Chinese Proverb

Quotes

• 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.