Quotes starting with W
Below you will find our collection of inspirational quotes and sayings starting with the letter W, 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 |
--
Walls have ears. -- unknown
War ends nothing. -- Zairean (on war and peace)
War is sweet to those who haven't experienced it. -- Latin (on war and peace)
Waste not, want not. -- Ben Franklin (1706-1790)
Watch the pennies and the dollars will take care of themselves. -- unknown
We boil at different degrees. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)
We fear what we don't understand. -- Aesop (c.620-560 BC)
We learn little from victory, much from defeat. -- Japanese (on success and failure)
We'll never know the worth of water 'till the well goes dry. -- Scottish Proverb
Wealth and content are not always bedfellows. -- Ben Franklin (1706-1790)
Wealth is both an enemy and a friend. -- Nepalese (on wealth and poverty)
Wealth is but dung; useful only when spread. -- Chinese (on wealth and poverty)
Wealth is not his that has it, but his that enjoys it. -- Ben Franklin (1706-1790)
Well begun is half done. -- Aristotle (384-322 BC)
Well done is better than well said. -- Ben Franklin (1706-1790)
What breaks in a moment may take years to mend. -- Swedish Proverb
What cannot be cured must be endured. -- Edmund Spenser (c.1552-1599)
What children say, they have heard at home. -- Wolof (West African (on parenting and children)
What doesn't kill us, makes us stronger. -- unknown, thanks to Raymond who because of this saying is now invincible.
What goes around, comes around. -- unknown
What goes up must come down. -- unknown
What good is honor when you are starving. -- Yiddish (on food and hunger)
What good is running when you're on the wrong road. -- German (on planning)
What is learned in the cradle lasts to the grave. -- French(on habit)
What is true by lamplight is not always true in sunlight. -- French (on appearance and reality)
What may not be altered is made lighter by patience. -- Horace (65-8 BC)
What one hopes for is always better than what one has. -- Ethiopian (on faith)
What signifies knowing the names, if you know not the natures of things. -- Ben Franklin (1706-1790)
What you cannot avoid, welcome. -- Chinese Proverb
What you do to others will bear fruit in you. -- Singhalese (on generosity)
What you give is what you get. -- unknown
What you have, hold. -- John Heywood (c.1497-1580)
What you see is what you get. -- unknown
What you would seem to be, be really. -- Ben Franklin (1706-1790)
What's bred in the bone will come out in the flesh. -- English Proverb
What's done is done. -- Early 14th Century French Proverb
What's good for the goose is good for the gander. -- John Ray "What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander."
Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well. -- Philip Dormer Stanhope (1694-1773)
Whatever the boss says goes. -- unknown
When a thief kisses you, count your teeth. -- Yiddish
When eating fruit, remember the one who planted the tree. -- Vietnamese (on gratitude)
When fortune calls, offer her a chair. -- Yiddish (on fortune)
When fortune turns against you, even jelly breaks your teeth. -- Iranian
When I eat your bread, I sing your song. -- German (on friendship)
When in doubt, do nothing. -- George John Whyte-Melville (1821-1878)
When in Rome do as the Romans do. -- unknown but thanks to Mamtasaransh
When life's path is steep, keep your mind even. -- Horace (65-8 BC)
When love and skill go together, expect a masterpiece. -- John Ruskin (1819-1900)
When money speaks, truth keeps silent. -- Russian (on money)
When one door shuts, another opens. -- unknown
When one is hungry, everything tastes good. -- unknown
When strict with oneself, one rarely fails. -- Confucious ()
When surrounded by chaos, find peace within. -- unknown, thanks to J. Scott.
When the apple is ripe it will fall. -- Irish Proverb
When the heart is at ease, the body is healthy. -- Chinese (on health and wellness)
When the heart is full, the tongue will speak. -- Scottish (on eloquence)
When the moon is full, it begins to wane. -- Japanese (on permanence and change)
When the music changes, so does the dance. -- Hausa tribe of West Africa (on appropriateness)
When the pupil is ready, the teacher will come. -- Chinese Proverb
When the tiger kills, the jackel profits. -- Afghan (on business)
When the wind is in the east, tis neither good for man nor beast. -- unknown
When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you. -- African Proverb
When we think we lead, we are most led. -- Henry James Byron (1834-1884)
When what you want doesn't happen, learn to want what does. -- Arabic (on attitude)
When you can do the common things in life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world. -- George Washington Carver
When you die, make others cry because you left something behind not because they lost something. -- Submitter's name lost
When you drink water, remember the mountain spring. -- Chinese (on gratitude)
When you fall into a pit, you either die or get out. -- Chinese (on adversity)
When you go to a donkey's house, don't talk about ears. -- Jamaican (on courtesy and respect)
When you say one thing, the clever person understands three. -- Chinese (on wisdom)
When you see clouds gathering, prepare to catch rainwater. -- African proverb Gola Tribe
When you taste honey, remember gall. -- Ben Franklin (1706-1790)
When you're sad, learn something, -- Merlin
Where is there a tree not shaken by the wind. -- Armenian (on basic truths)
Where there is smoke there is fire. -- unknown
Where there's a will, there's a way. -- unknown
Where there's life, there's hope. -- Theocritus (c.270 BC)
Where you were born is less important than how you live. -- Turkish (on character and virtue)
Wherever you go, you can't get rid of yourself. -- Polish (on basic truths)
While the cat's away, the mice will play. -- James Ray (1670)
Who are a little wise, the best fools be. -- John Donne (1573-1631)
Who has deceived thee as oft as thyself. -- Ben Franklin (1706-1790)
Who is mighty? He who makes an enemy into a friend. -- Hebrew (on friends and foes)
Who is rich? He that enjoys his portion. -- Ben Franklin (1706-1790)
Who is strong? He that can conquer his bad habits. -- Ben Franklin (1706-1790)
Who waiteth for dead man's shoes will go long barefoot. -- John Heywood (c.1497-1580)
Whoever has a tail of straw should not get too close to the fire. -- Latin American (on caution and care)
Whoever wins the war gets to write the history. -- unknown
Willing is not enough, we must do. -- Johann Von Goethe (1749-1832)
Wink at small faults -- ember thou hast great ones. - Ben Franklin (1706-1790)
Wisdom is easy to carry but difficult to gather. -- Czech (on wisdom)
Wisdom is ofttimes nearer when we stoop than when we soar. -- William Wordsworth (1770-1850)
Wisdom is to live in the present, plan for the future and profit from the past. -- unknown
Wise men learn by others' harms; fools by their own. -- Ben Franklin (1706-1790)
Wish not so much to live long as to live well. -- Ben Franklin (1706-1790)
Wit is the only wall between us and the dark. -- Mark Van Doren (1894-1972)
With a stout heart, a mouse can lift an elephant. -- Tibetan (on attitude)
With time even a bear can learn to dance. -- Yiddish (on education)
Without kindness there can be no true joy. -- Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881)
Wonder is the beginning of wisdom, -- Greek Proverb