If you don’t ask, you don’t get…

  • Ask advice of an ignorant man and he will think you are his enemy.~ Arabian Proverb
  • Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and you shall find; knock and it shall be opened unto you. For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.~ The Holy Bible
  • Asking is the beginning of receiving. Make sure you don’t go to the ocean with a teaspoon. At least take a bucket so the kids won’t laugh at you.~ Jim Rohn
  • Asking is the sister of knowing.~ Maltese Proverb
  • Ask for your wife’s advice and then do the opposite.~ Arabian Proverb
  • Ask me what are my virtues, not about the color of my skin.~ Arabian Proverb
  • Ask ten brewers and you will get eleven opinions.~ Swiss Proverb
  • Ask the experienced rather than the learned.~ Arabian Proverb
  • Asking is no sin, and being refused is no tragedy.~ Russian Proverb
  • Asking the right questions takes as much skill as giving the right answers.~ Robert Half
  • Ask with urgency and passion.~ James Balfour
  • Ask yourself, “Am I now ready to make some changes.” ~ Jack Canfield
  • Better to ask twice than to lose your way once.~ Danish Proverb
  • Don’t ask me where I am going but where I have come from.~ African Proverb
  • He that asks knows one shame; he that doesn’t knows two.~ Armenian Proverb
  • If there is something to gain and nothing to lose by asking, by all means ask!~ W. Clement Stone
  • If you are offered a bull, do not ask how much milk he will give.~ Arabian Proverb
  • It’s not shameful not to know, but it’s shameful not to ask.~ Azerbaijani Proverb
  • It’s amazing what you don’t get when you don’t ask.~ Berney Neufeld
  • Man who waits for roast duck to fly into mouth must wait very, very long time.~ Chinese Proverb
  • Millions saw the apple fall, but Newton was the one who asked why.~ Bernard M. Baruch
  • My greatest strength as a consultant is to be ignorant and ask a few questions.~ Peter F. Drucker
  • No one is without knowledge except he who asks no questions.~ African Proverb
  • Others have seen what is and asked why. I have seen what could be and asked why not.~ Robert F. Kennedy
  • The answerer is inferior to the asker.~ Indian Proverb
  • They asked a bullfrog, “Why do you croak all the time?” He replied, “I’m enchanted with my voice.”~ Armenian Proverb
  • The person who asks for little deserves nothing.~ Mexican Proverb
  • To ask a favor from a miser is like trying to make a hole in water.~ Armenian Proverb
  • We don’t always get what we deserve, but we often get what we ask for.~ Victor C. Dymowski
  • We never reflect how pleasant it is to ask for nothing.~ Marcus Annaeus Seneca
  • When asked, “What news from the sea?” The fish replied “I have a lot to say, but my mouth is full of water.~ Armenian Proverb
  • You create your opportunities by asking for them.~ Patty Hansen
  • You don’t always get what you ask for, but you never get what you don’t ask for… unless it’s contagious!~ Franklyn Broude
  • You’ve got to ask! Asking is, in my opinion, the world’s most powerful — and neglected — secret to success and happiness.~ Percy Ross


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