Quotes starting with O

Below you will find our collection of inspirational quotes and sayings starting with the letter O, collected over the years from a variety of sources.


Quotes

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z |
     --
Observe all men; thyself most.      -- Ben Franklin (1706-1790)
Of all the plants that cover the earth and lie like a fringe of hair upon the body of our grandmother, try to obtain knowledge that you may be strengthened in life.     -- Winnebago (Native American) (on nature)
Off with the old and on with the new.      -- unknown
Often, less is more.      -- unknown
Once a word is spoken, it flies, you can't catch it.      -- Russian Proverb
Once bitten, twice shy.      -- unknown
Once the rice is pudding, it's too late to reclaim the rice.      -- Indonesian (on time and timeliness)
Once you reach the top, take care as the only way left to go is down.      -- Darren Bateman
One day at a time.      -- unknown
One day in perfect health is much.     -- Arabic (on health and wellness)
One does evil enough when one does nothing good.      -- German proverb.
One enemy is too many and a hundred friends too few.      -- unknown
One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters.      -- George Herbert (1593-1633)
One flower makes no garland.      -- George Herbert (1593-1632)
One generation plants the trees, another gets the shade.      -- Chinese Proverb
One good turn deserves another.      -- Aesop (c.620-560 BC)
One hand for yourself and one for the ship.      -- unknown
One hand washes the other.      -- Epicharmus (273 AD)
One head cannot hold all wisdom.      -- Maasai(East African)(on wisdom)
One man can make a difference.      -- unknown
One man may be more cunning than another, but not more cunning than everybody else.      -- Ben Franklin (1706-1790)
One man's beard is on fire; another man warms his hands on it.      -- Kashmiri (on perversity)
One man's junk is another man's treasure.      -- unknown
One man's meat is another man's poison.      -- unknown
One might as well be hung for a sheep as a lamb.      -- N. Rogers (1662)
One must not play on the nose of a sleeping bear.      -- German (on prudence)
One person can burn water, while another can't even burn oil.      -- Kashmiri (on differences)
One should learn to sail in all waters.      -- Italian (on the conduct of life)
One should speak little with others and much with oneself.      -- Danish (on the conduct of life)
One step at a time.      -- unknown
One step leads to another.      -- unknown
One swallow never makes a summer.      -- John Heywood (c.1497-1580)
One thing leads to another.      -- unknown
One today is worth two tomorrows.      -- Ben Franklin (1706-1790)
One who marries for love alone will have bad days but good nights.     -- Egyptian (on marriage)
One who steals has no right to complain if he is robbed.      -- Aesop (c.620-560 BC)
One who waits for chance, may wait a year.     -- Yoruba (West African (on opportunity)
One with the courage to laugh is master of the world.      -- Italian (on courage and fear)
Only a fool hates that which he knows nothing about.      -- unknown
Only a fool tests the water with both feet.      -- African Proverb
Only the foolish visit the land of the cannibals.      -- Maori (on foolishness)
Only the sufferers know how their bellies ache.      -- Burmese (on experience)
Only the wearer knows where the shoe pinches.      -- George Herbert (1593-1632)
Open your arms to change, but don't let go of your values.      -- Dalai Lama
Opportunities come but do not linger.     -- Nepalese (on opportunity)
Our brightest blazes are commonly kindled by unexpected sparks.      -- unknown
Our deeds determine us as much as we determine our deeds.      -- George Eliot (1819-1880)
Our desires are the cause of our suffering and pain in life.      -- Old Buddist saying
Our fears always outnumber our dangers.      -- Latin (on courage and fear)
Our greatest weakness lies in giving up.      -- Thomas Edison (1847-1931)
Our handicaps exist only in our minds.      -- Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945)
Our life is what our thoughts make it.      -- Marcus Aurelius (121-180)
Out of adversity comes opportunity.      -- Ben Franklin (1706-1790)
Out of debt, out of danger.      -- unknown
Out of sight, out of mind.      -- unknown
Out of the frying pan, into the fire.      -- John Heywood (c.1497-1580)
Out of the fullness of the heart, the mouth speaks.      -- Chaucer (c.1343-1400)
Outside show is a poor substitute for inner worth.      -- Aesop, thanks to A. Fonda-Marsland