Distance tests a horse's strength. Time reveals a person's character.

Quote by Chinese Proverbs

Topics: Character Quotes, Testing Quotes, Time Quotes

Killing a bad monarch is not to be considered murder but justice

Killing a bad monarch is not to be considered murder but justice

You cannot prevent the birds of sorrow from flying over your head, but you can...

You cannot prevent the birds of sorrow from flying over your head, but you can...

Failure is not falling down but refusing to get up.

Failure is not falling down but refusing to get up.

There are two perfectly good men, one dead, and the other unborn

There are two perfectly good men, one dead, and the other unborn

You cannot prevent the birds of sadness from passing over your head, but you can...

You cannot prevent the birds of sadness from passing over your head, but you can...

Use power to curb power

Use power to curb power

Tell me and I'll forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and I'll...

Tell me and I'll forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and I'll...

To open a shop is easy, to keep it open is an art

To open a shop is easy, to keep it open is an art

Do not employ handsome servants

Do not employ handsome servants

Gold is tested by fire, people by God

Gold is tested by fire, people by God

Habits are cobwebs at first; cables at last

Habits are cobwebs at first; cables at last

When you drink from the stream remember the spring.

When you drink from the stream remember the spring.

Learning is like rowing upstream; not to advance is to drop back

Learning is like rowing upstream; not to advance is to drop back

Only the man who crosses the river at night knows the value of the light...

Only the man who crosses the river at night knows the value of the light...

A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows public opinion

A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows public opinion

If God had meant us to fly he'd have given us wings

If God had meant us to fly he'd have given us wings

If you get up one more time than you fall you will make it through.

If you get up one more time than you fall you will make it through.

The changes wrought by time are like the gathering of a river which feeds stream...

The changes wrought by time are like the gathering of a river which feeds stream...

Time is the cruelest teacher; first she gives the test, then teaches the lesson.

Time is the cruelest teacher; first she gives the test, then teaches the lesson.

The future is something which everyone reaches at the rate of 60 minutes an hour,...

The future is something which everyone reaches at the rate of 60 minutes an hour,...