The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.
Defeat isn’t bitter if you don’t swallow it.
The diamond cannot be polished without friction, nor the man perfected without trials.
A jade stone is useless before it is processed; a man is good-for-nothing until he is educated.
The loftiest towers rise from the ground.
A person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the man doing it.
All cats love fish but fear to wet their paws.
Don’t stand by the water and long for fish; go home and weave a net.
Failing to plan is planning to fail.
If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.
