Chinese Sayings.....

A gem is not polished without friction,
not a person perfected without trials.

A journey of a thousand miles
begins with a single step.


Choose a job you love,
and you will never have to
work a day in your life.


Even the highest tower
begins from the ground.


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


Great fortunes depend on luck;
small fortunes depend on diligence.


If the family lives in harmony,
all affairs will prosper.


If you are patient
in one moment of anger,
you will escape a
hundred days of regrets.


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


Learning is a treasure which
follows it's owner everywhere.


Life is partly what we make it,
and partly what it is made
by the friends whom we choose.


Make no promises when
you are seized by joy;
write no letters when
you are seized by anger.


One person tells a falsehood and
a hundred repeat it as true.


Pleasure is shallow, trouble deep.


Tell me and I'll forget;
Show me and I may remember;
Involve me and I'll understand.

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