Don’t stand by the water and long for fish; go home and weave a net.

Even a small star shines in the darkness.

The stable wears out a horse more than the road.

Young people tell what they are doing, old people what they have done and fools what they wish to do.

You’ll never plow a field by turning it over in your mind.

Between saying and doing, many a pair of shoes is worn out.

What one does, one becomes.

If we cannot do what we will, we must will what we can.

Sitting quietly, doing nothing, spring comes, and the grass grows by itself.

By hook or crook.