Chinese Proverb Quotes

Browse 17 quotes from Chinese Proverb, featuring insights on success, personal growth, leadership, mindset, and achievement.
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Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.
— Chinese Proverb
If you wish to know the road ahead, ask those coming back.
— Chinese Proverb
When the winds of change blow, some people build walls and others build windmills.
— Chinese Proverb
He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; he who does not ask a question remains a fool forever.
— Chinese Proverb
If you want happiness for a lifetime, help somebody.
— Chinese Proverb
With time and patience the mulberry leaf becomes a silk gown.
— Chinese Proverb
Be not afraid of growing slowly; be afraid only of standing still.
— Chinese Proverb
Great souls have wills; feeble ones have only wishes.
— Chinese Proverb
A single conversation across the table with a wise person is worth a month's study of books.
— Chinese Proverb
A wise man makes his own decisions; an ignorant man follows public opinion.
— Chinese Proverb
If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.
— Chinese Proverb
The flower that blooms in adversity is the rarest and most beautiful of all.
— Chinese Proverb
Tension is who you think you should be. Relaxation is who you are.
— Chinese Proverb
To hear something a hundred times is not as good as seeing it once.
— Chinese Proverb
The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago. The second best time is now.
— Chinese Proverb
He that takes medicine and neglects diet wastes the skill of the physician.
— Chinese Proverb
The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it.
— Chinese Proverb

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