Take the world as it is!

By Nabil Medawar | Published: August 15, 2008

The world is our house. Keep it clean.~ Chinese Proverb

The world is the traveler’s inn.~ Afghan Proverb

What you see in yourself is what you see in the world.~ Afghan Proverb

The world has not made a promise to anybody.~ African Proverb

Whatever accomplishment you boast of in the world, there is someone better than you.~ African Proverb

Love and let the world know, hate in silence.~ Egyptian Proverb

The world is a pot, man but a spoon in it.~ Armenian Proverb

The world is a good teacher, but it charges a huge fee.~ Finnish Proverb

You can conquer the whole world with words, but not with drawn swords.~ Georgian Proverb

The world could have been great if only people had been more useful.~ German Proverb

The world is the book of women.~ French Proverb

Take the world as it is, not as it ought to be.~ German Proverb

Before you prepare to improve the world, look around your own house three times.~ Chinese Proverb

Govern yourself and you can govern the world.~ Chinese Proverb

If you stay long enough in one place the whole world passes you by.~ Chinese Proverb

The heart is but the beach beside the sea that is the world.~ Chinese Proverb

You can have anything in the world you want if you’ll just help enough other people get what they want.~ Zig Ziglar

Laugh, and the world laughs with you; weep, and you weep alone.~ English Proverb