گیدڑ کی سو سالہ زندگی سے شیر کا ایک دن بہتر ہے

“A lion's single day is better than a jackal's hundred years.”

A short life lived with courage and dignity is worth more than a long life lived in fear.

— Traditional Pakistan Wisdom, Pakistan

Source: Traditional Urdu proverb (zarb-ul-misl), public-domain oral tradition