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Don't throw away the old bucket until you know whether the new one holds water.

- Swedish Proverb

A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains.

- Dutch proverb


If there is no wind, row.

- Japanese proverb


Heroism consists in hanging on one minute longer.

- Norwegian proverb


One kind word can warm three winter months.

- Chinese Proverb


If you scatter thorns, don't go barefoot.

- Italian Proverb

Turn your face to the sun and the shadows fall behind you.

- Maori proverb

The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials.

-  Chinese Proverb


Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still.

- Chinese Proverb

He that is afraid to shake the dice will never throw a six.

- Chinese Proverb

Fear to let fall a drop and you spill a lot.

- Malay proverb

 Fall seven times, stand up eight.

-  Japanese proverb

Yesterday is ashes; tomorrow is wood. Only today does the fire burn brightly.

-  Old Eskimo proverb

Better to light one small candle than to curse the darkness.

- Chinese Proverb

A gentle hand may lead an elephant with a single hair.

- Persian proverb

Keep a green tree alive in your heart and a songbird may come to sing there.

- Chinese Proverb

When spider webs unite, they can tie up a lion.

- Ethiopian proverb

The fly cannot be driven away by getting angry at it.

- African proverb