130 Sayings of Kurdish Origin

1. "Listen a hundred times; ponder a thousand times; speak once." (Kurdish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

2. "What you give away you keep." (Kurdish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

3. "A kind word warms a man through three winters." (Kurdish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

4. "The man is a river, the woman a lake." (Kurdish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

5. "The neighbor's hen looks as big as a goose, and his wife as young as a girl." (Kurdish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

6. "Kurds have no friends." (Kurdish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

7. "Work as if you were to live forever; live as if you were to die tomorrow." (Kurdish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

8. "Wish well, be well." (Kurdish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

9. "Parting is such sweet sorrow." (Kurdish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

10. "A Rock is strong in its place." (Kurdish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

11. "It is easier to make a camel jump a ditch than to make a fool listen to reason." (Kurdish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

12. "It is easy to catch a serpent with someone else's hand." (Kurdish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

13. "The rich man's wealth tires the poor man's jaw." (Kurdish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

14. "If you wish to do a good deed, consult no one." (Kurdish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

15. "If you cannot build a town, build a heart." (Kurdish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

16. "Your son can be a prince; your daughter will be a mother." (Kurdish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

17. "Any man with two wives becomes a porter." (Kurdish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

18. "A man is as wise as his head, not his years." (Kurdish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

19. "What is loaned goes away smiling but returns weeping." (Kurdish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

20. "With patience, mulberry leaves become satin." (Kurdish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

21. "Dogs bark, but the caravan goes on." (Kurdish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

22. "Thorns and roses grow on the same tree." (Kurdish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

23. "A tribulation is better than a hundred warnings." (Kurdish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

24. "Loneliness is a nest for the thoughts." (Kurdish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

25. "If you talk to the blacksmith you'll get hit by sparks." (Kurdish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

26. "A wise man does his own work." (Kurdish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

27. "If you are not a flower, don't be a thorn." (Kurdish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

28. "Many women, many words." (Kurdish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

29. "Study not from new books but from old teachers." (Kurdish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

30. "A woman is a fortress, a man her prisoner." (Kurdish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

31. "Do not roll up your trousers before reaching the stream." (Kurdish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

32. "An illness comes by the pound and goes away by the ounce." (Kurdish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

33. "A heart in love with beauty never grows old." (Kurdish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

34. "With a mule you have a son; with a son-in-law you only have a mule." (Kurdish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

35. "The devil will not bother you in a house full of children." (Kurdish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

36. "A girl without a mother is like a mountain with no paths; a girl without a father is like a mountain with no streams." (Kurdish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

37. "Every sheep is hung by his own leg." (Kurdish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

38. "Stretch your feet according to your blanket." (Kurdish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

39. "One is equally indebted to one's teacher and to God." (Kurdish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

40. "Habit is worse than rabies." (Kurdish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

41. "An open door invites callers." (Kurdish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

42. "Those who do not go to war roar like lions." (Kurdish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

43. "A man is judged by his work." (Kurdish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

44. "The devil tempts all, but the idle man tempts the devil." (Kurdish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

45. "Stairs are climbed step by step." (Kurdish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

46. "God finds a low branch for the bird that cannot fly." (Kurdish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

47. "Light wisdom, heavy burden." (Kurdish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

48. "Whoever speaks evil to you of others will speak evil of you to others." (Kurdish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

49. "God has created us brothers but has given us separate purses." (Kurdish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

50. "Of everything else the newest; of friends, the oldest." (Kurdish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

51. "Better a wise foe than a foolish friend." (Kurdish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

52. "Help yourself, and be helped by others." (Kurdish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

53. "Those who know do not talk; those who talk do not know." (Kurdish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

54. "Truth is Hard." (Kurdish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

55. "God created women and women created the hearth." (Kurdish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

56. "Even the highest tree has an axe waiting at its foot." (Kurdish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

57. "It's easy by mouth but, not so easy by action." (Kurdish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

58. "A visitor comes with ten blessings, eats one, and leaves nine." (Kurdish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

59. "Ability has no school." (Kurdish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

60. "A knife-wound heals, but a tongue-wound festers." (Kurdish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

61. "Not every cloud brings rain." (Kurdish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

62. "Bread for the Baker and meat for the Butcher." (Kurdish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

63. "Patience is bitter, but it bears sweet fruit." (Kurdish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

64. "One gives twice who gives quickly." (Kurdish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

65. "A fool dreams of wealth, a wise man, of happiness." (Kurdish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

66. "It is easy to say “Come” difficult to say “Go”." (Kurdish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

