Chinese Proverbs Quotes

If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.

The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person who is doing it.

Keep a green tree in your heart and perhaps a singing bird will come.

A genius always presents himself as a fool.

I dreamed a thousand new paths. I woke and walked my old one.

Better to light one small candle than to curse the darkness.

The journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.

Laws control a lesser person, right conduct controls a greater one.

The night hides a world, but reveals a universe.

Those who say it can not be done, should not interrupt those doing it.

Be not afraid of going slowly, be afraid only of standing still.

Tension is who you think you should be. Relaxation is who yu are.

The journey is the reward.

Man is the head of the family, woman the neck that turns the head.

You cannot prevent the birds of sorrow from flying over your head, but you can prevent them from building nests in your hair.

Be not afraid of growing slowly, be only afraid of standing still.

When wind of changes are blowing, some people will build walls - some will build windmills.

The best time to plant a tree is twenty years ago. The second best time is now.

Deep doubts, deep wisdom; small doubts, little wisdom.

The fire you kindle for your enemy often burns you more than him.

Giving your son a skill is better than giving him one thousand pieces of gold.

Before you prepare to improve the world, look around your own house three times.

Do not confine your children to your own learning, for they were born in another time.

The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.

A genius always presents himself as a fool.

A man should choose a friend who is better than himself. There are plenty of acquaintances in the world; but very few real friends.

Beauty is the wisdom of women. Wisdom is the beauty of men.

I hear and I forget, I see and I remember. I do and I understand.

A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials.

The saving man becomes the free man.

An inch of time cannot be bought with an inch of gold.

He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; he who does not ask a question remains a fool forever.

Clear conscience never fears midnight knocking.

We count our miseries carefully, and accept our blessings without much thought.

The great question is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with failure.

The fire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than him.

In a broken nest there are few whole eggs.

A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows the public opinion.

Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere.

Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without one.

Don't open a shop unless you like to smile.

Happiness is like a sunbeam, which the least shadow intercepts, while adversity is often as the rain of spring.

Great souls have wills; feeble ones have only wishes.

If you wish to know the mind of a man, listen to his words.

There are two perfectly good men, one dead, and the other unborn.

If you want 1 year of prosperity, grow grain. If you want 10 years of prosperity, grow trees. If you want 100 years of prosperity, grow people.

Insanity is doing the same thing in the same way and expecting a different outcome.

In the midst of great joy, do not promise anyone anything. In the midst of great anger, do not answer anyone's letter.

With true friends... even water drunk together is sweet enough.

When men speak of the future, the Gods laugh.

If we do not change our direction, we are likely to end up where we are headed.

To talk goodness is not good... only to do it is.

Pleasure for one hour, a bottle of wine. Pleasure for one year a marriage; but pleasure for a lifetime, a garden.

If your strength is small, don't carry heavy burdens.

If your words are worthless, don't give advice.

Govern a family as you would cook a small fish -- very gently.

Who is not satisfied with himself will grow; who is not sure of his own correctness will learn many things.