Chinese Proverbs on Time (33 Proverbs)
- We can move the entire mountain one piece at a time.
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- A dream that lasts merely a millet soup's cooking time.
(Chinese Proverb)
- An inch of time is an inch of gold, but an inch of time cannot be purchased for an inch of gold.
(Chinese Proverb)
- Do everything at its right time, and one day will seem like three.
(Chinese Proverb)
- Fearing laws makes one happy every day; withholding truth from heaven worries one all the time.
(Chinese Proverb)
- Force tells weak from strong for a moment; truth tells right from wrong all the time.
(Chinese Proverb)
- Good will be rewarded with good and evil with evil; it is only a matter of time.
(Chinese Proverb)
- If you must play, decide on three things at the start: the rules of the game, the stakes, and the quitting time.
(Chinese Proverb)
- One's true nature is revealed in time of difficulty.
(Chinese Proverb)
- Study without reflection is a waste of time; reflection without study is dangerous.
(Chinese Proverb)
- Time is like a river - it flows by and doesn't return.
(Chinese Proverb)
- Do not confine your children to your own learning, for they were born in another time.
(Chinese Proverb)
- As long as time is not pressing one does not burn incense; when it becomes urgent one kisses the feet of Buddha.
(Chinese Proverb)
- An inch of time is an inch of gold, but you can't buy that inch of time with an inch of gold.
(Chinese Proverb)
- An inch of time cannot be bought with an inch of gold.
(Chinese Proverb)
- He who does not know what to do in his spare time is not a businessman.
(Chinese Proverb)
- Going into a country the first time, ask what is forbidden; on entering a village, ask what are the customs; on entering a private house, ask what should not be mentioned.
(Chinese Proverb)
- The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago. The second best time is today.
(Chinese Proverb)
- People live like birds in the woods: When the time comes, each must take flight.
(Chinese Proverb)
- One step at a time is good walking.
(Chinese Proverb)
- Nature, time and patience are the three great physicians.
(Chinese Proverb)
- Man who waits for roast duck to fly into mouth must wait very, very long time.
(Chinese Proverb)
- Lazy people always want to do everything at the same time.
(Chinese Proverb)
- If you must play, decide upon three things at the start: the rules of the game, the stakes, and the quitting time.
(Chinese Proverb)
- To get through the hardest journey we need take only one step at a time, but we must keep on stepping.
(Chinese Proverb)
- There is a time to fish and a time to dry the nets.
(Chinese Proverb)
- When you have read a book for the first time, you get to know a friend; read it for a second time and you meet an old friend.
(Chinese Proverb)
- Transgressions should never be forgiven a third time.
(Chinese Proverb)
- Whoever keeps his door locked all the time longs for it to be broken down.
(Chinese Proverb)
- You can't buy an inch of time with an inch of gold.
(Chinese Proverb)
- You can accompany a friend for a thousand miles but at some time you must take your leave.
(Chinese Proverb)
- One step at a time.
(Chinese Proverb)
- Procrastination is the thief of time.
(Chinese Proverb)
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