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100 short English proverbs

100 English proverbs are as follows:

1. Nothing is impossible to a willing heart. /Where there is a will there is a way.

Where there is a will, there is a way.

2. Lost years are worse than lost dollars.

An inch of time is worth an inch of gold, but it is difficult to buy an inch of time today.

3. One minute on the stage needs ten years practice off stage.

One minute on stage, ten years of hard work off stage.

4. The longest journey begins with the first step.

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

5. Every little helps.

A little makes a lot.

6. Pride hurts, modest benefits.

If you are full, you will suffer losses, but if you are modest, you will benefit.

7. Nothing is to be got without pain but poverty.

Only poverty in the world can get something for nothing.

8. Rome was not built in a day.

Great achievements are not achieved in a day/Frozen three feet is not achieved in a day.

9. God helps those who help themselves.

God will help those who help themselves.

10. More haste, less speed.

Haste makes waste.

11. A rolling stone gathers no moss.

A rolling stone does not gather moss, and changing careers does not gather wealth.

12. When in Rome, do as the Romans do.

When in town, do as the Romans do.

13. Knowledge is a measure, but practice is the key to it.

Knowledge is a treasure, and practice is the key to obtaining it.

14. Lost time is never found again.

Time is gone forever.

15. Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.

Work strengthens the body, and suffering strengthens the mind.