We leave you an excellent list of Chinese proverbs with which you can think, reflect and learn from this interesting and beautiful millenary culture.
You may also be interested these phrases of Confucius or are you from Lao Tse .
-Control your emotions or they will control you.
-I got angry because I did not have shoes. Then I met a man who had no feet.
-Don't listen to what they say. Go see it.
-Listening a hundred times is not as good as seeing it once.
-A dirty mouth will not speak decent language.
- He who returns from an adventure is not the same as he left.
-A needle is not sharpened on both sides.
- Learning without thinking is a job lost, and thinking without learning is dangerous. -Confucius.
-A good teacher is better than a handful of books.
-All things change and we change with them.
-It takes more than a day for a river to freeze one meter deep.
-The true knowledge is when one knows the limitations of self-knowledge.
-If you always give, you will always receive.
-A single conversation with a wise man is worth a month of study of books.
-With real friends, even drinking water is sweet enough.
- Even the hare bites when it is cornered.
-Water spilled is difficult to recover.
-Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere.
-Tell me once, it's your fault. But swear me twice and it will be my fault.
-If the serpent bites you one morning, you will fear the rope of the well for ten years.
- A gem can not shine without polishing it, just as a man can not be perfected if he is not put to the test.
-Culp yourself as you blame others, and forgive others as much as you forgive yourself.
- Falling in a ditch makes you wiser.
- Do not believe that you will reach your destiny if you do not leave the coast.
-Good deeds bear good fruits, while evil with evil is paid.
-An intelligent person transforms big problems into small ones, and small ones into null ones.
-If you have money, you can ask for favors.
-An adventure of a thousand kilometers begins with a single step. -Lao Tzu
- Listening well is as powerful as speaking well, and it is also essential for a real conversation.
-The man who removes a mountain begins by loading small stones.
-Never judge a person by his appearance.
-Don't be afraid to grow slowly, afraid to stay static.
-The one who depends on himself will achieve the greatest happiness.
-The ship will reach the end of the bridge in due time.
-Only the one who can swallow an insult is a man.
- What you hear may be false, but what you see is true.
-Little men think they are small; the great men never know they are great.
-Before telling secrets on the way, look in the bushes.
- The schemes of man are inferior to those made by heaven.
-If a family has an older person in it, it has a jewel.
-To be successful, consult three elderly people.
-A fool judges people for the gifts they give him.
-When the roof is dripping is when several continuous rainy nights arrive.
- A beam, no matter how big it is, can not support a whole house on its own.
-A man should choose a friend that is better than himself. There are many known in the world, but very few friends.
-A mountain can not turn, but a road can.
-In adversity, the true feelings are revealed.
-If you stand up straight, do not fear a crooked shadow.
-A book is like carrying a garden in your pocket.
-There are many roads to the top of the mountain, but the view is the same.
Do good and you will reap good. Do evil and you will reap evil.
-An invisible thread connects those who are destined to know each other.
-The bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song.
-Teachers can open the door for you, but you must enter by yourself.
-All things are difficult until they become easy.
-If your strength is small, do not carry heavy things. If your words have no value, do not give advice.
- Everything has its beauty, but not everyone can see it. -Confucius.
-Cape the well before you are thirsty.
-The talk does not cook rice.
- Believing in our dreams implies spending our whole lives asleep.
- Knowing another does not mean knowing your face, but the heart of the person.
-Suponer is cheap, but mistakenly supposing it can be expensive.
-Better than approaching the shore to admire the fish, is to go back and prepare to launch a network over the waters.
-We can study until old... and even then not finish.
-Experience can lead to skills.
-It is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.
-When the winds of change blow, some people will build walls, while others will build windmills.
-To talk much without getting anywhere is the same as climbing a tree to catch a fish.
-The bird that gets up early is the one that gets the worm.
-A little fragrance clings to the hand that cuts the flowers.
-A fraction of time is a piece of gold. But it is difficult to buy a fraction of time with a piece of gold.
-A high-principled person is one who can see a complete chess match without making a single comment.
-The distant water does not extinguish a nearby fire.
-Resolve a problem and keep a hundred others away.
-There is no person who has a thousand good days in a row, or a flower that stays red for a hundred days.
-The prospects of the heroes are more or less similar.
-If you plan a year from now, plant rice. If you plan for ten years, plant trees. And if you plan a hundred years from now, educate humanity.
