Chinese Proverbs Quotes

Insanity is doing the same thing in the same way & expecting a different outcome.

One generation plants the trees; another gets the shade.

Married couples who love each other tell each other a thousand things without talking.

If I keep a green bough in my heart the singing bird will come.

Do not remove a fly from your friend's forehead with a hatchet.

Every smile makes you a day younger.

Good luck seldom comes in pairs but bad things never walk (occur) alone.

If a son is uneducated, his dad is to blame.

You cannot prevent the birds of sadness from passing over your head, but you can prevent their making a nest in your hair.

He who praises me on all occasions is a fool who despises me or a knave who wishes to cheat me.

The person who is his own master cannot tolerate another boss. It's better to be without a book than to believe a book entirely. When economy goes south, people get political.

Before preparing to improve the world, first look around your own home three times.

If you can command yourself, you can command the world.

Do not do all you can, do not spend all that you have, do not believe all that you hear, and do not tell all that you know.

Do not believe that you will reach your destination without leaving the shore.

If you want to avoid being cheated, ask for prices at three different stores.

Everything in the past died yesterday, and everything in the future is born today.

One more good man on earth is better than an extra angel in heaven.

A person of high principles is one who can watch an entire chess game without making a comment.

A one hundred yard high tower still has its foundation on the ground.