Quotes by Chinese Authors - Page 4

Behind an able man there are always other able men.
Chinese Proverb
Sometimes it is more important to discover what one cannot do than what one can do.
Lin Yutang
Orchestrating a diversified team can indeed enhance the higher level of harmony.
Pearl Zhu
Fairness is one of the most significant traits in wisdom, the fairer you are, the wiser you become.
Pearl Zhu
Being in the country is like being in a dream—one doesn't quite know who one is. There is an anonymity to it all—that strange human creature that is me, one among all.
Meia Geddes
You can only fail better only if you learn from failures. And then failing is something that prompts you to move ahead.
Pearl Zhu
The young must not scoff at the old, for flowers don’t bloom forever
Mo Yan
Too much thinking causes confusion and anxietybetter to stick with the simplicity of Tao
Lao Tzu
Let go of rousing speechand identification with thoughtsUntil your endyou will never be jaded
Lao Tzu
The snow goose need not bathe to make itself white. Neither need you do anything but be yourself.
Lao Tzu
When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everyone will respect you.
Lao Tzu
The sawdust flew. A slightly sweet fragrance floated in the immediate area. It was a sweet but subtle aroma, neither the scent of pine nor willow, but one from the past that had been forgotten, only to reappear now after all these years, fresher than ever. The workmen occasionally scooped up a handful of sawdust, which they put into their mouths and swallowed. Before that they had chewed on pieces of green bark that they had stripped from the cut wood. It had the same fragrance and it freshened their mouths, so at first that was what they had used. Now even though they were no longer chewing the bark with which they felt such a bond, the stack of corded wood was a very appealing sight. From time to time they gave the logs a friendly slap or kick. Each time they sawed off a section, which rolled to the ground from the sawhorse, they would say:'Off with you - go over there and lie down where you belong.'What they were thinking was that big pieces of lumber like this should be used to make tables or chairs or to repair a house or make window frames; wood like this was hard to find.But now they were cutting it into kindling to be burned in stoves, a sad ending for good wood like this. They could see a comparison with their own lives, and this was a saddening thought. ("North China")
Xiao Hong
The dictator’s black hand hadmade China a birdcage wrapped in red flags.--From "Balloons
Zoë S. Roy
I wonder now how we got by when you weren't here.""I have no doubt the devastation was widespread, the suffering universal.""Indeed, it was the Dark Ages in the annals of Mrs. Dawlish's house. Ignorance was thick on the ground, and unenlkghtenment befogged all the windows.
Sherry Thomas
To reimagine IT, IT branding needs to be part of IT transformation effort.
Pearl Zhu
Decision making is an art only until the person understands the science.
Pearl Zhu
The art of decision making includes the art of questioning.
Pearl Zhu
Both the art of intuition and the science of analytics have the role to play in making wise decisions.
Pearl Zhu
Decision maturity is to ensure the right decisions have been made by the right people at the right time to solve the right problems.
Pearl Zhu
No decision in the world outlives the time, place, and person’s constituents on the basis of which it was made.
Pearl Zhu
I shake my head. “I know,” I reply. “You are searching for her too.”We stand for a moment, staring out at the stars mirrored in the calm seas. I know why Magiano doesn’t look at me. I remind him too much of her.“I’m sorry,” I whisper, after a long pause.“Don’t be.” A small, sad smile touches his lips. “She chose it.
Marie Lu
All our finite decisions are taken in a very transient emotional stage.
Pearl Zhu
Decisions are always characterized by the lack of information and knowledge.
Pearl Zhu
It is often said that a wrong decision taken at the right time is better than a right decision taken at the wrong time.
Pearl Zhu
If someone stops where they should not, they’ll stop anywhere. If someone slights a person they should treat generously, they’ll slight anyone. And if someone races ahead, they retreat in a hurry.
Mencius
Clever talk, ingratiating looks, fawning reverence: Tso-ch’iu Ming found that shameful, and so do I. Friendly while harboring resentment: Tso-ch’iu Ming found that shameful, too, and so do I.
Confucius
I want to run. To do what I always do, have always done, for the last five years of my life. Escape, flee into the shadows. But this time, I stand my ground. I'm tired of running.
Marie Lu
Lies written in ink cannot disguise facts written in blood.
Lu Xun
Time is a created thing. To say, "I don't have time" is like saying "I don't want to.
Lau-tzu
But the thing is, a wife is a wife and you can't ditch her like a worn shirt after a life.
Yiyun Li
The well-defined principles last when time moves on. However, a progressive organization or society will love to break the old or hidden rules in order to move forward.
