નાચવું નહીં ત્યારે આંગણું વાંકું.

nācavuṁ nahīṁ tyārē āṁgaṇuṁ vāṁkuṁ.

Literally: When one does not want to dance, the courtyard is crooked.
What it means: Excuses are invented to avoid doing something one lacks the will to perform.
The English proverb Shah set beside it: Where there is will there is way.A bad workman quarrels with his tools.Nothing is impossible to a willing mind.

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ગુજરાતી કહેવતસંગ્રહ (Gujarati Kahevat Sangrah) (1921) · read from the scan by machine — the Gujarati itself is unchecked · English is machine-made and nobody has checked it yet

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