Top 116 Proverbs Quotes & Sayings

Proverbs should be sold in pairs, a single one being but a half truth.

Wise men make proverbs, but fools repeat them.

Many of the historical proverbs have a doubtful paternity.

Poets are like proverbs: you can always find one to contradict another.

The genius, wit, and the spirit of a nation are discovered by their proverbs.

Proverbs, like the sacred books of each nation, are the sanctuary of the intuitions. That which the droning world, chained to appearances, will not allow the realist to say in his own words, it will suffer him to say in proverbs without contradiction.

Proverbs may not improperly be called the philosophy of the common people.

Witty inspirations are the proverbs of the educated.

Out of monuments, names, words proverbs ...and the like, we do save and recover somewhat from the deluge of time.

Proverbs are for the most part rules of moral, or, still more properly, of prudential conduct.

Those that cannot produce ideas often speak with the old proverbs!

We have been counseled to "seek . . . out of the best books words of wisdom." It is pointed out in Proverbs, "Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom." (Proverbs 4:7.) But in getting wisdom and getting knowledge, above all we should "get understanding." It is important to learn a profession, learn a trade. That applies not only to the young men, but it applies to you young women as well. You girls should place yourselves in a position to be self-supporting and independent in the event that tragedy or an emergency comes, for emergencies have come and will continue to come.

Proverbs are all very fine when there's nothing to worry you, but when you're in real trouble, they're not a bit of help.

Among the Igbo the art of conversation is regarded very highly, and proverbs are the palm-oil with which words are eaten.

I'm obsessed with proverbs because, to me, flexing is being able to say the most with the least amount of words.

I quit being a VS model to be a Proverbs 31 wife.

For this reason, if you believe proverbs, let me tell you the common one: "It is unlucky to marry in May.

The use of proverbs is characteristic of an unlettered people. They are invaluable treasures to dunces with good memories.

I continue to do something I've done since I was 18, and that is read a chapter of Proverbs every day as part of my daily devotion. I still maintain that.

The wise make proverbs, and fools repeat them.

Proverbs are mental gems gathered in the diamond fields of the mind.

Our heart oft times wakes when we sleep, and God can speak to that, either by words, by proverbs, by signs and similitudes, as well as if one was awake.

Proverbs are potted wisdom.

My favorite book in the Bible is always Proverbs because it's where you can find wisdom for no matter what you're going through. It hits me every time I read it. I've always read Proverbs regularly because it helps me deal with what's happening every day in real life.

Patch grief with proverbs.

The strength of Ray Ortlund's study of Proverbs is its Christ-centeredness. The wisdom of Proverbs loses none of its practical value, but rather is given its ultimate fulfillment as an expression of the wisdom of Christ.

Proverbs are always platitudes until you have personally experienced the truth of them.

Sadly, God mentions no crowned nags in Proverbs.

Proverbs 31 is God's definition of Evelyn Roberts.

The woman described in Proverbs 31 is not some ideal that exists out there; she is present in each one of us when we do even the smallest things with valor

Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long experience.

Proverbs are mental gems gathered in the diamond districts of the mind.

All a Jew has to do is recite a few proverbs or anecdotes to consider himself an expert on 'Jewishness.'

Proverbs were bright shafts in the Greek and Latin quivers.

The wisdom of nations lies in their proverbs, which are brief and pithy.

Proverbs are the literature of reason, or the statements of absolute truth, without qualification. Like the sacred books of each nation, they are the sanctuary of its intuitions.

He mocks proud mockers but gives grace to the humble. from the Book of Proverbs

If you want to follow some good steps, it would Proverbs, all over.

The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages is preserved into perpetuity by a nation's proverbs, fables, folk sayings and quotations.

One of my favorite Japanese proverbs is "Fall down 7 times, stand up 8".

The Word of God is so much broader than people are giving it credit for. Look at Proverbs, a book written on how to live.

A good-humored wife who appreciates most, if not all, of my humor - her price is far above rubies, as the book of Proverbs doesn't quite say.

Proverbs save us the trouble of thinking. What we call folk wisdom is often no more than a kind of expedient stupidity.

I always think it is kind of funny when it comes to wisdom, and I say God has a sense of humor, because my middle name is Solomon, and I love the Book of Proverbs which is written by Solomon, and I have read from the Book of Proverbs to start and end every day since I was 14.

I'm always looking for ways to explore the politics of the everyday. For me, the proverbs were a way of bringing in this ancient wisdom that in Arabic culture is often quoted. Those proverbs are such a huge part of the language and parts of people's every day. This is the wisdom that we use in our everyday life but we're not always listening to.

Proverbs, and the wisdom literature in general, counter the idea that being spiritual means handing all decisions over to the leading of the Lord. The opposite is true. Proverbs reveals that God does not make all people’s decisions for them, but rather expects them to use his gift of reason to interpret the circumstances and events of life within the framework of revelation that he has given. Yet when they have exercised their responsibility in decision-making, they can look back and see that the sovereign God has guided.

Proverbs are, for the most part, rules of morals, and as such are often effective.

The LORD detests lying lips, but he delights in men who are truthful. PROVERBS 12:22

Books, like proverbs, receive their chief value from the stamp and esteem of ages through which they passed.

Proverbs contradict each other. That is the wisdom of a nation.

Let your daughter have first of all the book of Psalms for holiness of heart, and be instructed in the Proverbs of Solomon for her godly life.

He that writeth in blood and proverbs doth not want to be read, but learnt by heart.

I like the old wisdom--puns, riddles, spells, proverbs.

Proverbs embody the current and practical philosophy of an age or nation.

Proverbs, words, and grammar inflections convey the public sense with more purity and precision, than the wisest individual.

I got so tired of hearing those proverbs when I was a child. Now I use them all the time. Sometimes they are the best way to say what needs to be said. I teach them to my students. I have a collection of proverbs for class discussion and writing assignments.

Proverbs may be said to be the abridgment of wisdom.

Solomon's Proverbs, I think, have omitted to say, that as the sore palate findeth grit, so an uneasy consciousness heareth innuendos.

[Proverbs] are short sayings made out of long experience.

Books, like proverbs, receive their chief value from the stamp and esteem of the ages through which they have passed.