A bad carpenter quarrels with his tools.

A bad workman always blames his tools.

A bargain is a bargain.

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

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

A goal without a plan is just a wish.

A hedge between keeps friendship green.

A little learning is a dangerous thing.

A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life.

A picture is worth a thousand, words.

A Pot of milk is ruined by a drop of poison.

A problem is your chance to do your best.

A quitter never wins and a winner never quits.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.

A word is enough to the wise.

Action is the foundational key to all success.

Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.

Actions speak louder than words.

All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.

Always put your best foot forward.

Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.

Be happy, but never satisfied.

Be of good cheer. Do not think of today’s failures, but of the success that may come tomorrow.

Before everything else, getting ready is the secret of success.

Believe you can and you’re halfway there.

Better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion.

Better to ask the way than go astray.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Concentration is my motto, first honesty, then industry, then concentration.

Constant dripping wears away the stone.

Determine that the thing can and shall be done, and then we shall find the way.

Different strokes for different folks.

Diligence is the mother of good luck.

Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men.

Do one thing everyday that scares you.

Do the hard jobs first. The easy jobs will take care of themselves.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Don’t find fault, find a remedy; anybody can complain.

Doubt is the father of invention.

Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.

Eat to live, not live to eat.

Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.

Energy and persistence conquer all things.

Even Homer sometimes nods.

Even the weariest river winds somewhere safe to sea.

Every little helps.

Every man gotta right to decide his own destiny.

Every man is the architect of his own fortune.

Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits.

Everything comes to him who waits.

Failure teaches success.

Fear always springs from ignorance.

Find purpose, the means will follow.

Fortune comes in at the merry gate.

Fortune favors the bold.

Freedom is nothing but a chance to be better.

Genius is eternal patience.

God helps those who help themselves.

Good seed makes a good crop.

Haste is from the devil.

Hear twice before you speak once.

Honesty is the best policy.

Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst.

How very little can be done under the spirit of fear.

I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward.

I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.

I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.

I must govern the clock, not be governed by it.

I walk slowly, but I never walk backward.

I will prepare and some day my chance will come.

If you can't explain it to a six-year-old, you don't understand it yourself.

If you want the present to be different from the past, study the past.

Imagination means nothing without doing.

In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.

Indecision is often worse than wrong action.

Information is not knowledge.

Inspiration is a guest which does not willingly visit the lazy.

Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings.

It always seems impossible until it's done.

It is a long lane that has no turning.

It is always the adventurous who accomplish great things.

It is better to act and repent than not to act and regret.

It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.

It is not enough to have a good mind. The main thing is to use it well.

It is not where you start but how high you aim that matters for success.

It's always darkest before the dawn.

It's better to be safe than sorry.

It’s fine to celebrate success, but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure.

Jack of all trades and master of none.

Just trust yourself, then you will know how to live.

Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow.

Kites rise highest against the wind - not with it.

Knowledge will give you power, but character respect.

Learn from the mistakes of others. You can’t live long enough to make them all yourself.

Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving.

Life is what you make it.

Little and often fills the purse.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Little things affect little minds.

Living is not breathing but doing.

Love the life you live. Live the life you love.

Make haste slowly.

Man's extremity is God's opportunity.

Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye.

Never do things by halves.

Never leave that till tomorrow which you can do today.

Nine-tenths of wisdom is being wise in time.

No man becomes rich unless he enriches others.

No man’s knowledge here can go beyond his experience.

No matter how far you dream, it’s within reach as long as you believe in the possibilities.

No one learns as much about a subject as one who is forced to teach it.

No pain, no gain.

Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely.

Nothing seek, nothing find.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained

One day, in retrospect, the years of struggle will strike you as the most beautiful.

One is not born a genius, one becomes a genius.

One swallow does not make a summer.

One today is worth two tomorrow.

Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone.

Our riches, being in our brains.

Patience is a key element of success.

Patience is a virtue.

Perseverance will win in the end.

Reading makes a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man.

Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment. Full effort is full victory.

Slow and sure.

Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.

Success is going from failure to failure without a loss of enthusiasm.

Success is not final, failure is not fatal. It is the courage to continue that counts.

Success is the ability to go from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm.

Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves.

That's easier said than done.

The first and best victory is to conquer self.

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.

The future depends on what we do in the present.

The gratification comes in the doing, not in the results.

The men who have succeeded are men who have chosen one line and stuck to it.

The more we do, the more we can do.

The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.

The only one who can beat me is me.

The secret of getting things done is to act!

The secret to getting ahead is getting started.

The shorter way to do many things is to do only one thing at a time.

The struggle of today is not altogether for today-it is for a vast future also.

The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way.

The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.

There is no man living who isn’t capable of doing more than he thinks he can do.

There is no royal road to learning.

There is no substitute for hard work.

There is no time like the present.

There is nothing impossible to him who will try.

There is nothing like a dream to create the future.

There's no time like the present.

Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.

Think like an active person and behave like a thoughtful person.

Those that know, do. Those that understand, teach.

Time flies like an arrow.

Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life.

Two heads are better than one.

Unless it keeps making progress, you'll retrogress. Put up the purpose highly.

