Chinese Proverb > Quotes

“A little fragrance always clings to the hand that gives the roses.”
― Chinese Proverb

“Be not afraid of going slowly, be afraid only of standing still.”
― Chinese Proverb

“Tension is who you think you should be. Relaxation is who you are.”
― Chinese Proverb

“The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.”
― Chinese Proverb

“When the wind of change blows, some people build walls, others build windmills.”
― Chinese Proverb

“If you want happiness for an hour — take a nap.
If you want happiness for a day — go fishing.
If you want happiness for a year — inherit a fortune.
If you want happiness for a lifetime — help someone else.”
― Chinese Proverb

“To forget one’s ancestors is to be a brook without a source, a tree without roots.”
― Chinese proverb

“There are many paths to the top of the mountain, but the view is always the same.”
― Chinese Proverb

“A book is like a garden carried in the pocket.”
― Chinese proverb

“He who is afraid of suffering, is already suffering fear. Out of fear, true creativity is blocked.”
― Chinese Proverb

“If you give a man a fish, you feed him for a day. But if you give him a fishing rod, you feed him for a lifetime.”
― Chinese Proverb

“At the gambling table, there are no fathers and sons.”
― Chinese Proverb

“Those who say it cannot be done should not interrupt the people doing it.”
― Chinese Proverb

“Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere.”
― Chinese Proverb

“Keep a green tree alive in your heart, and a songbird may come to sing there.”
― Chinese Proverb

“One moment of impatience may ruin a whole life.”
― Chinese proverb

“The temptation to quit will be the greatest just before you're about to succeed”
― Chinese Proverb

“A man without a smiling face must not open a shop.”
― Chinese Proverb

“Talk does not cook rice.”
― Chinese Proverb

“Make happy those who are near, and those who are far will come.”
― Chinese Proverb

“dig the well before you are thirsty”
― Chinese Proverb

“If you want to know what water is don't ask the fish.”
― Chinese proverb

“Don't force the river to flow. It will flow on its own.”
― Chinese proverb

“To talk much and arrive nowhere is the same as climbing a tree to catch a fish.”
― Chinese Proverb

“Teach me i will forget, show i will remember, involve me i will understand”
― chinese proverb

“Fall seven times, Stand up eight”
― Chinese Proverb

“To use violence is to already be defeated.”
― Chinese Proverb

“When the heart is at peace, the body will be healthy.”
― Chinese Proverb

“Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.”
― Chinese Proverb

“学如逆水行舟，不进则退 / Studying is like rowing a bot upstream, not moving forward is to fall behind”
― Chinese Proverb