Aesop Quotes
Browse 41 quotes from Aesop, featuring insights on success, personal growth, leadership, mindset, and achievement.
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“The smaller the mind the greater the conceit.”
“No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.”
“Better to starve free than be a fat slave.”
“A man is known by the company he keeps.”
“In a crisis, give help first and then advice.”
“In union there is strength.”
“It is with our passions as it is with fire and water, they are good servants, but bad masters.”
“Please all, and you will please none.”
“It is easy to despise what you cannot get.”
“Gratitude is the sign of noble souls.”
“A liar will not be believed, even when he speaks the truth.”
“Slow and steady wins the race.”
“Wealth unused might as well not exist.”
“Labour is the source of every blessing.”
“Much wants more and loses all.”
“We learn from the things we suffer.”
“He who plots to hurt others often hurts himself.”
“It is wise to turn circumstances to good account.”
“Men often applaud an imitation and hiss the real thing.”
“Don’t neglect the future in times of plenty, for tomorrow you may need what you wasted today.”
“Beware that you do not lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.”
“Little friends may prove great friends.”
“Outside show is a poor substitute for inner worth.”
“He that always gives way to others will end in having no principles of his own.”
“Do not trust flatterers.”
“After all is said and done, more is said than done.”
“Every truth has two sides; it is as well to look at both, before we commit ourselves to either.”
“Always stop to think whether your fun may be the cause of another’s unhappiness.”
“The little reed, bending to the force of the wind, soon stood upright again when the storm had passed over.”
“Persuasion is often more effectual than force.”
“Try before you trust.”
“It is easy to be brave from a safe distance.”
“It is one thing to conceive a good plan, and another to execute it.”
“The injuries we do and those we suffer are seldom weighed in the same scales.”
“The quarrels of friends are the opportunities of foes.”
“Affairs are easier of entrance than of exit; and it is but common prudence to see our way out before we venture in.”
“It is in vain to expect our prayers to be heard, if we do not strive as well as pray.”
“Do nothing without regard to the consequences.”
“A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety.”
“Notoriety is often mistaken for fame.”
“No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.”
