Proverbs With Meaning

The proverbs are explained in detail with stories and examples for better understanding.

The major 60 proverbs included in this application are as follows:

1) A stitch in time saves nine.

2) A crying child gets milk.

3) A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

4) A rolling stone gathers no moss.

5) A word to the wise is enough.

6) Action speaks louder than voice.

7) All that glitters is not gold.

8) As you sow so shall you reap.

9) Bad news travels fast.

10) Cleanliness is next to godliness.

11) Don't count your chickens before they are hatched.

12) Empty vessels make the most noise.

13) Even a worm will turn.

14) Every cloud has a silver lining.

15) Every dog has its day.

16) Example is better than precept.

17) Face is the index of the mind.

18) Failure is the stepping stone to success.

19) Faith will move mountains.

20) Fight fire with fire.

21) Honesty is the best policy.

22) It's better to light the candle than curse the darkness.

23) It’s never too late.

24) It’s the early bird that catches the worm.

25) Jack of all trades, master on none.

26) Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and you weep alone.

27) Laughter is the best medicine.

28) Least said, soonest mended.

29) Look before you leap.

30) Make hay while the sun shines.

31) Might is right.

32) More haste less speed.

33) Money isn't everything.

34) Necessity is the mother of invention.

35) Never cry over split milk.

36) Never judge a book by its cover.

37) No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

38) No pain, no gain.

39) Oil and water don't mix.

40) Pride goes before a fall.

41) Practice makes a man perfect.

42) Perseverance is the key to success.

43) Prevention is better than cure.

44) Procrastination is the thief of time.

45) Rome wasn't built in a day.

46) Seeing is believing.

47) Slow and steady wins the race.

48) The child is the father of the man.

49) The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

50) The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.

51) The more the merrier.

52) The pen is mightier than the sword.

53) There's no smoke without fire.

54) Time is a great healer.

55) Time is money.

56) Two wrongs don't make a right.

57) Union is strength.

58) Waste not, want not.

59) Well begun is half done.

60) Where there's a will there's a way.