Inspirational Quotations by Chinese Proverb

  • A single conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study.
    From Issue 4
  • There is a great man who makes every man
    feel small. But the really great man is
    the man who makes every man feel great.
    From Issue 7
  • There are many paths to the top of the mountain,
    But the view is always the same.
    From Issue 16
  • If you want happiness for an hour, take a nap.
    If you want happiness for a day, go fishing.
    If you want happiness for a year, inherit a fortune.
    If you want happiness for a lifetime, help somebody.
    From Issue 26
  • Simplicity of character is the
    most natural result of profound thought.
    From Issue 61
  • Deal with the faults of others
    as gently as with your own.
    From Issue 68
  • Not the cry, but the flight of the wild duck,
    leads the flock to fly and follow.
    From Issue 70
  • Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.
    From Issue 76
  • If there is light in the soul,
    There will be beauty in the person.
    If there is beauty in the person,
    There will be harmony in the house.
    If there is harmony in the house,
    There will be order in the nation.
    If there is order in the nation,
    There will be peace in the world.
    From Issue 89
  • He who asks is a fool for five minutes,
    but he who does not ask remains a fool forever.
    From Issue 90
  • I hear and I forget,
    I see and I remember,
    I do and I understand.
    From Issue 93
  • When eating bamboo sprouts,
    remember the man who planted them.
    From Issue 98
  • If you want 1 year of prosperity, grow grain.
    If you want 10 years of prosperity, grow trees.
    If you want 100 years of prosperity, grow people.
    From Issue 99
  • A single conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study.
    From Issue 107
  • To attract good fortune,
    spend a new coin on an old friend,
    share an old pleasure with a new friend,
    and lift up the heart of a true friend
    by writing his name on the wings of a dragon.
    From Issue 120
  • Take a second look ...
    it costs you nothing.
    Topic: Caution
    From Issue 126
  • Be not afraid of growing slowly,
    be afraid only of standing still.
    Topic: Growth
    From Issue 127
  • A man without a smiling face must not open a shop.
    Topic: Smiling
    From Issue 129
  • A man without a smiling face must not open a shop.
    From Issue 130
  • Teachers open the door,
    but you must enter by yourself.
    From Issue 160
  • A closed mind is like a closed book, just a block of wood.
    From Issue 182

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