Inspiring Quotes and Proverbial Wisdom from India about Fortune, Pride and Dignity, Time and Mortality
We can't change the direction of the wind, but we can adjust the sails. -- Indian Proverb
They who give have all things; they who withhold have nothing.-- Indian Proverb
If you want to know what a tiger is like, look at a cat. -- Indian Proverb
The Three great mysteries: air to a bird, water to a fish, mankind to himself. -- India Proverb
There is nothing noble in being superior to some other man. The true nobility is in being superior to your previous self. -- India Proverb
Like the body that is made up of different limbs and organs, all moral creatures must depend on each other to exist. -- Hindu Proverb
When an elephant is in trouble even a frog will kick him. -- Hindu Proverb
Like the body that is made up of different limbs and organs, all moral creatures must depend on each other to exist. -- Hindu Proverb
To control the mind is like trying to control a drunken monkey that has been bitten by a scorpion. -- Hindu Proverb
Great minds discuss ideas, medium minds discuss events, and little minds discuss people. -- Hindu Proverb
A hundred divine epochs would not suffice to describe all the marvels of the Himalaya. -- India Proverb
They who give, have all things; they who withhold, have nothing. -- Indian Proverb
War is to men, childbirth is to women. -- India Proverb
A thief thinks everybody steals.-- India proverb
Under the mountains is silver and gold, But under the night sky, hunger and cold. -- Indian proverb
Drops join to make a stream; ears combine to make a crop. -- Indian proverb
I have lanced many boils, but none pained like my own. -- India proverb
Walking slowly, even the donkey will reach Lhasa. -- Indian proverb
You may look up for inspiration or look down in desperation but do not look sideways for information. -- Indian proverb
Clouds that thunder seldom rain.-- Indian proverb
If you live in the river you should make friends with the crocodile. -- Indian proverb
A fly, a harlot, a beggar, a rat, and gusty wind; the village-boss and the tax collector - these seven are always annoying to others. -- Indian proverb
Speak like a parrot; meditate like a swan; chew like a goat; and bathe like an elephant. -- Indian proverb
The weakest go to the wall. -- Indian proverb
A bandicoot is lovely to his parents; a mule is pretty to its mate. -- Indian proverb
It is better to sit down than to stand, it is better to lie down than to sit, but death is the best of all. -- Indian proverb
A person who misses a chance and the monkey who misses its branch can't be saved. -- Indian proverb
Those who hunt deer sometimes raise tigers. -- India proverb
What was hard to bear is sweet to remember. -- India proverb
Garlic is as good as ten mothers. -- India proverb
Don't bargain for fish which are still in the water. -- India proverb
The nose didn't smell the rotting head. -- India proverb
You can often find in rivers what you cannot find in oceans. -- Indian proverb
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. -- Indian proverb
In my homeland I possess one hundred horses, yet if I go, I go on foot. -- Indian proverb
Blaming your faults on your nature does not change the nature of your faults. -- India proverb
If they don't exchange a few words, father and son will never know one another. -- Indian proverb
Justice is better than admiration. -- Indian proverb
Only mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the noonday sun. -- Indian proverb
Do not blame God for having created the tiger, but thank him for not having given it wings. -- Indian proverb
An old patient is better than a new doctor. -- Indian proverb
Eat fire and your mouth burn ; live on credit and your pride will burn. -- Indian proverb
To the mediocre, mediocrity appears great. -- Indian proverb
Even a cat is a lion in her own lair. -- Indian proverb
It is better to be blind than to see things from only one point of view. -- Indian proverb
What are Proverbs and Where do the come from?
Proverbs and old sayings reveal many aspects about the cultural traditions of a society. Proverbs originated from indigenous humble folk who handed down these wise old sayings over the centuries, generation to generation. Many proverbs serve as advisory tales, wise counsel and occasionally chastisement.