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

Quote by Chinese Proverbs

Topics: Character Quotes, Testing Quotes, Time Quotes

Sorrow is the child of too much joy

Sorrow is the child of too much joy

We are not so much concerned if you are slow as when you come to...

We are not so much concerned if you are slow as when you come to...

One never needs their humor as much a when they argue with a fool.

One never needs their humor as much a when they argue with a fool.

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

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

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....

A single conversation across the table with a wise person is worth a month's study...

A single conversation across the table with a wise person is worth a month's study...

Slander cannot destroy an honest man - when the flood recedes the rock is there

Slander cannot destroy an honest man - when the flood recedes the rock is there

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.

He who sacrifices his conscience to ambition burns a picture to obtain the ashes

He who sacrifices his conscience to ambition burns a picture to obtain the ashes

A man should choose a friend who is better than himself. There are plenty of...

A man should choose a friend who is better than himself. There are plenty of...

He who depends on himself will attain the greatest happiness.

He who depends on himself will attain the greatest happiness.

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

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

With money you are a dragon; with no money, a worm

With money you are a dragon; with no money, a worm

Love is blind, and greed insatiable

Love is blind, and greed insatiable

Better to be a dog in times of peace than a human being in times...

Better to be a dog in times of peace than a human being in times...

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...

Temptation wrings integrity even as the thumbscrew twists a man's fingers

Temptation wrings integrity even as the thumbscrew twists a man's fingers

Happiness is like a sunbeam, which the least shadow intercepts, while adversity is often as...

Happiness is like a sunbeam, which the least shadow intercepts, while adversity is often as...

Adversity precedes growth.

Adversity precedes growth.

Adversity doesn't build your character. Adversity reveals your character.

Adversity doesn't build your character. Adversity reveals your character.

Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness...

Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness...