29 Chinese Proverbs to Enlighten Your Mind
A crisis is an opportunity riding the dangerous wind.
Never let a good crisis go to waste.
It’s better to be without a book than to believe a book entirely.
Don’t trust everything you read.
A little impatience will spoil great plans.
Beware when you feel yourself being impatient.
A smile will gain you ten more years of life.
A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song.
Express yourself purposefully.
A book holds a house of gold.
Ideas can be worth millions!
Talk does not cook rice.
Words alone cannot achieve much.
A man who cannot tolerate small misfortunes can never accomplish great things.
Don’t sweat the little things.
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.
Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still.
Never stop growing as a person.
Behave toward everyone as if receiving a guest.
Treat others well.
A fall into a ditch makes you wiser.
Don’t be afraid of mistakes. Learn from your own mistakes.
Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without one.
Accept the good with the bad.
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.
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.
A closed mind is like a closed book; just a block of wood
Open your mind to stay useful.
Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.
Don’t complain. Solve your problem.
A needle is not sharp at both ends.
Be useful when needed.
Even a hare will bite when it is cornered.
Beware of pushing the weak too far and leaving them no choice.
Habits are cobwebs at first; cables at last.
Habits are easy to break when new, but impossible when old.
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.
In a group of many words, there is bound to be a mistake somewhere in them.
Use less words to be more precise.
Patience is a bitter plant, but its fruit is sweet.
Patience may be hard to exercise, but the results will be worth it.
Govern a family as you would cook a small fish – very gently.
Treat your family gently.
Listening well is as powerful as talking well, and is also as essential to true conversation.
Listening is important.
Two good talkers are not worth one good listener.
Listening well is more important than speaking well.
A hundred no’s are less agonizing than one insincere yes.
Rejection is better than insincerity.
He who cheats the earth will be cheated by the earth.
Don’t cheat. Karma will come back and haunt you.