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| I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice. - Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States.(1809-1865) thanks to Pete Hartzel of Woodstock Corporation, Boston, MA |
| Idleness and pride tax with a heavier hand than kings and parliaments. - Ben Franklin (1706-1790) |
| If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. - unknown |
| If evils come not then our fears are in vain; and if they do, fear but augments the pain. - Ben Franklin (1706-1790) |
| If God wants people to suffer, he sends them too much understanding. - Yiddish (on balance and moderation) |
| If God were not willing to forgive sin, heaven would be empty. - German proverb |
| If I keep my character, I'll be rich enough. - Plutonius |
| If it ain't broke, don't fix it. - American Saying |
| If it were not for hope, the heart would break. - Greek (on attitude) |
| If not today--when? - Kashmiri (on permanence and change) |
| If passion drives, let reason hold the reins. - Ben Franklin (1706-1790) |
| If someone gives you advice, it is in his own interest. - Tunisian Proverb |
| If the bird hadn't sung, it wouldn't have been shot. - Japanese (on prudence) |
| If the eyes didn't see, the hands wouldn't take.- Yiddish (on opportunity) |
| If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail. - Abraham Maslow (1908-1970) |
| If the rich could hire people to die for them, the poor could make a nice living. - Yiddish (on wealth and poverty) |
| If the shoe fits, wear it. - Nicholas Breton (c.1545-1626) |
| If the townspeople are happy, look to the chief.- Liberian (on leadership) |
| If you are afraid of something, you give it power over you. - Moroccan (on courage and fear) |
| If you are going a long way, go slowly.- Ilocano (Filipino) (on journeys) |
| If you are hiding, don't light a fire. - Ghanaian (on common sense) |
| If you are not a fish, how can you tell if the fish are happy? - Chinese (on experience) |
| If you are not good for yourself, how can you be good for others. - Spanish (on character and virtue) |
| If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow. - Chinese Proverb |
| If you believe everything you read, better not read. - Japanese (on books and writers) |
| If you buy things you don't need, you will soon be selling things you do need. - Pampango - Filipino (on buying and selling) |
| If you buy what you don't need, you steal from yourself. - Swedish (on thrift) |
| If you call one wolf, you invite the pack. - Bulgarian (on caution and care) |
| If you can't bite, better not show your teeth. - Yiddish (on common sense) |
| If you can't say anything nice, then don't say anything at all. - Aesop (c.620-560 BC) |
| If you can't serve, you can't rule.- Bulgarian (on leadership) |
| If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen. - Harry Truman (1884-1972) |
| If you don't have a plan for yourself, you'll be part of someone else's. - American (on planning) |
| If you don't laugh, you'll cry. - unknown |
| If you don't scale the mountain, you can't view the plain. - Chinese (on rewards and consequences) |
| If you don't see the bottom, don't wade. - Scottish (on prudence) |
| If you don't want trouble, don't go looking for it. - unknown |
| If you fail to practice your art, it will soon disappear. - German (on art and creativity) |
| If you follow a fool, you are a fool yourself. - Jamaican (on foolishness) |
| If you foolishly ignore beauty, then you will soon find yourself without it. - Frank Lloyd Wright (1869-1959) |
| If you ford a river in a crowd, the crocodiles won't get you. (Ed. note: If your lucky!) - Malagasy (on strength and weakness) |
| If you give orders and leave, the work won't get done. - Portuguese (on business) |
| If you have, give; if you lack, seek. - Malay (on generosity) |
| If you have nothing to lose, you can try everything. - Yiddish (on business) |
| If you kick a stone in anger you will hurt your foot. - Korean (on anger) |
| If you know how to spend less than you get, you have the philosopher's stone. - Ben Franklin (1706-1790) |
| If you make yourself into a doormat, people will wipe their feet on you. - Belizean (on character and virtue) |
| If you pray for another, you will be helped yourself. - Yiddish (on prayer) |
| If you think your bundle of clothes too heavy, try picking up your neighbor's. - Virgin Islander (on comparable worth) |
| If you want something done right, do it yourself. - unknown |
| If you want to lift yourself up, lift someone else up.- Booker T. Washington (1856-1915) |
| If you want your eggs hatched, sit on them yourself. - Haitian (on self-reliance) |
| If you would be rich in a year, you may be hanged in six months. - Italian (on business) |
| If you would get ahead, be a bridge. - Welsh (on ambition) |
| If you would hit the mark, you must aim a little above it. - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) |
| If you would live long, open your heart.- Bulgarian (on health and wellness) |
| If you would rise in the world, veil ambition with the forms of humanity.- Chinese (on hypocrisy) |
| If you'ld have a servant that you like, serve yourself. - Ben Franklin (1706-1790) |
| If you've never run aground, you've never been anywhere! - unknown sailor - thanks to John M. |
