If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.
More Japanese Proverbs:
The mouth of a man is a terrible opening.Japanese
One can stand still in a flowing stream, but not in a world of men.
Japanese
My son is my son till he gets him a wife, but my daughter's my daughter all the days of her life.
Japanese
Better to wash an old kimono than borrow a new one.
Japanese
The second word makes the fray.
Japanese
A good religion does not need miracles.
Japanese