Chinese Proverbs Quotes

Do not mix de galloping of your horse, my knight, with the beating of your heart.

Tell me and I'll forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and I'll understand.

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

For the sake of one good action a hundred evil ones should be forgotten

Talk doesn't cook rice.

He who deliberates fully before taking a step will spend his entire life on one leg.

Were I to await perfection, my book would never be finished

Patience and the mulberry leaf becomes a silk gown.

One moment of patience may ward off great disaster. One moment of impatience may ruin a whole life.

With time and patience, the mulberry leaf becomes satin. With time and patience the mulberry leaf becomes a silk gown.

A journey of a thousand miles begins with one small step.

If we don't change the direction we are headed, we will end up where we are going.

One cannot manage too many affairs: like pumpkins in the water, one pops up while you try to hold down the other.

Distance tests a horse's strength. Time reveals a person's character.

To know the road ahead, ask those coming back.

Dig the well before you are thirsty.

Think of your faults the first part of the night when you are awake, and the faults of others the latter part of the night when you are asleep.

When the sun rises, I go to work. When the sun goes down, I take my rest. I dig the well from which I drink. I farm the soil which yields my food. I share creation. Kings can do no more.

Not the cry, but the flight of a wild duck, leads the flock to fly and follow.

Be not disturbed at being misunderstood; be disturbed rather at not being understanding.