Pearl Zhu
Fortune favors the brave."Another moment of silence. And then, Iolanthe found herself shouting at the top of her lungs, her voice nearly drowned by the bellow of all the rebels present, "And the brave make their own fortune!
Sherry Thomas
Beauty can make a woman rich, but if she relies solely on her looks to get by, she'll always remain under a man's thumb.
Ma Jian
Sometimes, the anger built up so much that people had to scream out their treasonous thoughts just to keep on breathing. Maybe not all of the were really crazy, but it was best for everyone involved to pretend that they were.
Ken Liu
The best of all leaders is the one who helps people so that eventually they don’t need him.
Lao Tzu
The key to organizational success is to integrate next generation of leaders, tap into their way of looking at the world, solve problems in a very collaborative working style.
Pearl Zhu
Be the best, not necessarily the original.
I.M. Pei
Attack the evil that is within yourself, rather than attacking the evil that is in others.
Confucius
Watch your back, little wolf, they say. Enemies arise from unexpected places.
Marie Lu
It will be impossible to catch all the rats, my love,” he says. His hand brushes against mine. “Sooner or later, one will squeeze through the cracks. You need to be more careful.
Marie Lu
The value-added Board brings the high-performance result, “deep common sense,” balance, improved strategic thinking, creativity, wisdom and more.
Pearl Zhu
None of us is beyond the task of missions...The question is not whether or not we will be working to spread the gospel around the world, but what role we will play in this.
Francis Chan
Kissing with the tip of the tongue is like ice-cream melting. It was he who taught me that a kiss has a soul and colour of its own.
Zhou Weihui
I’ve always loved you,” he said, his eyes a blue that was almost violet. “You know this.” She swallowed a lump in her throat. “I only wonder whether I deserve such devotion.”“Sometimes people fall in love with those who do not return the same strength of feelings. It is as it is,” he said with a quiet intensity. “What I give, I give freely. You owe me nothing, not love, not friendship, not even obligation.
Sherry Thomas
We still live in the era in which information is rich and insight is poor.
Pearl Zhu
The big “WHEN” about change is not just a particular moment, but a thought-out planning with clear defined timelines.
Pearl Zhu
Change shouldn’t be treated as a singular occurrence when it is an ongoing, continued process and dynamic capability within the organization.
Pearl Zhu
To believe in moments makes life endless, no?
Meia Geddes
I enlarge the photo again. Nope, too blurry
Marie Lu
Do you think to make man good by enacting more laws?
Hock G. Tjoa
Unexpected gifts were better accepted when they were presented by total strangers, I had learnt.
Vann Chow
If you work hard enough at something, it begins to make itself part of you, even though you do not really like it and know that part isn't real.
Qiu Xiaolong
Wind-voice looked in amazement at the sword in his claws. “I—I’ll keep it safe,” he muttered to Winger. “For the hero, when he comes…”Winger was smiling a light, dreamy smile that radiated all over his thin face. “The hero is here, Wind-voice,” he said, awed. “You’re the hero.
Nancy Yi Fan
Leadership vision is built on the leader’s authenticity.
Pearl Zhu
The great man is he who does not lose his child's-heart.
Mencius
It is easy to use the phrase 'God's will for my life' as an excuse for inaction or even disobedience. ... My hope is that instead of searching for 'God's will for my life' each of us would learn to seek hard after 'the Spirit's leading in my life today.' May we learn to pray for an open and willing heart, to surrender to the Spirit's leading with that friend, child, spouse, circumstance, or decision in our lives right now.
Francis Chan
I want to live so that I am truly submitted to the Spirit's leading on a daily basis. Christ said its better for us that the Spirit came and I want to live like that is true. I don't want to keep crawling when I have the ability to fly.
Francis Chan
The author nicely encapsulates Paul's overarching intent in his letter to Corinth, to impress upon those in the church infatuated with the gifts of the Spirit a greater awestruck awareness of His presence in and among them. The author then illustrates thusly: if we have but a few coins, we may carry them lightly with little concern as to whether we lose them. But if we are aware that we carry a great sum, we will carry it with great care. How much more the Treasure of the Holy Spirit within the earthen vessel of our bodies?
Watchman Nee
You have a brain and two hands, look up the answer yourself. You want to know how to get through life? Pay attention.
Weike Wang
The beauty of agile comes in with its incremental nature and use of empiricism to focus on three “I”s - Interaction, Iteration, and Improvement.
Pearl Zhu