Proverbs

366 Proverbs with their Urdu Meanings and Examples

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

آج کا کام کل پر مت ڈالو

Do not procrastinate!


Tomorrow never comes.

کل کا انتظار مت کرو

Don't wait until tomorrow. Do it today.


What will be, will be.

جو ہونا ہے سو ہونا ہے

You cannot avoid fate or change the way that things are

Also possible is: 'What must be, must be.'

It takes all sorts.

Everyone is different.

Often this proverb is heard as: 'It takes all sorts to make the world.'

One man's meat is another man's poison.

پسند اپنی اپنی نصیب اپنا اپنا

People have different tastes: in clothes, music, hobbies, etc.

A proverb with a similar meaning is: 'There's no accounting for tastes.'

You can't please everyone.

سب کو خوش نہیں رکھا جا سکتا

People have different tastes and opinions, so you should not expect to please them all all of the time.

The meaning of this proverb is expressed also in the much longer: 'You can please all of the people some of the time and you can please all of the people some of the time, but you can't please all of the people all of the time.'

All roads lead to Rome.

There are many ways of doing something, but the end result will be the same.


If a job's worth doing, it's worth doing well.

If you are going to do something, do it properly or don't do it at all.


A little labour, much health.

If you work and are busy, you will have a healthy life


No pain, no gain.

سیوہ بنا میوہ نہیں ملتا

If you don't work hard at something (and maybe suffer a little), you will never achieve very much.


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