29 Chinese Proverbs to Enlighten Your Mind
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A crisis is an opportunity riding the dangerous wind.
Never let a good crisis go to waste.
![Chinese-Proverbs-To-Enlighten-Your-Mind-2 Chinese Proverbs Don'T Trust Everything You Read](https://thefunnybeavercomd030b.zapwp.com/q:i/r:0/wp:1/w:1/u:https://thefunnybeaver.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/chinese-proverbs-to-enlighten-your-mind-2.jpg)
It’s better to be without a book than to believe a book entirely.
Don’t trust everything you read.
![Chinese-Proverbs-To-Enlighten-Your-Mind-3 Chinese Proverbs Impatience](https://thefunnybeavercomd030b.zapwp.com/q:i/r:0/wp:1/w:1/u:https://thefunnybeaver.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/chinese-proverbs-to-enlighten-your-mind-3.jpg)
A little impatience will spoil great plans.
Beware when you feel yourself being impatient.
![Chinese-Proverbs-To-Enlighten-Your-Mind-4 Chinese Proverb Smile More](https://thefunnybeavercomd030b.zapwp.com/q:i/r:0/wp:1/w:1/u:https://thefunnybeaver.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/chinese-proverbs-to-enlighten-your-mind-4.jpg)
A smile will gain you ten more years of life.
![Chinese-Proverbs-To-Enlighten-Your-Mind-5 Wise Chinese Proverbs Express Yourself Purposefully](https://thefunnybeavercomd030b.zapwp.com/q:i/r:0/wp:1/w:1/u:https://thefunnybeaver.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/chinese-proverbs-to-enlighten-your-mind-5.jpg)
A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song.
Express yourself purposefully.
![Chinese-Proverbs-To-Enlighten-Your-Mind-6 Chinese Proverb Ideas Can Be Worth A Lot](https://thefunnybeavercomd030b.zapwp.com/q:i/r:0/wp:1/w:1/u:https://thefunnybeaver.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/chinese-proverbs-to-enlighten-your-mind-6.jpg)
A book holds a house of gold.
Ideas can be worth millions!
![Chinese-Proverbs-To-Enlighten-Your-Mind-7 Chinese Proverbs Words Cannot Achieve Much Without Action](https://thefunnybeavercomd030b.zapwp.com/q:i/r:0/wp:1/w:1/u:https://thefunnybeaver.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/chinese-proverbs-to-enlighten-your-mind-7.jpg)
Talk does not cook rice.
Words alone cannot achieve much.
![Chinese-Proverbs-To-Enlighten-Your-Mind-8 Chinese Proverbs Don'T Sweat The Little Things](https://thefunnybeavercomd030b.zapwp.com/q:i/r:0/wp:1/w:1/u:https://thefunnybeaver.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/chinese-proverbs-to-enlighten-your-mind-8.jpg)
A man who cannot tolerate small misfortunes can never accomplish great things.
Don’t sweat the little things.
![Chinese-Proverbs-To-Enlighten-Your-Mind-9 Chinese Proverbs Experience Is Earned Often When We No Longer Need It](https://thefunnybeavercomd030b.zapwp.com/q:i/r:0/wp:1/w:1/u:https://thefunnybeaver.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/chinese-proverbs-to-enlighten-your-mind-9.jpg)
Experience is a comb which nature gives us when we are bald.
Experience is gained when we often no longer need it… Therefore learn from the experience of others.
![Chinese-Proverbs-To-Enlighten-Your-Mind-10 Chinese Proverb Always Grow](https://thefunnybeavercomd030b.zapwp.com/q:i/r:0/wp:1/w:1/u:https://thefunnybeaver.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/chinese-proverbs-to-enlighten-your-mind-10.jpg)
Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still.
Never stop growing as a person.
![Chinese-Proverbs-To-Enlighten-Your-Mind-11 Chinese Proverbs Treat Others Well](https://thefunnybeavercomd030b.zapwp.com/q:i/r:0/wp:1/w:1/u:https://thefunnybeaver.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/chinese-proverbs-to-enlighten-your-mind-11.jpg)
Behave toward everyone as if receiving a guest.
Treat others well.
![Chinese-Proverbs-To-Enlighten-Your-Mind-12 Chinese Proverbs Learn Through Failure](https://thefunnybeavercomd030b.zapwp.com/q:i/r:0/wp:1/w:1/u:https://thefunnybeaver.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/chinese-proverbs-to-enlighten-your-mind-12.jpg)
A fall into a ditch makes you wiser.
Don’t be afraid of mistakes. Learn from your own mistakes.
![Chinese-Proverbs-To-Enlighten-Your-Mind-13 Chinese Proverb Accept The Good With The Bad](https://thefunnybeavercomd030b.zapwp.com/q:i/r:0/wp:1/w:1/u:https://thefunnybeaver.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/chinese-proverbs-to-enlighten-your-mind-13.jpg)
Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without one.
Accept the good with the bad.
![Chinese-Proverbs-To-Enlighten-Your-Mind-14 Chinese Proverbs Asking Questions Is The Only Way To Learn](https://thefunnybeavercomd030b.zapwp.com/q:i/r:0/wp:1/w:1/u:https://thefunnybeaver.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/chinese-proverbs-to-enlighten-your-mind-14.jpg)
He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever.
Asking questions is the only way to learn.
