#proverb

Let Love and faithfulness never leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart. Then you will win favor and a good name in the sight of God and man. Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight. ↗

— Anonymous

#faith

The light of the Christmas star to you. The warmth of home and hearth to you. The cheer and goodwill of friends to you. The hope of a child-like heart to you. The joy of a thousand angels to you. The love of the Son and God's peace to you. ↗

— Sherryl Woods

#irish-proverbs #family

If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don't have to worry about answers. ↗

— Thomas Pynchon

#paranoia #proverbs #questions #wit #wrong

Short cuts make long delays. ↗

— J.R.R. Tolkien

#life-lesson #pippin #proverbs #shortcuts #life

Whoever said ignorance is bliss must have died a horrible death with a really surprised look on his face. ↗

— Lisa Shearin

#ignorance #proverb #death

Take sleep mark death. ↗

— Glen L. Richards

#illu #jamaican #proverb #death

Instead of cursing the darkness, light a candle. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

#proverb #inspirational

An intelligent enemy,' he would say, stroking his beard as if it were a bristly pet, 'rather than a foolish friend.' Or, 'He learnt the language of pigeons, and forgot his own.' Or, the favourite of Jan Fishan Khan: 'Nothing is what it seems. ↗

— Tahir Shah

#afghanistan #folklore #proverbs #saying #sufis

For a long time, I operated under the Chinese proverb that there are four kinds of leaders: those who you laugh at, those who you hate, those who you love and those who you don't even know that they're leaders. ↗

— Bill Bradley

#even #four #hate #i #kinds

I believe there's no proverb but what is true; they are all so many sentences and maxims drawn from experience, the universal mother of sciences. ↗

— Miguel de Cervantes

#drawn #experience #i #i believe #many