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Failure is not falling down, you fail when you don't get
back up.
Failure is the first step to success.
Failure is the stepping stone for success.
Failing will make you more determined to succeed
the next time you try, or make you put in more
effort to get something right with successive
attempts.
Faint heart ne'er won fair lady.
Meaning: Not speaking up or taking action to
achieve things (in this case, fall in love) will never
get you anywhere (or, help you fall in love).
Fall down seven times, stand up eight.
Definition: Fail seven times, and succeed the
eighth. (Keep trying and you will succeed.)
Translation of the Japanese proverb "Nana korobi
ya oki", often associated with Daruma figurines.
Falling down does not signify failure but staying there
does.
Letting failing/falling is not failure in itself, but
letting it get you down or stop trying is.
Familiarity breeds contempt.
Long experience of someone or something can
make one so aware of the faults as to be scornful.
Fifty percent of something is better than one hundred
percent of nothing.
Fine feathers make fine birds.
Fine words butter no parsnips.
Alternative: Actions speak louder than words.
Fingers were invented before knives and forks.
First come, first served.
First deserve, then desire.
The first step to health is to know that we are sick.
First things first.
Meaning: Do more important things before other
things.
A fool and his money are soon parted.
Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame
on me.
Meaning: To make the same mistake over again is
your own fault.
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
Alexander Pope, "An Essay on Criticism"
For want of a nail the shoe is lost, for want of a shoe
the horse is lost, for want of a horse the rider is lost.
Proverb reported by George Herbert, Jacula
Prudentum (1651), #495
Forewarned is forearmed.
If one is told about an event beforehand, they can
(adequately) prepare.
Forgive, but don't forget.
Let things/issues go or pass, but don't forget what
they were, why they happened, other
consequences, etc. Can lead to knowledge about
not repeating the same mistake.
Fortune favours the brave.
A fox smells its own lair first. Or: A fox smells its own
stink first.
Meaning: One knows where they belong, and
knows when they make a mistake.
Fretting cares make grey hairs.
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
Meaning: A genuine friend is with you even in
times of trouble.
From those to whom much is given, much is
expected.
Biblical quote Luke 12:48
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Laugh and the world laughs with you .. Cry and you
will find no one with tears.
Laugh when you're happy, cry when you're sad, and
do both when you're the happiest you've ever been.
Laughter is the best medicine for them who do not
know how to laugh.
Laughter is the shortest distance between two people.
The law is a jealous mistress.
- Professor Ferdinand Fairfax Stone, Tulane Law
School, early and mid 1960s.
Law is the solemn expression of legislative will.
Lead to Success, Follow to Failure
Learn to walk before you run.
Possible interpretation: Do not rush into what you
do not know.
Alt. interpretation: Learn the basics before you
start using more complex tools or methods
Least said sooner mended.
meaning: those who speak less get more done
Alt. Interpretation: dwelling on the problem/blame
makes it worse and delays the ability to get on and
fix things
Leave it alone and it will grow on its own.
Let him who is without sin cast the first stone.
Jesus Christ
Let sleeping dogs lie.
Agatha Christie's Sleeping Murder[citation needed]
Let the cobbler stick to his last.
Let us go hand in hand,not one before another.
A lie can be halfway around the world before the truth
gets its boots on.
Charles Spurgeon. A great lie may be widely
accepted before the truth comes to light.
Lie down with dogs, wake up with fleas.
meaning: When you get revenge, you will be
punished in some way or other
Life begins at forty.
Life does not come with any guarantees
Life imitates art
Life imitates chess -Kasparov
Life is a perception of your own reality.
Life is just a bowl of cherries.
Life is like a box of chocolate, you never know what
you're gonna get
Life is too short to drink bad wine.
Life is what happens to you while you're busy making
other plans.
Attributed to John Lennon
Life is what you do while you're waiting to die.
Quote from song sung by Zorba from the musical
'Zorba' by Kander and Ebb
Life is what you make of it.
meaning: Nothing's going to change unless you do
something about it
Life's battle don't always go to the stronger or faster
man, but sooner or later the man who wins is the one
who thinks he can.
Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.
Like cures like.
Meaning: A person can better help another if they
have something in common.
Like father, like son.
Like water off a duck's back.
interpretation: Do not let this impact you, but let it
pass off you like water rolls off of a ducks back.
Little bean comes around his little salary
Little by little and bit by bit.
Meaning: Do things slowly and carefully
Little enemies and little wounds must not be despised.
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
A little Learning is a dangerous Thing;
Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian Spring:
There shallow Draughts intoxicate the Brain,
And drinking largely sobers us again. ~ Alexander
Pope
A little pot is easily hot.
Live and let live.
Alternative: Live simply to let others simply live.
A loaded wagon makes no noise.
People with real wealth don't talk about it.
Long absent, soon forgotten.
The longest mile is the last mile home.
Look after the pennies and the pounds will look after
themselves.
Possible interpretation: Take care of the details.
(12 pence to the shilling, 20 shillings to the pound.)
Alt. interpretation: Save every penny you can and
it will build up into a significant amount of money.
Look before you leap.
Look on the sunny side of life.
Loose lips sink ships.
World Wartime mantra encouraging people to
avoid talking about things which could have been
overheard by spies
Love is a bridge between two hearts.
Love is anger disappointed.
Love is blind.
Love is like war, Easy to start, Hard to end, Impossible
to forget.
Love is not finding someone to live with; it's finding
someone whom you can't live without.
Love laughs at locksmiths.
Luck favors the prepared - Louis Pasteur
Luck is a mirror of hard work - Beslin
Lead by example
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