![Chinese-Proverbs-To-Enlighten-Your-Mind-15 Chinese Proverb Time Is Most Valuable](https://thefunnybeavercomd030b.zapwp.com/q:i/r:0/wp:1/w:1/u:https://thefunnybeaver.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/chinese-proverbs-to-enlighten-your-mind-15.jpg)
An inch of time is an inch of gold but you can’t buy that inch of time with an inch of gold
Time is most valuable.
![Chinese-Proverbs-To-Enlighten-Your-Mind-16 Chinese Proverb Being Close Minded Is To Be Useless](https://thefunnybeavercomd030b.zapwp.com/q:i/r:0/wp:1/w:1/u:https://thefunnybeaver.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/chinese-proverbs-to-enlighten-your-mind-16.jpg)
A closed mind is like a closed book; just a block of wood
Open your mind to stay useful.
![Chinese-Proverbs-To-Enlighten-Your-Mind-17 Chinese Proverb Solve Your Problem Rather Than Complain](https://thefunnybeavercomd030b.zapwp.com/q:i/r:0/wp:1/w:1/u:https://thefunnybeaver.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/chinese-proverbs-to-enlighten-your-mind-17.jpg)
Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.
Don’t complain. Solve your problem.
![Chinese-Proverbs-To-Enlighten-Your-Mind-18 Chinese Proverbs Be Useful When Needed](https://thefunnybeavercomd030b.zapwp.com/q:i/r:0/wp:1/w:1/u:https://thefunnybeaver.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/chinese-proverbs-to-enlighten-your-mind-18.jpg)
A needle is not sharp at both ends.
Be useful when needed.
![Chinese-Proverbs-To-Enlighten-Your-Mind-19 Wise Chinese Proverb When Left With No Choice Even Something Harmless Will Attack](https://thefunnybeavercomd030b.zapwp.com/q:i/r:0/wp:1/w:1/u:https://thefunnybeaver.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/chinese-proverbs-to-enlighten-your-mind-19.jpg)
Even a hare will bite when it is cornered.
Beware of pushing the weak too far and leaving them no choice.
![Chinese-Proverbs-To-Enlighten-Your-Mind-20 Chinese Proverbs Habits Are Easy To Break When New, But Impossible When Formed](https://thefunnybeavercomd030b.zapwp.com/q:i/r:0/wp:1/w:1/u:https://thefunnybeaver.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/chinese-proverbs-to-enlighten-your-mind-20.jpg)
Habits are cobwebs at first; cables at last.
Habits are easy to break when new, but impossible when old.
![Chinese-Proverbs-To-Enlighten-Your-Mind-21 Wise Chinese Proverbs It'S Never Too Late To Make A Start](https://thefunnybeavercomd030b.zapwp.com/q:i/r:0/wp:1/w:1/u:https://thefunnybeaver.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/chinese-proverbs-to-enlighten-your-mind-21.jpg)
The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is today.
It’s never too late to make a start.
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In a group of many words, there is bound to be a mistake somewhere in them.
Use less words to be more precise.
![Chinese-Proverbs-To-Enlighten-Your-Mind-24 Chinese Proverbs Patience May Be Hard To Exercise, But The Results Will Be Worth It](https://thefunnybeavercomd030b.zapwp.com/q:i/r:0/wp:1/w:1/u:https://thefunnybeaver.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/chinese-proverbs-to-enlighten-your-mind-24.jpg)
Patience is a bitter plant, but its fruit is sweet.
Patience may be hard to exercise, but the results will be worth it.
![Chinese-Proverbs-To-Enlighten-Your-Mind-25 Chinese Proverbs Treat Your Family Gently](https://thefunnybeavercomd030b.zapwp.com/q:i/r:0/wp:1/w:1/u:https://thefunnybeaver.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/chinese-proverbs-to-enlighten-your-mind-25.jpg)
Govern a family as you would cook a small fish – very gently.
Treat your family gently.
![Chinese-Proverbs-To-Enlighten-Your-Mind-26 Chinese Proverbs Listening Is Important](https://thefunnybeavercomd030b.zapwp.com/q:i/r:0/wp:1/w:1/u:https://thefunnybeaver.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/chinese-proverbs-to-enlighten-your-mind-26.jpg)
Listening well is as powerful as talking well, and is also as essential to true conversation.
Listening is important.
![Chinese-Proverbs-To-Enlighten-Your-Mind-27 Chinese Proverbs Listening Is More Important](https://thefunnybeavercomd030b.zapwp.com/q:i/r:0/wp:1/w:1/u:https://thefunnybeaver.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/chinese-proverbs-to-enlighten-your-mind-27.jpg)
Two good talkers are not worth one good listener.
Listening well is more important than speaking well.
![Chinese-Proverbs-To-Enlighten-Your-Mind-28 Chinese Proverbs Rejection Is Better Than Insincerity](https://thefunnybeavercomd030b.zapwp.com/q:i/r:0/wp:1/w:1/u:https://thefunnybeaver.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/chinese-proverbs-to-enlighten-your-mind-28.jpg)
A hundred no’s are less agonizing than one insincere yes.
Rejection is better than insincerity.
![Chinese-Proverbs-To-Enlighten-Your-Mind-29 Chinese Proverb Karma Will Bite You](https://thefunnybeavercomd030b.zapwp.com/q:i/r:0/wp:1/w:1/u:https://thefunnybeaver.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/chinese-proverbs-to-enlighten-your-mind-29.jpg)
He who cheats the earth will be cheated by the earth.
Don’t cheat. Karma will come back and haunt you.