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

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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