Sayings about Coming & Going
Look for the good and let the bad things come on their own. ~ Spanish Proverbs
March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb. ~ Traditional Proverb
The cuckoo comes in April, and stays the month of May; sings a song at midsummer, and then goes away. ~ Traditional Proverb
The bucket goes down the well every day — some day it won’t come up again. ~ Virgin Islander Proverb
We come and cry and that is life, we cry and go and that is death. ~ Traditional Proverb
Prayers go up and blessings come down. ~ Yiddish Proverb
Gold that is lent goes away laughing and comes back in tears. ~ Turkish Proverbs
What comes from the fife goes back to the drum. ~ French Proverb
Don’t ask me where I am going but where I have come from. ~ African Proverb
Deficiencies come by the kilo and go by the gram. ~ Ukrainian Proverb
A mule can go to Mecca, but it will not come back as a pilgrim. ~ Arabian Proverb
Blessed is the moon; it goes but it comes back again. ~ Samoan Proverb
If the wine comes in, good sense goes out. ~ Hebrew Proverb
If the mountain will not come to Mahomet, Mahomet must go to the mountain. ~ Traditional Proverb
No matter how long the night, the day is sure to come. ~ Congolese Proverb
Easy come, easy go. ~ Traditional Proverb
It is often more difficult to come back home than it is to go away. ~ Chinese Proverb
When its time has come, the prey goes to the hunter. ~ Iranian Proverbs
Rain, rain, go away, come again another day. ~ Traditional Proverb
Let go over a cliff, die completely, and then come back to life — after that you cannot be deceived. ~ Zen Proverb
When hard work goes out of the door, poverty comes in at the window. ~ Dutch Proverbs
God is looking for those who come to Him. ~ Ukrainian Proverb
When the cat is gone, the mice come out to stretch. ~ Chinese Proverb
As one devil goes out, another one comes in. ~ Lithuanian Proverb
A day to come seems longer than a year that’s gone. ~ Scottish Proverb
If the mule doesn’t go to the burden, then the burden will come to the mule. ~ Tajikistani Proverb
The devil goes away and heaven comes to stay. ~ Native American Proverb
If a man becomes powerful even his chicken and his dog go to heaven. ~ Chinese Proverb
In a conclave many go in as a pope but come back out as the cardinal they were when they went in. ~ French Proverb
Sickness comes on horseback, but goes away on foot. ~ Traditional Proverb
The hot sun melts away the snow; when anger comes, does wisdom go. ~ Indian Proverbs
What comes out of one mouth goes into a hundred others. ~ Russian Proverbs
The tail of an ox says, “Time goes, time comes.” ~ Creole Proverb (Southern U.S.)
You go out for wool but come back shorn. ~ Peruvian Proverb
A mule who goes in search of a fine set of antlers, will come back with his ears cut off ~ Arabian Proverb
He who goes to the blacksmith’s shop comes home with scorched clothes. ~ Afghan Proverb
If an ass goes traveling it will not come home a horse. ~ Traditional Proverb
More Coming & Going
If you step on people in this life, you’re going to come back as a cockroach. ~ Willie Davis
Grief comes and goes, but depression is unremitting. ~ Kay Redfield Jamison
Joy comes, grief goes, we know not how. ~ James Russell Lowell
When the heroes go off the stage, the clowns come on. ~ Heinrich Heine
I think fame can come and go. ~ Ashley Tisdale
Time will pass and seasons will come and go. ~ Roy Bean
If you’re going to go through hell… I suggest you come back learning something. ~ Drew Barrymore
I have always believed that what goes around comes around. ~ Rajeev Shukla
Family and God – that is what’s important. Money, cars, those are things that come and go. ~ Fabrice Muamba
Technical problems are like gremlins. They come and go. ~ Eric Fellner
Boredom, anger, sadness, or fear are not ‘yours,’ not personal. They are conditions of the human mind. They come and go. Nothing that comes and goes is you. ~ Eckhart Tolle
Friends come and go but enemies accumulate. ~ Arthur Bloch
Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier. ~ Mother Teresa
Begin at the beginning and go on till you come to the end; then stop. ~ Lewis Carroll
What goes up must come down. ~ Isaac Newton
Presidents come and go, but the Supreme Court goes on forever. ~ William Howard Taft
Everything that goes up must come down. But there comes a time when not everything that’s down can come up. ~ George Burns
If an ass goes travelling he will not come home a horse. ~ Thomas Fuller
Love comes unseen; we only see it go. ~ Henry Austin Dobson
Always go to other people’s funerals, otherwise they won’t come to yours. ~ Yogi Berra
I just like to take it as it comes, go where the wind blows me. I’m not going to plan.~ Matthew McGrory
What comes through my head is going to come out of my mouth. ~ Marcus Luttrell
Muscles come and go; flab lasts. ~ Bill Vaughan
Things go up and down. If you can survive the down, it will come back. ~ John Denver
You never know where your influences are going to come from, or where you’re going to find your inspiration. ~ Page McConnell
Looking for the perfect day is not going to make us happy, because that day isn’t going to come. ~ Ariel Gore