Sayings about Places
Poets know all about famous places without having been there. ~ Japanese Proverbs
There’s no place like home. ~ English Proverbs
Birds of a color fly to the same place. ~ Welsh Proverbs
Do not stand in a dangerous place trusting in miracles. ~ Arabian Proverbs
At a round table there is no dispute about place. ~ Italian Proverbs
This world is a harsh place, this world. ~ Zulu Proverb
Don’t cough in a hiding place. ~ Sudanese Proverbs
Don’t settle in a place where the doctor has gout. ~ Yiddish Proverbs
A change of name or place may sometimes save a person. ~ Hebrew Proverb
In a place without dogs they teach the cats to bark. ~ Georgian Proverbs
The place honors not the man; it is the man who honors the place. ~ Hebrew Proverb
The world is a big place but there is so little room in it. ~ Polish Proverbs
If you want a place in the sun, you must leave the shade of the family tree.~ Osage Proverb
No one can be caught in places he does not visit. ~ Danish Proverbs
If you stay long enough in one place the whole world passes you by. ~ Chinese Proverb
Don’t dirty the place where you have eaten. ~ Malawian Proverbs
You always knock yourself on the tenderest places. ~ French Proverbs
Rather free in a foreign place than a slave back home. ~ Norwegian Proverbs
Not the place where I was born but where I hang my hat is home. ~ African Proverb
No matter how much the wise man travels, he always lives in the same place. ~ Chinese Proverb
A sheep cannot bleat in two different places at the same time. ~ Tanzanian Proverbs
The place of an uninvited guest is behind the door. ~ Yugoslavian Proverb
Do not stand in a place of danger trusting in miracles. ~ Arabian Proverb
Better be kind at home than burn incense in a far place. ~ Chinese Proverb
Without human companions, paradise itself would be an undesirable place. ~ African Proverb
A place for everything and everything in its place. ~ English Proverb
There is a time and place for everything. ~ Traditional Proverb
A well educated man always has a kind word to say about the place where he spends the night. ~ Berber Proverb
Dogs don’t love people, they love the place where they are fed. ~ Burundi Proverb
A poor man would like to have some fun, but he cannot find the right place. ~ Arabian Proverb
It is not the fire in the fireplace which warms the house, but the couple who get along well. ~ Malagasy Proverbs
Tie up the hen that eats at your place and lays eggs elsewhere. ~ Spanish Proverbs
A traveler to distant places should make no enemies. ~ Nigerian Proverbs
No snowflake ever falls in the wrong place. ~ Zen Proverb
A woman’s place is in the home. ~ Traditional Proverb
Quotations about Places
The best place to succeed is where you are with what you have.~ Charles M. Schwab
The best place to seek God is in a garden. You can dig for him there.~ George Bernard Shaw
I moved to New York City for my health. I’m paranoid and New York was the only place where my fears were justified. ~ Anita Weiss
A good place to visit, but a poor place to stay. ~ Josh Billings
How hard it is to escape from places. However carefully one goes they hold you — you leave little bits of yourself fluttering on the fences — like rags and shreds of your very life. ~ Katherine Mansfield
Home is the place where we are treated the best, but grumble the most.~ Author Unknown
I dream of a place and a time where America will once again be seen as the last best hope on earth.~ Abraham Lincoln
My philosophy is that not only are you responsible for your life, but doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment.~ Oprah Winfrey
A place belongs forever to whoever claims it hardest, remembers it most obsessively, wrenches it from itself, shapes it, renders it, loves it so radically that he remakes it in his own image. ~ Joan Didion
One does not love a place the less for having suffered in it, unless it has been all suffering, nothing but suffering. ~ Jane Austen
California’s a wonderful place to live — if you happen to be an orange. ~ Author Unknown
France is France and a grand place for Frenchman. ~ Harry Truman
You can fall in love at first sight with a place as with a person. ~ Alec Waugh
You do what you have to do to get through today, and that puts you in the best place tomorrow.~ Oprah Winfrey
The accent of one’s birthplace remains in the mind and in the heart as in one’s speech. ~ Francois De La Rochefoucauld
The best place to find a helping hand is at the end of your own arm.~ Author Unknown
The best place a person can die, is where they die for others.~ James M. Barrie
The Most Beautiful Places in the World. ~ Video