If someone is waiting for something important they wouldn't die until they achieve it.
Proverbs and old sayings West African
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Don't wait for an anthill to build up in your mushroom better attack its origin sooner than later.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about origin, attack
Weak men wait for opportunities, strong men make them.
Proverbs and old sayings South American about chance, man, americans
Fortune is like price: if you can wait long enough, the price will fall.
Proverbs and old sayings South American about wealth, fall, americans
Tomorrow is close if you wait it.
Proverbs and old sayings
Fixing the known is better than waiting for the unknown.
Proverbs and old sayings
The man with no patience waits for daylight, and when it comes he'll be blind.
Proverbs and old sayings about patience, blind, man
If greedy wait, hot will cool.
Proverbs and old sayings
When the food is cooked there is no need to wait before eating it.
Proverbs and old sayings about food, need
It's no use waiting for your ship to come in, unless you've sent one out.
Proverbs and old sayings Belgian about use
It is no use waiting for your ship to come in unless you have sent one out.
Proverbs and old sayings Belgian about use
At night one takes eels, it is worth waiting sometimes.
Proverbs and old sayings Bengali about night
If a young woman says no to marriage just wait until her breasts sag.
Proverbs and old sayings Burundi about marriage, woman
He who waits for another's platter has a cold meal.
Proverbs and old sayings Catalan
It's better for people to wait for rice, than rice for people.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about people
Pluck flowers as they bloom; wait and you'll have only the twigs.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about flowers
Man who waits for roast duck to fly into mouth must wait very, very long time.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about time, man
He who waits shall live to see.
Proverbs and old sayings Czech
Time waits for no man.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about time, man
To wait and be patient soothes many a pang.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish
