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

Quote by Chinese Proverbs

Topics: Character Quotes, Testing Quotes, Time Quotes

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...

Covet wealth, and want it; don't, and luck will grant it

Covet wealth, and want it; don't, and luck will grant it

Losing comes of winning money.

Losing comes of winning money.

If we don't change our direction we're likely to end up where we're headed.

If we don't change our direction we're likely to end up where we're headed.

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 more you sweat in peacetime, the less you bleed during war.

The more you sweat in peacetime, the less you bleed during war.

When you belong to a minority, you have to be better in order to have...

When you belong to a minority, you have to be better in order to have...

Failure is not falling down but refusing to get up.

Failure is not falling down but refusing to get up.

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

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

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

If your strength is small, don't carry heavy burdens. If your words are worthless, don't...

If your strength is small, don't carry heavy burdens. If your words are worthless, don't...

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,...

Gold is tested by fire, people by God

Gold is tested by fire, people by God

To listen well, is as powerful a means of influence as to talk well, and...

To listen well, is as powerful a means of influence as to talk well, and...

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...

For the sake of one good action a hundred evil ones should be forgotten

For the sake of one good action a hundred evil ones should be forgotten

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...

Parents who are afraid to put their foot down usually have children who step on...

Parents who are afraid to put their foot down usually have children who step on...

His parents were shiftless and unsuccessful farm people - his imagination had never really accepted...

His parents were shiftless and unsuccessful farm people - his imagination had never really accepted...

How you lose or keep your hair depends on how wisely you choose your parents.

How you lose or keep your hair depends on how wisely you choose your parents.