Uno: No dejes para mañana lo que puedas hacer hoy. (Spain)
1. Why put off until tomorrow what you can do today?
We're all guilty of this one, regardless of if we want to admit it or not. Just go ahead and finish it, you'll feel better.
Deux: Chacun voit midi à sa porte. (France)
2. "Everyone sees noon at their doorstep."
People care about their own interests first. Never assume that someone is looking out for you.
Три: Без труда́ не вы́тащишь и ры́бку из пруда́. (Russia)
3. Without effort, you cannot even pull a fish out of the pond.
Even things that seem easy (like that 500-word essay) aren't going to get done unless you do it and put in a little bit of effort.
Fyra: Spill inte krut på döda kråkor. (Sweden)
4. Don't waste gunpowder on dead crows.
Don't beat the dead horse, y'all. Know when to move on.
Àrún: Tí akòko bá ńsọ igi tí ò jáwọ́, bó pẹ títí á rí ǹkan gbà lọ́wọ́ igi. (Yoruba)
5. If the woodpecker won't stop pecking a tree, it will get something from the tree, eventually.
Don't give up. Things will get tough, but the things you really want are worth the fight.
Sex: O pior cego é aquele que não quer ver. (Brazil)
6. The worst blind is that which doesn't want to see.
Find out about things you don't know. Ignorance is never an excuse. The world is out there - go discover it.
七: 书是随时携带的花园 (China)
7.A book is like a garden carried in the pocket.
When did our generation stop reading? Open a book people; you might be surprised!
八つ: 猿も木から落ちる (Japan)
8. Even monkeys fall from trees.
Even the people who know what they're doing and what they're talking about make mistakes, and you shouldn't be afraid to make them (which you will).
९: सौ सोनार की, एक लोहार की (India - Hindi)
9.A single blow of a blacksmith is equal to a hundred blows of a goldsmith.
One good friend is worth one hundred mediocre ones. Don't waste your time on mediocre friends.
Dez: Antes só do que mal acompanhado. (Portugal)
10. Better alone than in bad company.
Surround yourself with good people. If people are a bad influence, and you know it, it's best to just not be around them.
Labing-isa: Ang hindi marunong lumingon sa pinanggalingan ay hindi makararating sa paroroonan. (Phillipines)
11. If you don't know how to look back to where you came from, you will not reach your destination.
Don't forget your roots. You family, your hometown, your first friends--they shaped you and helped make you who you are. You can't lose sight of that, or you may never get to wherever it is you're going.
Mười hai • Một tá : Cái khó ló cái khôn (Vietnam)
12. Wisdom comes from adversity.
Things may be tough right now, but you'll get through it. And it's the experience, my friends, that will make you all the wiser.
יג: נאה דורש - נאה מקיים (Hebrew)
13. Practice what you preach.