Victory belongs to the most persevering.

We aim above the mark to hit the mark.

We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.

We must always work,and a self-respecting artist must not fold his hands on the pretext that he is not in the mood.

We must learn to walk before we can run.

We must learn to walk before we can run.

We shall never know all the good that a simple smile can do.

Well begun is half done.

What makes life dreary is the want of a motive.

Whatever can be done another day can be done today.

When in Rome, do as the Romans do

When you’re creating your own shit, man, even the sky ain’t the limit.

Where there is a will, there is a way.

Why worry? If you’ve done the very best you can, worrying won’t make it any better.

Wisdom is the daughter of experience.

With self-discipline most anything is possible.

Without haste, but without rest.

Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose.

You always pass failure on the way to success.

You can lead a horse to water but you can’t make it drink.

You can't make an omelette without breaking eggs.

You have to learn to walk before you run.

You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.

You never know what you can do till you try.

You’ll never find a better sparring partner than adversity.

「あきらめ」ということほど言い易くして行い難いことはない。

あきらめないこと、どんなときでも決してあきらめないこと。

あきらめないことだ。一度あきらめると習慣になる。

諦めない人が道を開く。

あきらめなければ必ず道はある。必ず。

あきらめる理由を探すんじゃなくて、あきらめない理由を探せ。

明日は何を為すべきか、これは今日のうちに考えておかなければならぬ唯一のものである。

焦らない。でも、あきらめない。

あたらしい門出をする者には新しい道がひらける

新しい試みがうまくいくことは半分もない。でもやらないと、自分の世界が固まってしまう。

あなたが今まく種はやがて、あなたの未来となって現れる。

過ちがないことではなく、過ちを改めることを重んじよ。

過ちを改めれば、それは過ちではないのだ。

歩け、歩け。続ける事の大切さ。

行き詰まりは展開の一歩である。

偉業を成そうと思うなら、その基礎をしっかり固めなさい。

いくら志だけがあっても、学力を伴わない者が世間で信用されることはありません。

一日生きることは、一歩進むことでありたい。

一日一生。一日は貴い一生である。これを空費してはならない。

一生懸命だと知恵が出る 中途半端だと愚痴が出る いい加減だと言い訳が出る

いったん決心したことは、必ずやりぬく人間になることです。

一歩一歩、着実に積み重ねていけば、予想以上の結果が得られる。

いつも歩く道を離れ、未踏の森に飛び込み、新しいものを探れ。

命を捨てる覚悟で　運を拾わなば　運などは拾えるものではない

いま何がないかより、いま何があるかで発想しよう

いま何がないかより、いま何があるかで発想しよう

「今はできない」を、「絶対できない」と間違えないように。

インプットがないのに、アウトプットは出来ません。

うららかな春は、厳しい冬のあとからくる

選んだ以上は後悔しない。あとは振り返らない。

追い詰められた場所にこそ、大きな飛躍があるのだ

おのおの、その志のままに生きよ。

俺は着実に物事を一つずつ築きあげてゆく。現実に合わぬことはやらぬ。

過去にとらわれず、現在をいかによくするか

勝ちに不思議の勝ちあり。負けに不思議の負けなし。

勝つための最善の努力は、どんな時もやめてはいけない。逃げたらだめなのです。

活用なき学問は、無学に等しい。

必ず壁はあるんです。それを乗り越えたとき、パッとまた新しい世界がある。

壁があると思えば、ほんとうに壁が立ちはだかってしまう。

壁というのは、できる人にしかやってこない。超えられる可能性がある人にしかやってこない。

壁は自分自身だ。

環境より学ぶ意志があればいい

学問だけは、幸いに其の方法さえ誤らなければ、行く行くこの人類の苦悩を、済い得るものと信ず。

学問とは、人間はいかに生きていくべきかを学ぶものだ。

学問は一種の経験であり、経験はまた一種の学問である。

学問は興味から、もしくは好奇心からはいったものがもっとも根強い

学問は生涯を通じて心掛けねばならない。

学問をする眼目は、自己を磨き自己を確立することにある。

学ゆるむべからず、一日をゆるめば、まさに大機を失せん。

機会は、人間一生のうちに誰でも、一度や二度は必ず来るものである。それをとらえそこねると、その人は一生立身できない。

基礎とは生涯を通じての勉強

昨日の非は悔恨すべからず。明日、これを念慮すべし。

今日できることを100％やる。この積み重ねが土台になる。

今日の読書こそ、真の学問である。

今日まで自分を導いてきた力は 明日も自分を導いてくれるだろう。

今日も、生涯の一日なり。

逆風は嫌いではなく、ありがたい。どんなことも、逆風がなければ次のステップにいけないから。

逆境の時に立てた計画は堅実で間違いない

逆境も心の持ちよう一つで、これを転じて順境たらしめることもできる。

逆境もよし、順境もよし。要はその与えられた境遇を素直に生き抜くことである。

逆境を転じて、その逆境をさえ、前進の一歩に加えて行く

苦難を避けず直進せよ

苦しいという言葉だけはどんなことがあっても言わないでおこうじゃないか。

苦労する身は厭わねど、苦労し甲斐のあるように。