Chinese Proverb Quotes

“When you begin a journey of revenge, start by digging two graves: one for your enemy, and one for yourself.”
― Jodi Picoult, Nineteen Minutes

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

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

“No, you cannot stop the birds of sorrow from flying over your head, but you can stop them from building nests in your hair.”
― The Dragon King of Beijing

“One conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study in a public school.”
― The Dragon King of Beijing

“A thorn defends the rose, harming only those who would steal the blossom.”
― Anonymous

“A Chinese proverb predicts that for every man with great skill, there is a woman with great beauty. In ancient China, there are four great beauties: The first so beautiful that when fish see her reflection they forget to swim and sink. The second so beautiful that birds forget how to fly and fall. The third so beautiful that the moon refuses to shine. The fourth so beautiful that flowers refuse to bloom. I find it interesting how often beauty is shown to make the objects around it feel worse.”
― Weike Wang, Chemistry

“There are no endings, only beginnings that have been reborn.”
― Little Tiger and the Year of the Dragon D. Byron Patterson

“无惧无急 (The fearless do not hurry.)”
― Eric Micha'el Leventhal

“A club hurts the flesh, but evil words hurt the bone. -Traditional Chinese Proverb”
― Matthew Polly, American Shaolin: Flying Kicks, Buddhist Monks, and the Legend of Iron Crotch: An Odyssey in the New China

“Much of any culture can be linked back to eating and food, food and care, eating and language. To eat one's feelings, to eat dust, words, to eat your own heart out, to eat someone else alive, to eat your cake and have it too, things that are adorable (puppies, babies) that are said to be good enough to eat, to have someone else eat out of the palm of your hand, to be chewed out, a dog-eat-dog world. Chinese isn't any different from English in this way. Chī for "eat," and chī sù, to only eat vegetables, but also, colloquially, to be a pushover. Chī cù, to eat vinegar or be jealous. Chī lì, to eat effort, as for a task that is very strenuous. To eat surprise, to be amazed, chī jī ng. To be completely full or chī bǎo fàn, and thus to have nothing better to do. To eat punishment or get the worst of it, chī kuī. And, most important, to eat hardship, suffering, and pain, chī kǔ, a defining Chinese quality, to be able to bear a great deal without showing a crack.”
― Weike Wang, Joan Is Okay

“Run after an elephant and you will find out why you are not a mouse.”
― Anthony T. Hincks

“Those who fail together, grow together.”
― Chinese Proverb

“You must open your eyes in order to see.”
― Anthony T. Hincks

“A scholar who has been away three days must be looked at with new eyes”
― Chinese Proverb

“The sword is not meant for one who is lost in beauty.”
― Anthony T. Hincks

“Do not be afraid when a monkey sits on your shoulder.”
― Anthony T. Hincks