Many people make the use of proverbs as a daily guide to better living. This inspires them to step into the world each day and learn the valuable lesson indicated by the proverb of the day. And this proverb maybe found from various sources, or then maybe from a readymade calendar.
One can find a large number of famous Chinese proverbs, as daily guidance that will fertilize he soul towards making the day one rich in learning and experience…
- With true friends even water drunk together is sweet enough.
- A bird in your hand is worth more than 100 in the forest.
- Giving your son a skill is better then giving him one thousand pieces of gold.
- A book is like a garden carried in the pocket.
- A fall into a ditch makes you wiser.
- Have a mouth as sharp as a dagger, but a heart as soft as tofu.
- You won't help bamboo shoots grow by pulling them up higher.
- A dog won't forsake his master because of his poverty; a son never deserts his mother for her homely appearance.
- A book holds a house of gold.
- We are not so much concerned if you are slow as when you come to a halt.
- You can't catch a cub without going into the tiger's den.
- 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.
- Mankind fears an evil man, but heaven does not.
- Not the cry, but the flight of the wild duck leads the flock to fly and follow.
- One generation plants the trees, another gets the shade.