Just yearning for the fruit in the tree will not bring it to your hands.

If you really need a job to be done, be prepared to fall at the feet of a donkey.

To lose is to learn. >>>

It is not a shame to fall but to remain fallen.

Life is not a continuum of pleasant choices, but of inevitable problems that call for strength, determination, and hard work. >>>

Experience is as important for knowledge as education.

Personal experience is as important to follow as the scriptures.

For the friendship of two, the patience of one is required.

If everybody pushes together even a mountain can be moved.

Be slow to promise but quick to perform.

A beautiful vendor can even sell fermented juice.

Nobody respects an empty pocket.

He who gives advice should also be able to follow advice.

A second of help is better than hours of advice.

Don’t give up climbing the coconut tree when you are half-way up.

Do not dig a well only after the house catches fire.

Knowledge is higher than power. >>>

Iron and knowledge will get spoiled if they are not used.