Chinese Proverb Quotes

I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.

Man's heart is never satisfied the snake would swallow the elephant.

Words are mere bubbles of water but deeds are drops of gold.

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

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

Never try to catch two frogs with one hand.

Make happy those who are near and those who are far will come.

Happiness is not a horse you cannot harness it.

A bit of fragrance always clings to the hand that gives you roses.

With happiness comes intelligence to the heart.

People in the West are always getting ready to live.

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

The palest ink is better than the best memory.

One dog barks at something the rest bark at him.

The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.

Misfortunes come to all men.

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

When you have only two pennies left in the world buy a loaf of bread with one. and a lily with the other.

If a man plants melons he will reap melons if he sows beans he will reap beans.

The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it.

If Heaven made him earth can find some use for him.

Blame yourself if you have no branches or leaves don't accuse the sun of partiality.

He that is afraid to shake the dice will never throw a six.

Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.

To be uncertain is to be uncomfortable but to be certain is to be ridiculous.

If you don't want anyone to know it don't do it.

A bird can roost but on one branch. A mouse can drink no more than its fill from a river.

Be not afraid of going slowly, be afraid only of standing still.

Civilize The Mind, But Make Savage The Body.

Teachers open doors, but you must enter by yourself.

If you are in the business of revenge, then you better dig two graves.

He who is afraid of suffering, is already suffering fear. Out of fear, true creativity is blocked.

You have two lives the second one begins when you realize you only have one

Behind an able man there are always other able men.

Misfortune comes to all men.

Never answer a letter while you are angry.

Blessings never come in pairs misfortunes never come alone.

A book is like a garden carried in the pocket.

Beat your child once a day. If you don't know why he does.

Keep a green tree alive in your heart, and a songbird may come to sing there.

A man's fortune must first be changed from within.

Better be too credulous than too skeptical

It is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.

Be not afraid of growing slowly be afraid only of standing still.

Always take an emergency leisurely.

Don't curse the darkness - light a candle.

Fool me once shame on you fool me twice shame on me.

With true friends . . . even water drunk together is sweet enough.

It is easier to visit friends than to live with them.

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