Indian Proverb
Indian Proverb
cannot distance five hundred man ten wicked yards
Keep five yards from a carriage, ten yards from a horse, and a hundred yards from an elephant; but the distance one should keep from a wicked man cannot be measured.
angry character conquer evil gives goodness man men overcome subdue
Conquer a man who never gives by gifts; Subdue untruthful men by truthfulness; Vanquish an angry man by gentleness; And overcome the evil man by goodness
judge man until walked
Don't judge any man until you have walked two moons in his moccasins
angry evil generosity liar man miser overcome
The way to overcome the angry man is with gentleness, the evil man with goodness, the miser with generosity and the liar with truth.
adversity man met shoes until
I had no shoes and complained, until I met a man who had no feet.
deaf listen listening thee thy tongue
Listen or thy tongue will keep thee deaf
bothered carry cold donkey heat learn load three
To carry his load without resting, not to be bothered by heat or cold and always be content: these three things we can learn from a donkey
faith prayer seven step steps takes toward
When we take one step toward to God, he takes seven steps toward us.
impossible love reigns
Where love reigns the impossible may be attained.
pain preferable treatment
The pain is sometimes preferable to the treatment
enter river
You can never enter the same river twice.
character deep dig shallow
Better to dig one deep well than 10 shallow ones.
blaming change faults nature
Blaming your faults on your nature does not change the nature of your faults
eloquent tail
There is nothing so eloquent as a rattlesnake's tail