Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous
old practicality quotes, practicality sayings, and practicality proverbs, collected over the years from a variety
of sources.
Any water in the desert will do. Arabic (on practicality)
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Better to ask twice than to lose your way. Danish (on practicality)
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Beware of little expenses: a small leak will sink a great ship. Benjamin Franklin
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Buying on credit is robbing next year's crop. African American (on buying and selling)
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By going and coming, a bird weaves its nest. Ashanti (West African) (on persistence)
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Do not squander time for that is the stuff that life is made of. Benjamin Franklin
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Dogs bark but the caravan moves on. Arab Proverb
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Don't burn your bridges behind you. unknown
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Don't find fault, find a remedy. Henry Ford
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Don't look where you fell but where you slipped. Liberian (on practicality)
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Don't plant a seed in the sea. Swahili (East African) (on appropriateness)
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Don't put all your eggs in one basket. Miguel de Cervantes
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Don't throw the baby out with the bath water. unknown
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Don't wish your life away. unknown
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Easy come, easy go. Chaucer
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Even in Mecca, people make money. Hausa (West African (on balance and moderation)
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Every dog is allowed one bite. V.S. Lean
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First food, then religion. Afghan (on practicality)
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First things first. G. Jackson
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Gather the breadfruit from the farthest branches first. Samoan (on practicality)
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He that pays for work before it's done, has but a pennyworth for two pence. Benjamin Franklin
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He who hesitates is lost. Joseph Addison
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If you don't have a plan for yourself, you'll be part of someone else's. American (on planning)
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Light gains make heavy purses. George Chapman
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Many hands make light work. John Heywood
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Necessity is the mother of invention. Irish Proverb
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One generation plants the trees, another gets the shade. Chinese Proverb
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One should learn to sail in all waters. Italian (on the conduct of life)
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One today is worth two tomorrows. Benjamin Franklin