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