Chinese Proverb

Quotes

A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song.
Unles we change direction, we are likely to wind up where we are headed.
A bit of fragrance clings to the hand that gives flowers.
A book holds a house of gold.
A book is like a garden carried in the pocket.
A book tightly shut is but a block of paper.
A diamond with a flaw is worth more than a pebble without imperfections.
A filthy mouth will not utter decent language.
A fool judges people by the presents they give him.
A gem is not polished without rubbing, nor a man perfected without trials.
A nation's treasure is in its scholars.
A rat who gnaws at a cat's tail invites destruction.
Be the first to the field and the last to the couch.
Deep doubts, deep wisdom; small doubts, little wisdom.
Dig the well before you are thirsty.
Do good, reap good; do evil, reap evil.
Do not fear going forward slowly; fear only to stand still.
Don't open a shop unless you like to smile.
Each generation will reap what the former generation has sown.
He who strikes the first blow admits he's lost the argument.
If heaven made him, earth can find some use for him.
He who is drowned is not troubled by the rain.
If you don't want anyone to know, don't do it.
Not until just before dawn do people sleep best; not until people get old do they become wise.
The miracle is not to fly in the air, or to walk on the water; but to walk on the earth.
He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever.
The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials.
Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.
When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lily with the other.
Keep your broken arm inside your sleeve.
If you bow at all, bow low.
Do not remove a fly from your friend's forehead with a hatchet.
To know the road ahead, ask those coming back.
Raise your sail one foot and you get ten feet of wind.
When you drink the water, remember the spring.
Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still.
The palest ink is better than the best memory.
Do not employ handsome servants.
He who cannot agree with his enemies is controlled by them.
Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.
A thorn defends the rose, harming only those who would steal the blossom.
With time and patience the mulberry leaf becomes a silk gown.
Be not afraid of going slowly; be only afraid of standing still.
Tell me and I'll forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and I'll understand.
If we don't change our direction we're likely to end up where we're headed.
If you get up one more time than you fall you will make it through.
A thousand cups of wine do not suffice when true friends meet, but half a sentence is too much when there is no meeting of minds.
The man who comes with a tale about others has himself an ax to grind.
If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.
The gem cannot be polished without friction, not a man perfected without trials.
Habits are cobwebs at first; cables at last.
An inch of time cannot be bought with an inch of gold.
The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it.
I dreamed a thousand new paths. . . I woke and walked my old one.
A child's life is like a piece of paper on which every person leaves a mark.
Teachers open the door. You enter by yourself.
Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without one.
Do not confine your children to your own learning, for they were born in another time.
He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; he who does not ask a question remains a fool forever.
Tension is who you think you should be. Relaxation is who you are.
The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.
The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person who is doing it.