He who has an egg in his pocket does not dance.~ Gabonese Proverbs

The devil dances in an empty pocket ~ Traditional Proverb

If the pocket is empty, the judge is deaf.~ Russian Proverb

With money in

Sayings about Bosses

Where water is the boss, there must the land obey. ~ African Proverb

The man who claims to be the boss in his own home will lie about other things as well. ~ Amish Proverb

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Sayings about Credit

Buying on credit is robbing next year’s crop. ~ American Proverbs

Credit is better than money. ~ Gypsy Proverb

Whoever drinks on credit gets drunk more quickly. ~ Armenian Proverbs

Sweet tongues buy horses on credit.

Sayings about Refusal

Man counts what he has refused, not what he has given. ~ Kenyan Proverbs

To ask is no sin, and to be refused is no calamity. ~ Russian Proverb

Who refuses to submit to justice, must

Sayings about Farming & Agriculture

The farmer hopes for rain, the walker hopes for sunshine, and the gods hesitate.~ Chinese Proverbs

You are not a man until you have plowed a field. ~ Finnish Proverbs

Measure the corn of others

Sayings about Bargains

Bargain like a gypsy, but pay like a gentleman. ~ Hungarian Proverb

Life is the greatest bargain – we get it for nothing. ~ Yiddish Proverbs

The person who does not ask will never get a bargain

Sayings about Selling

Sleep after selling horses and elephants. ~ Hindu Proverb

To receive a favor is to sell one’s liberty. ~ Japanese Proverbs

He has sold the sun to buy a candle. ~ Hebrew Proverb

Don’t visit auctions if

Sayings about Treasure

Sleep is the poor man’s treasure. ~ Latvian Proverbs

Sadness is a valuable treasure — only discovered in people you love. ~ Malagasy Proverbs

Patience in the household is a real treasure. ~ Chinese Proverb

Sayings about Firmness

Firmness :The quality of not being soft, but not completely hard.

A man who has both feet planted firmly in the air can be safely called a liberal. ~ American Proverbs

Firm breasts don’t last long. ~

Sayings about Counsel

Everybody knows good counsel except he who has need of it. ~ German Proverbs

The best counselors are the dead. ~ Traditional Proverb

The counsel you would have another keep, first keep yourself. ~ Traditional Proverb

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Sayings about Quality

Prices are forgotten, quality remains. ~ French Proverbs

What is bought is cheaper than a gift. ~ Portuguese Proverbs

Water is cheaper than medicine. ~ Czechoslovakian Proverb

Bad merchandise is never cheap. ~ French Proverb

The best

Sayings about Counting

People keep counting the faults of those who keep them waiting. ~ French Proverbs

Before you start up a ladder, count the rungs. ~ Yiddish Proverbs

Always count the cost. ~ American Proverbs

Many people count other

Sayings about Optimism

Optimism is a mental attitude, a happy belief that the outcome of some specific endeavor, or outcomes in general, will be good. While pessimists anticipate undesirable outcomes from a given situation which is generally referred to as

Sayings about Spending

Through not spending enough we spend too much.~ Spanish Proverbs

If you don’t pay a servant his wages, then he will pay himself. ~ Spanish Proverb

If you want to buy love, love itself is the price

Sayings about Interests

People will ignore their misfortunes and their interests when they are in competition with their pleasures. ~ French Proverb

Lend to God and the earth — they both pay good interest. ~ Swedish Proverbs

He who

Sayings about Authority

Who gives the bread lays down the authority. ~ Spanish Proverbs

If you wish to know what a man is, put him in authority. ~ Yugoslavian Proverb

Authority has no partner. ~ French Proverbs

Authority,

Sayings about Agreement 

A lean agreement is better than a fat lawsuit. ~ German Proverbs

Better a friendly refusal than an unwilling consent. ~ Spanish Proverbs

Rare is agreement between beauty and modesty.~ Latin Proverbs

Agreement makes law. ~ Legal

Sayings about Criticism

It is easier to criticize than to do better. ~ Swiss Proverbs

You must judge a man by the work of his hands. ~ African Proverb

If you want to be criticized, marry. ~ Irish Proverb

Sayings about Borrowing

They bow to you when borrowing, you bow to them when collecting. ~ Russian Proverbs

Who goes a borrowing, goes a sorrowing. ~ Traditional Proverb

He who does not want to lend loses friends; he