The man who strikes first admits that his ideas have given out.

Quote by Chinese Proverbs

Topics: Ideas Quotes, Weakness Quotes

Habits are cobwebs at first; cables at last

Habits are cobwebs at first; cables at last

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...

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

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

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

Opportunities always look bigger going than coming

Opportunities always look bigger going than coming

If you are planning for a year, sow rice; if you are planning for a...

If you are planning for a year, sow rice; if you are planning for a...

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

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

Don't consider your reputation and you may do anything you like

Don't consider your reputation and you may do anything you like

The saving man becomes the free man.

The saving man becomes the free man.

He who seeks vengeance must dig two graves: one for his enemy and one for...

He who seeks vengeance must dig two graves: one for his enemy and one for...

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...

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

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

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...

Were I to await perfection, my book would never be finished

Were I to await perfection, my book would never be finished

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...

To encourage talent is to create it

To encourage talent is to create it

The woman who tells her age is either too young to have anything to lose...

The woman who tells her age is either too young to have anything to lose...

One joy shatters a hundred griefs

One joy shatters a hundred griefs

Grief and greed are as inextricably entwined as love and marriage should be.

Grief and greed are as inextricably entwined as love and marriage should be.

Of all the griefs that harass the distressed, sure the most bitter is a scornful...

Of all the griefs that harass the distressed, sure the most bitter is a scornful...

Joy is of the will which labours, which overcomes obstacles, which knows triumph.

Joy is of the will which labours, which overcomes obstacles, which knows triumph.