-A straight foot does not fear a crooked shoe.
-Forget the given favors, remember those received.
-The sky will not betray those people who give the best of themselves.
-A wise man makes his own decisions, and an ignorant man follows public opinion.
-It is better to trust in yourself than in the help of others.
-It is easy to adapt from an economic lifestyle to a luxurious lifestyle. By contrast, the opposite is what becomes difficult.
- He who thinks a lot every step he takes, will always stand on one leg.
-To understand the love of your parents you will have to raise your own children.
-The dogs have no harm against the poor.
- One generation plants the trees, and another enjoys its shade.
-If you want to be happy for an hour, take a nap. If you want to be happy for a day, go fishing. If you want to be happy for a month, marry. If you want to be happy for a year, inherit a fortune. And if you want happiness for life, help someone else.
-Studying is like paddling up the river: not moving forward implies going backwards.
-We count our miseries carefully, and accept our blessings without thinking too much.
-Better thin and good, than fat and evil.
-It's easy to open a store. The hard part is keeping it open.
-If your mind is strong, all difficult things will come easily to you. But if your mind is weak, all easy things will become difficult.
-The opportunity touches the door only once.
-If you want your dinner do not insult the cook.
-Today's tasks are things that must be completed today.
-If you work hard enough, you can even mold a metal bar into a needle.
-The friend of all is not anyone's friend.
-When you get to a village, follow their customs.
-Just as distance proves the strength of a horse, time can reveal a person's heart.
-The hungry can not choose their food.
-While you negotiate, hide your coin.
-One often finds its destination just where it hides to avoid it.
- Without pain, nobody becomes a saint.
-What you do not want for yourself, do not do it to others. -Confucius.
-The weather is like an arrow.
-A closed mind is like a closed book, just a block of wood.
-If you are patient in a moment of anger, you will avoid a hundred days of repentance.
-If you must play, define three things from the beginning: the rules of the game, what is at stake and the time to end it.
-It is better the cabin where one is happy, than the palace where one cries.
-The pearls are not found on the coast. If you want one, you should immerse yourself deep in it.
-The life of a child is like a piece of paper in which all people leave a mark.
-Great doubts, great wisdom; Little doubts, little wisdom.
-It does not matter how high the mountain is, it will never be able to cover the sun.
- Tenacity and adversity are old enemies.
- He who sacrifices his conscience for ambition, burns an image to obtain ashes.
-The calamity has its roots in prosperity, and prosperity has its origins in calamity.
-Make those who are near happy, and those who are far away will come.
-A sharp tongue or a feather can kill without a knife.
-It is not difficult to know, but to do.
- Forgetting an ancestor is like being a stream without an origin and a tree without roots.
-A bit of impatience will ruin big plans.
-You want a good horse, but you do not give it pasture to eat.
-A single meal will not make a man fat.
-Pathers who are afraid to put their feet on the ground usually have children who step on their feet.
-The son is like his father.
-An armada can conquer a general, but no man can take away his ambitions from another.
-Cien"no"are less agonizing than a"yes"not sincere.
-The person who tries to travel two roads at the same time will not get anywhere. -Xun Kuang.
-The tension is what you think it should be, relaxation is who you are.
-Do you not want others to find out what you did? Better not do that than you do not want them to know.
-Learning is a weightless treasure that you can always carry easily.
-A man gets tired while he remains motionless.
-The one who asks is a fool for five minutes, but the one who does not do it remains a fool forever.
-Do not choose who you do not trust and trust who you choose.
-Wherever you go, go with all your heart.
-Love is not about possession, but about appreciation.
-The treasure of a nation lies in its academics.
-A good book is a good friend.
-The experience is a comb that nature gives us when we are bald.
- Do not limit your children to your own learning, since they were born in a different time.
- Patience is a bitter plant, but its fruit is sweet.
- Give a man a fish, and you will feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you will feed him for life.
-If your face is ugly, you can not blame the mirror.
-The first step of a thousand different things is always difficult.
-Every generation will reap what the past generation has sown. We enjoy the benefits of the hard work of our ancestors.
-There are two types of perfect people: those that are dead, and those that are not yet born.
-Every child is born with an innate kindness.
- Married couples tell each other a thousand things without speaking.
-Scale the mountains, to see the plains.
-The more you practice, the less you will bleed in battle.
-A diamond with a defect is worth more than a stone without imperfections.