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Proverbs about WORK , ACTIONS & BEHAVIOR 1- Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat

it. 2- Where there's a will there's a way. 3- Two wrongs don't make a right. 4- Opportunity only knocks once. 5- The early bird catches the worm. 6- A bad workman always blames his tools. 7- If a job is worth doing it is worth doing well. 8- A woman's work is never done. 9- All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. 10- Hard work never did anyone any harm. 11- Only fools and horses work. 12- The Devil finds work for idle hands to do. 13- If at first you don't succeed try, try and try again. 14- He who hesitates is lost. 15- Haste makes waste. 16- He who laughs last laughs longest. 17- Actions speak louder than words. 18- Don't change horses in midstream. 19- Don't count your chickens before they are hatched. 20- Don't cross the bridge till you come to it. 21- Don't burn your bridges behind you. 22- Don't put all your eggs in one basket. 23- Don't put new wine into old bottles. 24- Don't try to walk before you can crawl. 25- Everybody wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die. 26- Failing to plan is planning to fail. 27- Fools rush in where angels fear to tread. 28- Fortune favors the brave. 29- If wishes were horses beggars would ride. 30- If you can't be good, be careful. 31- If you can't beat em, join em. 32- If you can't stand the heat get out of the kitchen. 33- It's never too late. 34- It's not worth crying over spilt milk. 35- It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive. 36- It's better to light a candle than curse the darkness. 37- Keep your chin up. 38- Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and, you weep alone.

39- Laughter is the best medicine. 40- Let the punishment fit the crime. 41- Money doesn't grow on trees. 42- Money makes the world go round. 43- Money talks. 44- More haste, less speed. PEOPLE, RELATIONSHIPS & LOVE 1- You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink. 2- Never judge a book by its cover. 3- Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas. 4- A friend in need is a friend indeed. 5- A person is known by the company he keeps. 6- All's fair in love and war 7- Behind every great man there's a great woman. 8- Better the Devil you know than the Devil you don't. 9- Better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all. 10- Birds of a feather flock together. 11- Don't bite the hand that feeds you. 12- Don't keep a dog and bark yourself. 13- Every man has his price. 14- Faint heart never won fair lady. 15- Fish and guests smell after three days. 16- Good fences make good neighbors. 17- Great minds think alike. 18- Home is where the heart is. 19- Into every life a little rain must fall. 20-In the kingdom of the blind the one eyed man is king. 21- It takes a thief to catch a thief. 22- It's better to give than to receive. 23- It's the empty can that makes the most noise. 24- Love is blind. 25- Make love not war. 26- Man does not live by bread alone. 27- Misery loves company. 28- Marry in haste, repent at leisure. 29- No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. 30- No rest for the wicked. 31- Out of sight, out of mind. 32- People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones. 33- The way to a man's heart is through his stomach.

34- There's no place like home. 35- Too many cooks spoil the broth. 36- When the cat's away the mice will play. 37- You can't teach an old dog new tricks. 38- You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

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