Proverbs about "hope" from around the world
ተስፋ ነክ ምሳሌያዊ አነጋገሮች ከዐለም ዙሪያ
ብ. በየነ ስብስብ
Ethiopia
ቤት ሲሰፋ ፥ የሰው ሁሉ ተስፋ።
ቤት ቢሰፋ ፥ ደልሰ [1]
ተስፋ።
ቁርጥ ያጠግባል ፥ ተስፋ ያታልላል።
ተስፋ መስጠት ፥ እያዩ እዳ መግባት።
ተስፋ መስጠት ፥ እዳ መግባት።
ተስፋ ርቆ የተሰቀለ
ዳቦ ነው።
ተስፋ ቆርጦ አንድ ላይ ከመቆም ፥ ይሻላል በተስፋ ሲጓዙ መክረም።
ተስፋ የተሰቀለ ዳቦ ነው።
ተስፋ ያልቆረጠ መነኩሴ ምናኔ ሲሄድ ሴቲቱን ይሰናበታል።
ተስፋ ያድናል ፥ ክህደት ያመነምናል።
ከሌለ ባካፋ ፥ የለኝም ተስፋ።
It is never winter in the land of hope. =>
Russian Proverb
No matter how long the night is, the morning is
sure to come. => African Proverb
If it were not for hope, the heart would break. =>
Greek Proverb
Fear less, hope more; eat less, chew more; whine
less, breathe more; talk less, say more; hate less, love more; and all good
things will be yours. => Swedish Proverb
The person who lives by hope will die by
despair. => Italian Proverb
Hope is the last thing ever lost. => Italian
Proverb
The farmer hopes for rain, the walker hopes for
sunshine, and the gods hesitate. => Chinese Proverb
A good well-lived today makes every yesterday a
dream of a good future, and every morning is a vision of hope. => Sanskrit
Proverb
The situation is hopeless, but not serious. =>
Austrian Proverbs
Hope for miracles, but don’t rely on one. =>
Yiddish Proverbs
Hope for a miracle, but don’t rely on it. =>
Hebrew Proverb
Hope is the physician of each misery. =>
Irish Proverb
It’s good to hope, it’s the waiting that spoils
it. => Yiddish Proverb
Quit not certainty for hope. => Traditional Proverb
What one hopes for is always better than what
one has. => Ethiopian Proverb
Youth lives on hope, old age on remembrance. =>
French Proverb
He gains a great deal who loses a vain hope. => Italian Proverb
Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst. => English Proverb
There is hope from the sea, but none from the
grave. => Irish Proverbs
Nothing If it were not for hope, the heart would
break. => Greek Proverbs
Hope is the dream of a soul awake. => French
Proverb
The horses of hope gallop, but the asses of
experience go slowly. => Russian Proverb
He who has health, has hope. And he who has
hope, has everything. => Arabian Proverb
Hope is the last to abandon the unhappy. =>
Italian Proverbs
Were it not for hope the heart would break. =>
Scottish Proverbs
Only death itself can end our hope. =>
Arabian Proverb
Happiness He who has health has hope, and he who
has hope has everything. => Saudi Arabian Proverb
He who lives on hope, dies of starvation. =>
Turkish Proverbs
Hope does not kill; I shall live in hope of
getting what I seek another day. => South African Proverb
While there’s life there’s hope. =>
Traditional Proverb
Better a good hope than a bad possession. =>
Spanish Proverbs
Hope is an egg, of which one man gets the yolk,
another the white, and a third the shell. => Danish Proverbs
Hopeless He who is hopeless is capable of
everything. => French Proverb
Hope is a great breakfast but a poor dinner. =>
Czech Proverb
All temptations are found in either hope or
fear. => English Proverbs
He who is hopeless is capable of everything. => French Proverb
April 27, 2018 B. Beyene collection