Lifetime Proverbs

Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime. (English Proverb)
A word out of season may mar a whole lifetime. View proverb
Greek Proverb
Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime. View proverb
Chinese Proverb
When the father has eaten too much salt in his lifetime, then his son thereafter will have a great thirst. View proverb
Vietnamese Proverb
If youthful pride were wealth, then every man would have had it in his lifetime. View proverb
Ghana Proverb
The opportunity of a lifetime is seldom so labeled. View proverb
American Proverb
All the honey a bee gathers during its lifetime doesn't sweeten its sting. View proverb
Italian Proverb
A day is long, but a lifetime is short. View proverb
Russian Proverb
Who teaches me for a day is my father for a lifetime. View proverb
Chinese Proverb
Pleasure for one hour, a bottle of wine. Pleasure for one year a marriage; but pleasure for a lifetime, a garden. View proverb
Chinese Proverb
If you are planning for a year, sow rice; if you are planning for a decade, plant trees; if you are planning for a lifetime, educate people. (Chinese Proverb)
Give me a fish and I will eat today, teach me to fish and I will eat for a lifetime. View proverb
African Proverb
You have a lifetime to work, but children are only young once. View proverb
Polish Proverb
Better visit hell in your lifetime than after you're dead. View proverb
Spanish Proverb
If you want happiness for an hour, take a nap. If you want happiness for a day, go fishing. If you want happiness for a month, get married. If you want happiness for a year, inherit a fortune. If you want happiness for a lifetime, help someone else. View proverb
Traditional Proverb
If you want happiness for an hour -- take a nap. If you want happiness for a day -- go fishing. If you want happiness for a month -- get married. If you want happiness for a year -- inherit a fortune. If you want happiness for a lifetime -- help someone else. View proverb
Chinese Proverb
If your vision is for a year plant wheat, if you vision is for a decade plant trees, and if your vision is for a lifetime plant people. View proverb
African Proverb
The opportunity of a lifetime is seldom so labeled. View proverb
Albanian Proverb