Wise Chinese Quotes

• I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.

  Confucius

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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• If you want happiness for a year, inherit a fortune. If you want happiness for a lifetime, help someone else.

  Confucius

  Happiness, Happy, Powerful

  230 Copy quote

• The gem cannot be polished without friction nor man without trials.

  Confucius

  Inspirational, Life, Success

  104 Copy quote

• A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows the public opinion.

  Grantland Rice

  Confidence, Wise, Wisdom

  300 Copy quote

• When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.

  Confucius

  Inspirational, Motivational, Change

  197 Copy quote

• The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. Watch your step.

  Thomas S. Monson

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  63 Copy quote

• The journey of a thousand miles begins with a cash advance.

  Alton Brown

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  37 Copy quote

• Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.

  Confucius

  Inspirational, Life, Positive

  167 Copy quote

• Man who waits for roast duck to fly into mouth must wait very, very long time.

  Jules Renard

  Men, Ducks, Long

  7 Copy quote

• Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.

  Maimonides

  Inspirational, Funny, Life

  221 Copy quote

• Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime. Leave the dude alone and he'll figure it out.

  Louis C. K.

  Education, Math, Men

  46 Copy quote

• He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever.

  Mark Twain

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  165 Copy quote
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  Wherever you go, go with all your heart.

  Confucius

  Inspirational, Happiness, Graduation

  142 Copy quote
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  It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.

  Confucius

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  404 Copy quote
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  Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

  Confucius

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  1030 Copy quote

• Teachers open the door ... you enter by yourself.

  Confucius

  Education, Teacher, Teaching

  47 Copy quote

• Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses.

  Confucius

  Inspirational, Thank You, Kindness

  50 Copy quote

• Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.

  Confucius

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

  145 Copy quote

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• Study without reflection is a waste of time; reflection without study is dangerous.

  Confucius

  Time, Reflection, Waste

  48 Copy quote

• Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.

  Confucius

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• With time and patience, the mulberry leaf becomes satin.

  Maltbie Davenport Babcock

  Patience, Perseverance, Chinese

  Maltbie Davenport Babcock (1901). “Thoughts for Every-day Living from the Spoken and Written Words of Maltbie Davenport Babcock”

  74 Copy quote

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• The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their proper name.

  Confucius

  Wisdom, Names, Naming Things

  "The Analects". Book by Confucius,

  55 Copy quote

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• Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach him how to fish, and he will sit in a boat and drink beer all day.

  George Carlin

  Funny, Humor, Beer

  133 Copy quote

• The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.

  Confucius

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  227 Copy quote

• Virtue is not left to stand alone. He who practices it will have neighbors.

  Confucius

  Wise, Philosophical, Practice

  Confucius “The Analects”, W. W. Norton & Company

  59 Copy quote

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