Chinese Proverb Quotes & Sayings

A club hurts the flesh, but evil words hurt the bone. -Traditional Chinese Proverb — Matthew Polly

Jade must be chiseled before it can be considered a gem -- Chinese Proverb — Lars Guignard

Learning is like rowing upstream; not to advance is to drop back.
- Chinese proverb — Alvin Toffler

In the words of a Chinese proverb, "The wind always destroys the tallest tree in the forest. — Chai Ling

It is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness." ~ Chinese Proverb — Tim Baker

Never forget a man who holds a secret holds power. A Chinese proverb says: "If women want to keep a secret, one of them must die." What a splendid prospect, I thought! So far I have not heard one single encouraging word about this job. — John Eppler

You see, calling things by their proper names is the beginning of wisdom. That's a Chinese proverb and they invented writing. The wisdom, in case you're wondering, is that when you get names right, you narrow the gap between you and the thing. — Zia Haider Rahman

If we don't change the direction we're going, we're likely to end up where we're headed. Ancient Chinese proverb — Stacey Hall

When a bird flies too high, it loses its song. -- Old Chinese Proverb — Rebecca Yount

Chinese proverb says that a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. This journey had begun with the coercion of my body, with my own wild hope. — Aspen Matis

Our first kiss was there on the bridge in the woods. How do you describe a first kiss? It is like trying to hold water in your hands. There is an ancient Chinese proverb that compares kissing to drinking salted water. "You drink, and your thirst increases," it says. Time, I'm sure, passed by, but we remained unavailable for comment. — Kirstie Collins Brote

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An invisible red thread connects those who are destined to meet, regardless of time, place, or circumstance. The thread may stretch or tangle, but it will never break.
Ancient Chinese proverb — Aminta Arrington

There's a Chinese proverb that says it all: Painting is an old man's art. — David Hockney

Don't listen to what they say. Go see. - Chinese proverb — J.W. "Bill" Marriott Jr.

A single conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study.
- Chinese proverb — Alvin Toffler

A thorn defends the rose, harming only those who would steal the blossom. — Anonymous

If you must play, decide upon three things at the start: the rules of the game, the stakes, and the quitting time. Chinese Proverb — Scott Lynch

When the father helps the son, both smile. When the son helps the father, both cry.

~ Chinese proverb — Simon Brooke

There is an old Chinese proverb: 'A bit of fragrance always clings to the hand that gives roses. — Ashwin Sanghi

As the Chinese proverb says, 'Those who say it can't be done shouldn't interrupt those who are doing it. — Mollie Culligan

If your strength is small, don't carry heavy burdens. If your words are worthless, don't give advice." Chinese proverb — Nana Awere Damoah

Many simple peoples feared the exceptional individual as a disintegrating force; there is a Chinese proverb that "the great man is a public misfortune. — Will Durant

We live in a glass-soaked civilization, but as for the bird in the Chinese proverb who finds it so difficult to discover air, the substance is almost invisible to us. To use a metaphor drawn from glass, it may be revealing for us to re-focus, to stop looking through glass, and let our eyes dwell on it for a moment to contemplate its wonder. — Alan Macfarlane

The most difficult battles in life are those we fight within. - Old Chinese Proverb — Camron Wright

That the birds of worry and care fly over you head, this you cannot change, but that they build nests in your hair, this you can prevent. - Chinese Proverb — Anonymous

There are no endings, only beginnings that have been reborn. — D.B. Patterson

Wealth Is Like Dung, Useful Only When Spread" - Chinese Proverb JIGGS — B.K. Froman

The old Chinese proverb springs to mind - No pain, no gain. — Marian Keyes

How do you move a mountain? One spoonful of dirt at a time. Chinese proverb — Jen Wilkin

It's something I call an invisible thread. It is, as the old Chinese proverb tells us, something that connects two people who are destined to meet, regardless of time and place and circumstance. Some legends call it the red string of fate; others, the thread of destiny. — Laura Schroff

The Chinese proverb says, when sleeping women wake, mountains move. — Sarah Bessey

Teachers open the door. You enter by yourself - Chinese proverb — Colleen Collins

One conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study in a public school. — D.B. Patterson

There's a Chinese proverb that says "Wisdom is avoiding all thoughts that weaken you & embracing those that strengthen you" Your mind is like a Ferrari (Or your favorite car) it is Awesome! ... but if you put sand on the gas tank it won't run. Don't put sand (negativity) on your mind. Think positive, encouraging, uplifting thoughts, & the negative will soon evaporate. — Pablo

He remembered the old Chinese proverb, sometimes ascribed to Confucius: If you sit by the river for long enough, the body of your enemy will float by. — Salman Rushdie

He who conquers himself is the mightiest warrior. — Confucius

For a long time, I operated under the Chinese proverb that there are four kinds of leaders: those who you laugh at, those who you hate, those who you love and those who you don't even know that they're leaders. — Bill Bradley

In this respect, the Chinese written language has a slight advantage over our own, and is perhaps symptomatic of a different way of thinking. It is still linear, still a series of abstractions taken in one at a time. But its written signs are a little closer to life than spelled words because they are essentially pictures, and, as a Chinese proverb puts it, "One showing is worth a hundred sayings." Compare, for example, the ease of showing someone how to tie a complex knot with the difficulty of telling him how to do it in words alone. — Alan W. Watts

If your vision is for a year, plant wheat. If your vision is for ten years, plant trees If your vision is for a lifetime, plant people. CHINESE PROVERB — Andy Stanley

Architecture is (in part) "the art of leaving out irrelevant details". Leaving out details, sadly, often derails into religiously ignoring details. The key word, however, is 'irrelevant': as the Chinese proverb says: people stumble over molehills, not over mountains. An architect consciously leaves out details that he or she has decided are irrelevant to the decisions to be made. — Gerben Wierda

A Chinese proverb says, "Those who drink the water must remember those who dug the well." Gratitude is one of the most attractive of all personal attributes; — John C. Maxwell

Pleasure for one hour, a bottle of wine. Pleasure for one year, a marriage; but pleasure for a lifetime, a garden.

(Chinese proverb) — Mya Larose

The Chinese have a very good proverb: The bird of sorrow has to fly, but see that it does not nest in your mind. — Angelo D. Scolozzi

He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; he who does not ask a question remains a fool forever." - Chinese proverb — Kevin E. Kruse

Since good intentions and sympathy for others often led people into trouble, the Chinese people had invented a new proverb that said, 'The more you do, the more trouble you have; the less you do, the less trouble you have. If you do nothing whatever, you will become a model citizen. — Nien Cheng

When the winds of change blow, some people build walls, and others build windmills. chinese proverb — Anonymous

Ancient Chinese proverb," he said, heading toward the kitchen.
"He who butt-fucks all night wakes up with sore asshole. — Brad Boney

Where is any author in the world Teaches such beauty as a woman's eye? - Love's Labor Lost. The eyes appears to be more immediately connected with the soul than any other organ. A woman reflects every emotion, almost every thought from her two wonderful, priceless eyes, and no feature of her face is more a telltale of her nature. "Show me," says the old Chinese proverb, "a man's eyes, and I will tell you what he might have been. Show me his mouth, and I will tell you what he has been." The same is true of women. Up to thirty or thirty-five a woman may be actress enough to make her eyes tell one tale, while her life would reveal another; but little by little the true state of a woman's soul stands forth in the expression, the frankness, the furtiveness, the candor, or the boldness — Harriet Hubbard Ayer

When you begin a journey of revenge, start by digging two graves: one for your enemy, and one for yourself. — Jodi Picoult

If you don't know where you're going, all roads lead there. — Laurence Eubank