67. "No matter where you go, your destiny follows you." (Kurdish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

68. "When a cat wants to eat her kittens, she says they look like mice." (Kurdish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

69. "It's still a goat even if It flies." (Kurdish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

70. "If you are an anvil, be patient; if you are a hammer, be strong." (Kurdish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

71. "Every “bad” has its “worse”." (Kurdish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

72. "With fortune on your side you can sow salt and harvest grass." (Kurdish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

73. "Some will enjoy the honey, others will have to put up with the sting." (Kurdish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

74. "The devil takes a hand in what is done in haste." (Kurdish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

75. "No means, no market." (Kurdish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

76. "See with your mind; hear with your heart." (Kurdish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

77. "Both the hunted and the hunter rely on God." (Kurdish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

78. "A wise man remembers his friends at all times; a fool, only when he has need of them." (Kurdish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

79. "A hundred men can sit together quietly but when two dogs get together there will be a fight." (Kurdish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

80. "A hungry stomach has no ears." (Kurdish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

81. "A small key opens big doors." (Kurdish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

82. "For every wise man there is one still wiser." (Kurdish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

83. "Of evil grain no good seed can come." (Kurdish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

84. "Whoever is fond of cream should take the cow around with him." (Kurdish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

85. "Search yourself, and you will find God." (Kurdish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

86. "No one says, “My pasture is not sweet”." (Kurdish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

87. "At table keep short hand; in company keep a short tongue." (Kurdish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

88. "Do what your teacher says but not what he does." (Kurdish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

89. "If God didn't like beautiful women, he wouldn't have made them." (Kurdish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

90. "It is up to the people to feed the dogs; it's up to the Cardias to feed the Turks." (Kurdish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

91. "When a bald man dies the mourners give him curly hair as a present." (Kurdish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

92. "It is more difficult to contend with oneself than with the world." (Kurdish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

93. "Once a friend, always a friend." (Kurdish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

94. "He who wants pearls has to dive into the sea." (Kurdish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

95. "If skill could be gained by watching, every dog would become a butcher." (Kurdish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

96. "Beauty passes; wisdom remains." (Kurdish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

97. "Eat and drink with your friends but do not trade with them." (Kurdish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

98. "To speak is to sow; to listen is to reap." (Kurdish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

99. "Activity breeds prosperity." (Kurdish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

100. "Give nine, save ten." (Kurdish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

101. "In the face of force, philosophy is invalid." (Kurdish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

102. "Whoever digs a pit for his neighbor should dig it his own size." (Kurdish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

103. "One can never repay one's debt to one's mother." (Kurdish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

104. "One beats one's breast who does not beat one's child." (Kurdish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

105. "Many will show you the way once your cart has overturned." (Kurdish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

106. "If brothers stand back to back and support each other, only death can defeat them." (Kurdish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

107. "Only by falling do you learn how to mount a horse." (Kurdish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

108. "Do not throw the arrow which will return against you." (Kurdish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

109. "If you give him cloth, he'll ask for the lining." (Kurdish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

110. "A threat does not lengthen your sword." (Kurdish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

111. "He who loves a woman is a nephew of the sun." (Kurdish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

112. "A thousand friends are too few; one enemy is too many." (Kurdish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

113. "What the heart thinks, the mouth speaks." (Kurdish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

114. "When Madame drops her cup of tea it makes no noise." (Kurdish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

115. "Empty words will not fill an empty stomach." (Kurdish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

116. "One sturdy house is worth a hundred in ruins." (Kurdish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

117. "In a flat country a hillock thinks itself a mountain." (Kurdish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

118. "If God closes one door, He opens a thousand others." (Kurdish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

119. "Kind words will unlock an iron door." (Kurdish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

120. "Habit becomes second nature." (Kurdish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

121. "Open your eyes, not your mouth." (Kurdish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

122. "The miser and the open-handed spend the same in long run." (Kurdish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

123. "Guests bring good luck with them." (Kurdish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

124. "Part with your head, but not with your secret." (Kurdish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

125. "A good companion shortens the longest road." (Kurdish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

126. "Better one day a man than ten days a woman." (Kurdish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

127. "Fear an ignorant man more than a lion." (Kurdish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

128. "Better a calf of one's own than a jointly owned cow." (Kurdish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

129. "After dinner a Kurd kills a man or kidnaps a woman." (Kurdish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

130. "A cup of coffee commits one to forty years of friendship." (Kurdish Sayings) Click to tweet