Chinese Proverbs and Inspirational Quotes

Chinese Proverbs and Inspirational Quotes

Enjoy yourself—it’s later than you think.
—Chinese Proverb
Topics: Enjoyment

The rich add riches to riches; the poor add years to years.
—Chinese Proverb

A good neighbor-a found treasure.
—Chinese Proverb
Topics: Neighbors

Who thinks an inch, but talks a yard, needs a kick in the foot.
—Chinese Proverb

Man must sit in chair with mouth open for very long time before roast duck fly in.
—Chinese Proverb
Topics: Life

When men speak of the The Future Gods laugh.
—Chinese Proverb
Topics: The Future

The dog in the kennel barks at his fleas; the dog that hunts does not feel them.
—Chinese Proverb

One’s shadow grows larger than life when admired by the light of the moon.
—Chinese Proverb
Topics: Admiration

To open a shop is easy, to keep it open is an art
—Chinese Proverb
Topics: Business

A truly great man never puts away the simplicity of a child.
—Chinese Proverb
Topics: Proverbs, Simplicity

A clever doctor never treats himself.
—Chinese Proverb
Topics: Cleverness

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 month—get married. If you want happiness for a year—inherit a fortune. If you want happiness for a lifetime—help someone else.
—Chinese Proverb
Topics: Joy, Feelings, Kindness, Happiness, Helpfulness

Distance tests a horse’s strength. Time reveals a person’s character.
—Chinese Proverb
Topics: Proverbs

You scale the mountain if you would view the plain.
—Chinese Proverb

Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me.
—Chinese Proverb
Topics: Fools, Experience, Failures, Mistakes

Great men never feel great; small men never feel small.
—Chinese Proverb
Topics: Greatness, Self-Knowledge

Don’t curse the darkness—light a candle.
—Chinese Proverb

One cannot manage too many affairs: like pumpkins in the water, one pops up while you try to hold down the other.
—Chinese Proverb
Topics: Aspirations, Time Management, Goals, Management

Rivers and mountains may change; human nature, never.
—Chinese Proverb
Topics: Change

With money you can buy a house, but not a home.
—Chinese Proverb

A little impatience… big plans ruined.
—Chinese Proverb

Easier to bend the body than the will.
—Chinese Proverb
Topics: The Body

Never try to catch two frogs with one hand.
—Chinese Proverb
Topics: Goals, Aspirations

Away from home they look at your clothes. At home they look at what is under them.
—Chinese Proverb
Topics: Home

Just because men do not like the cold, Heaven will not stop the winter.
—Chinese Proverb
Topics: Heaven

A thousand cups of wine do not suffice when true friends meet, but half a sentence is too much when there is no meeting of minds
—Chinese Proverb
Topics: Wine

At the gambling table, there are no fathers and sons.
—Chinese Proverb
Topics: Proverbs, Gambling

Women and fools never forgive.
—Chinese Proverb
Topics: Forgiveness

When men speak of the future, the Gods laugh.
—Chinese Proverb
Topics: Future

When you put on your clothes, remember the weaver’s labor; when you take your daily food, remember the husbandman’s work.
—Chinese Proverb
Topics: Labor