"too many cooks spoil the broth"
Request: "said when there are too many people involved in trying to do the same thing, so that the final result will not be good" – dictionary.cambridge.org
Wisdom
"It's better to be alone than with the wrong person"
Request: Recontextualization for single people.
"lend money to a friend, lose both friendship and money"
Request: A proverb. I learned it the hard way.
statement: everyone has a vice
‘He has all of the virtues I dislike, and none of the vices I admire.’ - Winston Churchill. (This quote calibrates at 490).
"There is no elevator to success. You have to take the stairs."
Attributed to motivational speaker Zig Ziglar.
one hand washes the other
The phrase is similar to other proverbs, such as "one good turn deserves another" and "you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours." The saying suggests that working together, two can accomplish what one can't. It can also connote the idea of graft and corruption -- waywordradio.com
"Release the Heaven in your heart"
Request: My grandpa's favorite saying. Never met him because he passed away in a car crash right before I was born.
"stay in your lane"
An integrous boundary thing.
"good things come to those who wait"
A more or less anonymous quote that is widely used to encourage people to have patience with things they are trying to accomplish instead of forcing it -- poemanalysis.com
“Do what makes you happy”
Pretty good life advice.
"The size of the man is the size of his problems"
Similar to and calibrating the same: “You can tell the size of a man by the size of the thing that makes him mad.” ― Adlai E. Stevenson
"happy wife, happy life"
If you're in a good place in your relationship, you may be more compelled to treat your husband amazingly—from telling him how sexy he looks in the morning to giving him a back rub after a long day—thus boosting his quality of life -- womenshealthmag.com
misery loves company
People who are unhappy may get some consolation from knowing that others are unhappy too -- dictionary.com
“Not all who wander are lost”
— J.R.R. Tolkien, The Riddle of Strider, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
“Just do it”
Nike slogan dating back to the 1980s. By request.