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.

Crap or get off the pot.

From walking – something; from sitting – nothing.

Better to light a candle than curse the darkness. (Slogan of Amnesty International)

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.