Proverb of the day: 2/8/2011

You come to love not by finding the perfect person, but by seeing an imperfect person perfectly.

~ Unknown. 

Quote of the Day

"Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever."

~ Mahatma Gandhi

Japanese Wisdom 1

"If the cup is cool enough to touch, the tea is cool enough to drink."

Celtic Proverb 29

Your son is your son until he marries but your daughter is your daughter until you die.
Is é do mhac do mhac go bpósann sé ach is í d'iníon go bhfaighidh tú bás.

~Celtic Poverb

Celtic Proverb 28

Dance as if no one's watching, sing as if no one's listening, and live everyday as if it were your last.

~Celtic Proverb

Celtic Proverb 27

May those who love us, love us. And those who hate us, may God turn their hearts. And if he doesn't turn their hearts, may he turn their ankles so we'll know them by their limping.

~ Celtic Proverbs

Celtic Proverb 26

You can't kiss an Irish girl unexpectedly. You can only kiss her sooner than she thought you would.
~Celtic Proverb

Celtic Proverb 25

How many mourn the want of possessions; yet the strong, the brave, and the rich, all go to the grave at last; like the poor, and the emaciated, and the infant.
~ Celtic Proverb

Celtic Proverb 24

Three best to have in plenty - sunshine, wisdom and generosity.
~Celtic Proverb

Celtic Proverb 23

The peacemaker is never in the way.
~Celtic Proverb

Celtic Proverb 22

If Candlemas is wet or foul, half the winter has gone at Yule. If Candlemas is fine and fair, half the winter is to come and more.

~Celtic Proverb

Celtic Proverb 21

The only cure for love is marriage.
Níl aon leigheas ar an ngrá ach pósadh.
~Celtic Proverb

Celtic Proverb 20

If the head cannot bear the glory of the crown, better to be without it.
~Celtic Proverb

Celtic Proverb 19

There’s no wise man without fault.
Ní bhíonn saoi gan locht.
~Celtic Proverb

Celtic Proverb 18

It is a wedge of itself that splits the oak.(Beware the enemy within.)
Is í ding di féin a scoileann an dair.
~ Celtic Proverb

Celtic Proverb 17

Beware of the anger of a patient man.
Coimhéad fearg fhear na foighde.
~Celtic Proverb

Celtic Proverb 16

What is Seldom is Wonderful.
An rud is annamh is íontach.
~Celtic Proverb

Celtic Proverb 15

"Conversation is the cure for every sorrow. Even contention is better than loneliness."
~ Celtic Proverb

Celtic Proverb 14

"No pain like that of refusal. No sorrow like the loss of friends."
~ Celtic Proverb.

Celtic Proverb 13

"An old broom knows the dirty corners best."
~ Celtic Proverb