Neighbors Quotes

  • A good neighbor is a fellow who smiles at you over the back fence, but doesn’t climb over it. ~ Arthur Baer
  • As man draws nearer to the stars, why should he not also draw nearer to his neighbor? ~ Lyndon B. Johnson
  • Borrow trouble for yourself, if that’s your nature, but don’t lend it to your neighbors. ~ Rudyard Kipling
  • Choose the neighbor before the house. ~ Syrian Proverb
  • Don’t complain about the snow on your neighbor’s roof when your own doorstep is unclean. ~ Confucius
  • Don’t laugh when your neighbor’s oven is on fire. ~ Lithuanian Proverb
  • Don’t throw stones at your neighbors, if your own windows are glass. ~ Benjamin Franklin
  • Either do as your neighbors do, or move away. ~ Moroccan Proverb
  • Fortune and misfortune are neighbors. ~ German Proverb
  • Good fences make good neighbors. ~ American Proverb
  • I against my brother. My brother and I against our cousin. My brother, my cousin and I against the neighbors. All of us against the stranger. ~ Bedouin Proverb
  • If you burn your neighbor’s house down, it doesn’t make your house look any better. ~ Lou Holtz
  • If you must love your neighbor as yourself, it is at least as fair to love yourself as your neighbor. ~ Sebastien-Roch Nicolas De Chamfort
  • If you want to annoy your neighbors, tell the truth about them. ~ Pietro Aretino
  • It never rains on your neighbors without you getting your feet wet. ~ Chinese Proverb
  • It’s better to pick a fight with your in-laws than with your neighbors. ~ Indian Proverb
  • It’s not necessary to blow out your neighbor’s light to let your own shine. ~ M.R. Dehaan
  • Judge a man not by the words of his mother, but from the comments of his neighbors. ~ Hebrew Proverb
  • Love is blind — but not the neighbors. ~ Mexican Proverb
  • Love thy neighbor as thyself, but choose your neighborhood. ~ Louise Beal
  • Love your neighbors, but don’t pull down the fence. ~ Chinese Proverb
  • Lying and stealing are next door neighbors. ~ Saudi Arabian Proverb
  • Mix with your neighbors, and you learn what’s doing in your own house. ~ Yiddish Proverb
  • My neighbor doesn’t want to be loved as much as he wants to be envied. ~ Irving Layton
  • No man can worship God or love his neighbor on an empty stomach. ~ Woodrow Wilson
  • No one is rich enough to do without a neighbor. ~ Danish Proverb
  • Nothing makes you more tolerant of a neighbor’s noisy party than being there. ~ Franklin P Jones
  • Recession is when a neighbor loses his job. Depression is when you lose yours. ~ Ronald Reagan
  • Regard your neighbor’s gain as your own gain, and your neighbor’s loss as your own loss. ~ Tai Shang Kan Ying P’Ien
  • Serve your neighbors as you would be served yourself. ~ Japanese Proverb
  • Sweep first before your own door, before you sweep the doorsteps of your neighbors. ~ Swedish Proverb
  • The nicest woman is your own; the nicest harvest is your neighbors. ~ Korean Proverb
  • There are many who dare not kill themselves for fear of what the neighbors will say.~ Cyril Connolly
  • There is nothing so consoling as to find one’s neighbor’s troubles are at least as great as one’s own.~ George Moore
  • We make our friends; we make our enemies; but God makes our next door neighbor. ~ Gilbert Chesterton
  • You shall love your neighbor as yourself. ~ The Holy Bible
  • Your neighbor is the man who needs you. ~ Elbert Hubbard
  • Your own safety is at stake when your neighbor’s house is in flames. ~ Horace
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