A flower you plant may not necessarily bloom; but the seed of a tree you happen to drop may grow into a forest. (Chinese Proverb)
Even for a tree of 10000 feet, it's leaves return to the root when they fall. (Chinese Proverb)
If you are planning for a year, sow rice; if you are planning for a decade, plant trees; if you are planning for a lifetime, educate people. (Chinese Proverb)
If you want a crop for one year, grow grain; if you want a crop for ten years, grow a tree; if you want a crop for a hundred years, grow men. (Chinese Proverb)
It takes a tree ten years to mature; it takes a man one hundred years to form. (Chinese Proverb)
Living at a river, one comes to know the nature of the fish therein; Dwelling by a mountain, one learns to recognize the language of the birds thereupon. (Chinese Proverb)
Once a tree falls, the monkeys on it will scatter. (Chinese Proverb)
One's true nature is revealed in time of difficulty. (Chinese Proverb)
The one who plants the tree is not the one who will enjoy its shade. (Chinese Proverb)
The flatterer makes you climb up a tree then takes the ladder away. (Chinese Proverb)
The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago. The second best time is today. (Chinese Proverb)
Rivers and mountains may change; human nature, never. (Chinese Proverb)
One generation plants the trees; another gets the shade. (Chinese Proverb)
No matter how tall the tree is, its leaves will always fall to the ground. (Chinese Proverb)
Nature, time and patience are the three great physicians. (Chinese Proverb)
Just as tall trees are known by their shadows, so are good men known by their enemies. (Chinese Proverb)
If you are planning for one year, grow rice. If you are planning for 20 years grow trees. If you are planning for centuries, grow men. (Chinese Proverb)
He who sees heaven in the water sees the fishes in the trees. (Chinese Proverb)
To forget one's ancestors is to be a brook without a source, a tree without a root. (Chinese Proverb)
To climb a tree to catch a fish is talking much and doing nothing. (Chinese Proverb)