Don't be over self-confident with your first impressions of people. (Traditional Proverb)
Different flowers look good to different people. Pick the flower when it is ready to be picked. The flower that you spent time to care for does not grow while the willow that you accidentally planted flourishes and gives shade. (Traditional Proverb)
An endurance test for some people is the pursuit of happiness. (Traditional Proverb)
If you want 1 year of prosperity, grow grain. If you want 10 years of prosperity, grow trees. If you want 100 years of prosperity, grow people. (Traditional Proverb)
One person is thin porridge or gruel two or three people are a handful of stiff cooked corn meal. - Kuria, KenyaTanzania and Ngoreme, Tanzania (Traditional Proverb)
It is only the tree loaded with fruit that the people throw stones at (Traditional Proverb)
If you wish your merit to be known, acknowledge that of other people. (Traditional Proverb)
When planning for a year, plant corn. When planning for a decade, plant trees. When planning for life, train and educate people. (Traditional Proverb)
To cultivate trees, you need 10 years. To cultivate people, you need 100 years. (Traditional Proverb)
The aspirant who is seeking the Lord must free himself from selfish attachments to people, money, and possessions. When his mind sheds every selfish desire, he becomes free from the duality of pleasure and pain and rules his senses. No more is he capable of ill will no more is he subject to elation, for his senses come to rest in the Self. (Traditional Proverb)