Chinese Proverb Quotes

Respect for one's parents is the highest duty of civil life.

A clever person turns great troubles into little ones, and little ones into none at all.

In a group of many words, there is bound to be a mistake somewhere in them.

If you are standing upright, don't worry if your shadow is crooked. If you want an audience, start a fight.

If you are planning for a year, plant grain. If you are planning for a decade, plant trees. If you are planning for a century, plant men.

It is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.

Listening well is as powerful as talking well, and is also as essential to true conversation.

Listen to all, pluck a feather from every passing goose, but follow no one absolutely.

Be not disturbed at being misunderstood; be disturbed rather at not being understanding.

A kind word warms for three winters.

Only one who can swallow an insult is a man.