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Work Proverbs - page 2
A stupid act entails doing the work twice over.
Myanmar Proverb
You are beautiful; but learn to work, for you cannot eat your beauty.
African Congo Proverb
The king inherits a country - the people only hard work.
Madagascan Proverb
Work and you will be strong; sit and you will stink.
Moroccan Proverb
The eye of a master does more work than both his hands.
Palestinian Proverb
The lazybones must work twice.
South American Proverb
The hand suffers at work, but the mouth still must eat.
Sudanese Proverb
It takes sweat to work on things, but it only takes saliva to criticize things.
Taiwanese Proverb
Work like an ant and you'll eat sugar.
Yemeni Proverb
Work is good provided you do not forget to live.
Bantu Proverb
Whenever I work hard for other people, I always sleep on an empty stomach.
Bantu Proverb
If ill luck were cheese, dairy-women would go wanting work.
Darkovan Proverb
Not a long day, but a good heart, rids work.
Darkovan Proverb
Work the clay while it is still wet.
Swahili Proverb
If the hours are long enough and the pay is short enough, someone will say it's women's work.
Swahili Proverb
If he works for you, you work for him.
Japanese Proverb
What people get by hard work they don't get for their neighbours.
Ghana Proverb
A broken hand can work but a broken heart can't.
Afghan Proverb
It is not work that kills, but worry.
African Proverb
He who starts his work early enough is neither hit by the severe sun heat nor the burning sand.
African Proverb
You must judge a man by the work of his hands.
African Proverb
Work like a slave and eat like a gentleman.
Albanian Proverb
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