Quotes by Chinese/China authors (page 2)

"They must often change, who would be constant in happiness or wisdom"

Confucius, Philosopher

"The superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions"

Confucius, Philosopher

"Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life"

Confucius, Philosopher

"To see the right and not to do it is cowardice"

Confucius, Philosopher

"The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home"

Confucius, Philosopher

"The object of the superior man is truth"

Confucius, Philosopher

"Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous"

Confucius, Philosopher

"Instead of being concerned that you have no office, be concerned to think how you may fit yourself for office. Instead of being concerned that you are not known, see to the (be?) worthy of being known"

Confucius, Philosopher

"If you think in terms of a year, plant a seed; if in terms of ten years, plant trees; if in terms of 100 years, teach the people"

Confucius, Philosopher

"Pride and excess bring disaster for man"

Xun Kuang, Philosopher

"If the blood humor is too strong and robust, calm it with balance and harmony"

Xun Kuang, Philosopher

"I once tried thinking for an entire day, but I found it less valuable than one moment of study"

Xun Kuang, Philosopher

"Today's China is not in the least shut out from the rest of the world. Trends come to us from all over the world. And the Internet is really developed in China. We get news from all over the world"

Zhang Ziyi, Actress

"We're still working out the details, but I'd be delighted to do the film. The problem at the moment is my busy schedule. Shooting on this film has been extended by a month, but I need to be in the U.S. by Dec. 20"

Zhang Ziyi, Actress

"Well, you know, if you get into the profession because you think you can make a lot of money, you can never become successful"

Martin Yan, Celebrity

"The problem with a lot of Chinese is that they put up divisions between Taiwanese, Hong Kong natives, mainlanders. We are never united. I really hope that the Chinese can be more united"

Martin Yan, Celebrity

"I think a lot of times it's not money that's the primary motivation factor; it's the passion for your job and the professional and personal satisfaction that you get out of doing what you do that motivates you"

Martin Yan, Celebrity

"I remember when I was in college, I used to watch Julia Child's cooking show during dinner and joke with my roommates about becoming a TV chef"

Martin Yan, Celebrity

"Know your enemy and know yourself and you can fight a hundred battles without disaster"

Sun Tzu, Philosopher

"Be extremely subtle, even to the point of formlessness. Be extremely mysterious, even to the point of soundlessness. Thereby you can be the director of the opponent's fate"

Sun Tzu, Philosopher

"How do you explain certain physical qualities that somehow sell on screen? You're born with it... Certain people are just more watchable, and I was more watchable, but I don't think I understood acting or drama very well when I was a kid"

Joan Chen, Actress

"All teenagers have this desire to somehow run away"

Joan Chen, Actress

"This is my first wuxia movie and I must consider this before trying to make something with my own"

Zhang Yimou, Director

"I never went on an audition - when they were really looking at everybody"

Joan Chen, Actress

"Rewards and punishment is the lowest form of education"

Zhuangzi, Philosopher

"Don't try to be like Jackie. There is only one Jackie. Study computers instead"

Jackie Chan, Actor

"American stuntmen are smart - they think about safety. When they do a jump in a car, they calculate everything: the speed, the distance... But in Hong Kong, we don't know how to count. Everything we do is a guess. If you've got the guts, you do it. All of my stuntmen have gotten hurt"

Jackie Chan, Actor

"I've always been in a rebel"

Donnie Yen, Actor

"When you watch my films, you're feeling my heart"

Donnie Yen, Actor

"We think too small, like the frog at the bottom of the well. He thinks the sky is only as big as the top of the well. If he surfaced, he would have an entirely different view"

Mao Tse-Tung, Leader

"Despise the enemy strategically, but take him seriously tactically"

Mao Tse-Tung, Leader

"When the heart is right, 'for' and 'against' are forgotten"

Zhuang Zi, Philosopher

"I'm very private in person. I'm very sensitive and shy with men individually. But when I'm talking, maybe there's this other channel or this other side and other way of working in my mind, and I convert and become carefree"

Bai Ling, Actress

"In the West audiences think I am a stereotyped action star, or that I always play hitmen or killers. But in Hong Kong, I did a lot of comedy, many dramatic films, and most of all, romantic roles, lots of love stories. I was like a romance novel hero"

Chow Yun-Fat, Actor

"Free Tibet before free trade"

Zhu Rongji, Statesman

"Keep a cool head and maintain a low profile. Never take the lead - but aim to do something big"

Deng Xiaoping, Leader

"People in their handlings of affairs often fail when they are about to succeed. If one remains as careful at the end as he was at the beginning, there will be no failure"

Lao Tzu, Author

"One who is too insistent on his own views, finds few to agree with him"

Lao Tzu, Author

"If you realize that all things change, there is nothing you will try to hold on to. If you are not afraid of dying, there is nothing you cannot achieve"

Lao Tzu, Author

"The softest things in the world overcome the hardest things in the world"

Lao Tzu, Author

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Quotes by Chinese authors