The English Syaings :

A verbal contract isn't worth the paper it's written on

A liar will not be believed, even when he speaks the truth

A bad workman always blames

All are fish that come to the net

Among the blind the one-eyed man is king

All things are difficult before they are easy

Access to success is through the mind

A sale is not an end. It is part of a continuing process of service

A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush

A bully is always a coward

As planner for our clients, we need to sell the concepts, not the figures

Actions speak louder than words

Advice when most needed is least heeded

All are not thieves that dogs bark at

Bad promises are better broken than kept

Bad excuses are worse than none

Barking dogs seldom bite

Be wiser than other people if you can, but do not tell them so

Behaviour is a mirror in which every one shows his image

Best fish swim near the bottom

Better an egg today than a hen tomorrow

Better be alone that in ill company

Better to rule in Hell than serve in Heaven

Better late than never

Better lose the saddle than the horse

Better to ask the way than go astray

Between two stools you fall to the ground

Burn not your house to fright the mouse away

Continued success means one thing only : absolute dedication

Coming events cast their shadows before

Constant dropping wears away the stone

Concentrate on the solution, not the problem

Commence sense is instinct. Enough of it is genius

Chance is the providence of adventurers

Cut your coat according to your cloth

Dead men tell no tales

Delays are dangerous

Discretion is the better part of valour

Doing your best is more importance than being the best

Do not count your chicken before they are hatched

Do not halloo till you are out off the wood

Do not keep a dog and bark yourself

Do not keep all your eggs in one basket

Do not rob Peter and pay Paul

Do not try to teach your grandmother to suck eggs

Don't tell people how good you are. Let them catch you at it

Don't set sales goals, set activity goals

Do what is necessary

Delay always breed danger

Dumb dogs are dangerous

Each one of us has a responsibility to develop excellence

Every man takes the limits of his field of vision for the limits of the world

Early bird catches the worm

Easier said than done

Empty sack cannot stand upright

Empty vessels make the most noise

Envy never enriched any man

Everything comes to him who waits

Experience is the best teacher

Extremes are dangerous

From the concert of life, nobody gets a programme

For every minute you angry, you lose sixty seconds of happiness

Faint heart never won fair lady

False friends are worse than bitter enemies

Familiarity breeds contempt

First impressions are most lasting

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread

Forewarned is forearmed

Great ideas need landing gear as well as wings

Good order in your business means good orders for your business

Go while the going is good

God help those who help themselves

Good words are worth much and cost little

Grasp all, lose all

He that has learned to obey will know how to command

He who does not punish evil commands it to be done

Half a loaf is better than no bread

Harp not for ever on the same thing

Hasty climbers have sudden falls

He is rich that has few wants

He knows most who speaks least

He laughs best who laughs last

He that fights and runs away, lives to fight another day

He that goes a-borrowing goes a-sorrowing

He that has a tongue in his head may find way anywhere

He that is down need fear no fall

He that pays the piper calls the tune

He who hesitates is lost

He who makes no mistakes makes nothing

He who would climb the ladder must begin at the bottom

Health is not valued till sickness comes

Hope for the best and prepare for the worse

It's attitude, not aptitude, that determines altitude

It is much easier to be critical than to be correct

It is not what happens to you that matters. It is what you do about it that counts

If you've failed a million times, try a million and one

If you have a problem don't run from it, face it head on

It isn't what we don't know, it's what we don't do

If you don't do it now, will you ever ?

If you could ask for anything you want, what would you ask for today ?

It is good to make hay while the sun shines

In the world, there is always danger for those who are afraid of it

It is not who is right, but what is right, that is of importance

Intoxication is not the wine's fault, but the man's

It is better only sometimes to be right, than at all times to be wrong

Knowledge is a treasure but practice is the key to it

Limit depression to one hour

Learn to be understanding of people's problems

Mr Prospert, it is important to be optimistic, it is also important to be realistic

Making money is easy, keeping it is the hard part

Man's greatness lies in his power of thought

Not all prospecting is direct, nor does it produce immediate results

Never leave that till tomorrow which you can do today

Never employ a man you distrust ; never distrust a man you employ

No one can be a good adviser until he has his carrer behin him

Success is never final

Success is a journey, not a destination

Stubborness can win battles, but lose wars

The most important communication skills is listening

Tough times don't last, tough people do

Time management is a simple, efficient way to face reality

Trust and truth go hand in hand

The secret of success is constancy to purpose

To me, faith means not worrying

They don't care how much you know, until they know how much you care

To stay competent requires a tremendous amount of effort

The greatest single reason for regret is lost opportunities

To see may be easy, but to forsee is the fine thing

There is no substitute for hard work

The happiest person is the person who thinks the most interesting thoughts

The greatest of faults is to be consious of none

The only way to win a war is to prevent it

There is no mistake so great as that of being always right

We would accomplish many more things if we did not think of them as impossible

Which do you prefer, the pain of discipline, or the pain of regret ?

When you are in battle, complete the mission

Where you want to be tomorrow determines where you should be today

What you get out of life depends on what you put into it

Worry is the interest paid by those who borrow trouble

Words, like eyeglasses, blur everything that they do not make more clear

We cannot do everything at once, but we can do something at once

You don't need to have a good memory when you always tell the truth

You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do