Sayings about Signs
The silence of the people is a warning for the king. ~ French Proverb
Gray hair is a sign of age, not of wisdom. ~ Greek Proverbs
Over no home can the sign be hung: There is no trouble here. ~ Traditional Proverb
Spilled wine is a sign of happiness, but break the bed and all will have long faces. ~ Spanish Proverb
To change one’s mind is rather a sign of prudence than ignorance. ~ Spanish Proverbs
For him who does not believe in signs, there is no way to live in the world. ~ Russian Proverbs
When the ducks are quacking the frogs take it as a warning. ~ Malagasy Proverbs
A rich widow weeps with one eye and signals with the other. ~ Traditional Proverb
Red sky at night, sailor’s delight. Red sky at morning, sailors take warning. ~ Traditional Proverb
Quotations about Signs
When two people decide to get a divorce, it isn’t a sign that they “don’t understand” one another, but a sign that they have, at last, begun to. ~ Helen Rowland
Among the many signs of a lively faith and hope we have in eternal life, one of the surest is not being overly sad at the death of those whom we dearly love in our Lord. ~ Saint Ignatius
One cat in a house is a sign of loneliness, two of barrenness, and three of sodomy. ~ Edward Dahlberg
A weak currency is the sign of a weak economy, and a weak economy leads to a weak nation. ~ Ross Perot
Respect for another man’s opinion is worthy. It is the realization that any opinion is valuable, for it is the sign of a rational being. ~ Sargent Shriver
Red is one of the strongest colors, it’s blood, it has a power with the eye. That’s why traffic lights are red I guess, and stop signs as well… In fact I use red in all of my paintings. ~ Keith Haring
One of the signs of passing youth is the birth of a sense of fellowship with other human beings as we take our place among them. ~ Virginia Woolf
Pretend that every single person you meet has a sign around his or her neck that says, “Make me feel important.” Not only will you succeed in sales, you will succeed in life. ~ Mary Kay Ash
Nothing in man is more serious than his sense of humor; it is the sign that he wants all the truth. ~ Mark Van Doren
Whenever there are great virtues, it’s a sure sign something’s wrong. ~ Bertolt Brecht
The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination. ~ Albert Einstein
We must interpret a bad temper as a sign of inferiority. ~ Alfred Adler
Responsibility is always a sign of trust. ~ James Cash Penney
Words are but the signs of ideas. ~ Samuel Johnson
If you don’t fail now and again, it’s a sign you’re playing it safe. ~ Woody Allen
The demand is for certainty is a sign of weakness. ~ Mark Rutherford
Whenever you hear a man speak of his love for his country, it is a sign that he expects to be paid for it. ~ H. L. Mencken
It is a sign of strength, not of weakness, to admit that you don’t know all the answers. ~ John P. Lougbrane
Fear is a sign-usually a sign that I’m doing something right. ~ Erica Jong
To change one’s mind is rather a sign of prudence than ignorance. ~ Spanish Proverbs
Life is one big road with lots of signs. So when you riding through the ruts, don’t complicate your mind. Flee from hate, mischief and jealousy. Don’t bury your thoughts, put your vision to reality. Wake Up and Live! ~ Bob Marley
When your friends begin to flatter you on how young you look, it’s a sure sign you’re getting old. ~ Mark Twain
Laughter is taken as a sign of strength, freedom, health, beauty, youth, and happiness. ~ Martin Grotjabn
Negative emotions like loneliness, envy, and guilt have an important role to play in a happy life; they’re big, flashing signs that something needs to change. ~ Gretchen Rubin
The one exclusive sign of thorough knowledge is the power of teaching. ~ Aristotle
Tears shed for self are tears of weakness, but tears shed for others are a sign of strength. ~ Billy Graham
If you suffer, thank God! It is a sure sign that you are alive. ~ Elbert Hubbard
The distinguishing sign of slavery is to have a price, and to be bought for it. ~ John Ruskin
It is a sign of creeping inner death when we can no longer praise the living. ~ Eric Hoffer
We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves. ~ John Locke
All abstract sciences are nothing but the study of relations between signs. ~ Denis Diderot
Gratitude is the sign of noble souls. ~ Aesop
When suffering comes, we yearn for some sign from God, forgetting we have just had one. ~ Mignon McLaughlin
When an idea is too weak to support a simple statement, it is a sign that it should be rejected. ~ Marquis De Vauvenargues
Five exclamation marks, the sure sign of an insane mind. ~ Terry Pratchett
The surest sign of age is loneliness. ~ Annie Dillard
The surest sign of fitness is success. ~ Olive Schreiner
The sign of an intelligent people is their ability to control their emotions by the application of reason. ~ Marya Mannes
The roundness of life’s design may be a sign that there is a presence beyond ourselves. ~ Wally Lamb
When many astronauts go to space, they see the insignificant size of the earth and vastness of space, and they become very religious, because they have seen the signs of Allah. ~ Cat Stevens
I’m a workaholic, so I ignore the signs of fatigue and just keep going and going, and then conk out when I get home. It can be pretty stressful. ~ Keke Palmer
The need to be right is the sign of a vulgar mind. ~ Albert Camus
Love, hope, fear, faith – these make humanity; these are its sign and note and character. ~ Robert Browning
A first sign of the beginning of understanding is the wish to die. ~ Franz Kafka
I hate stupid people. They should have to wear signs that just say, ‘I’m stupid.’ ~ Bill Engvall
A large nose is in fact the sign of an affable man, good, courteous, witty, liberal, courageous, such as I am. ~ Edmond Rostand
Gray hairs are signs of wisdom if you hold your tongue, speak and they are but hairs, as in the young. ~ Rabindranath Tagore
In complex trains of thought signs are indispensable. ~ George Henry Lewes
It’s a sign of your own worth sometimes if you are hated by the right people. ~ Miles Franklin
Uncertainty is a sign of humility, and humility is just the ability or the willingness to learn. ~ Charlie Sheen
The surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that it has never tried to contact us. ~ Bill Watterson
If only God would give me some clear sign! Like making a large deposit in my name at a Swiss bank. ~ Woody Allen
The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness. ~ Michel de Montaigne
A sign of celebrity is that his name is often worth more than his services. ~ Daniel J. Boorstin
Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines. ~ Robert H. Schuller
A flow of words is a sure sign of duplicity. ~ Honore de Balzac
A stop sign is a gift for you to learn that moving in the same direction won’t take you any place new. ~ Rex Steven Sikes
Honest disagreement is often a good sign of progress. ~ Mahatma Gandhi
