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

Quote by Chinese Proverbs

Topics: Character Quotes, Testing Quotes, Time Quotes

With time and patience the mulberry leaf becomes a silk gown.

With time and patience the mulberry leaf becomes a silk gown.

Oh she's nice, she's kind, innocent too. She's probably pretty, the right one for you....

Oh she's nice, she's kind, innocent too. She's probably pretty, the right one for you....

To understand your parents' love bear your own children.

To understand your parents' love bear your own children.

When planning for a year, plant corn. When planning for a decade, plant trees. When...

When planning for a year, plant corn. When planning for a decade, plant trees. When...

Pleasure for one hour, a bottle of wine. Pleasure for one year a marriage; but...

Pleasure for one hour, a bottle of wine. Pleasure for one year a marriage; but...

In the midst of great joy do not promise to give a man anything; in...

In the midst of great joy do not promise to give a man anything; in...

Kissing is like drinking salted water: you drink and your thirst increases

Kissing is like drinking salted water: you drink and your thirst increases

To understand your parents' love bear your own children

To understand your parents' love bear your own children

The greatest conqueror is he who overcomes the enemy without a blow

The greatest conqueror is he who overcomes the enemy without a blow

Losing comes of winning money.

Losing comes of winning money.

It is harder to be poor without complaining than to be rich without boasting

It is harder to be poor without complaining than to be rich without boasting

Everyone pushes a falling fence

Everyone pushes a falling fence

If you want happiness for a lifetime - help the next generation.

If you want happiness for a lifetime - help the next generation.

He who is passionate and hasty, is generally honest; it is your cool dissembling hypocrite,...

He who is passionate and hasty, is generally honest; it is your cool dissembling hypocrite,...

Though you live near a forest, do not waste firewood

Though you live near a forest, do not waste firewood

A bird can roost but on one branch, a mouse can drink not more than...

A bird can roost but on one branch, a mouse can drink not more than...

Beauty is the wisdom of women. Wisdom is the beauty of men.

Beauty is the wisdom of women. Wisdom is the beauty of men.

Think of your own faults the first part of the night when you are awake,...

Think of your own faults the first part of the night when you are awake,...

The greatest of faults, I should say, is to be conscious of none.

The greatest of faults, I should say, is to be conscious of none.

The faults of great authors are generally excellences carried to an excess.

The faults of great authors are generally excellences carried to an excess.

The man who has seen the rising moon break out of the clouds at midnight...

The man who has seen the rising moon break out of the clouds at midnight...