Green wood makes a hot fire.

More proverbs about Challenge

• Grief pent up will burst the heart. Unexpressed sorrow accumulates internally until it causes emotional and physical harm.
• The mill cannot grind with the water that is past. Dwelling on past opportunities wastes energy; focus your effort on present circumstances…
• Better be half hanged than ill wed. Marriage to the wrong person brings lasting torment worse than a swift, terrible death.
• There are many ways of killing a dog beside hanging him. Multiple methods exist to achieve the same harmful outcome, so don't fixate on one partic…
• High winds blow on high hills. Exposure and prominence invite greater adversity and scrutiny than sheltered, ordinary po…
• A hog in armour is still but a hog. Fine clothing cannot transform base character; inner nature persists regardless of extern…