I just remember these old Chinese sayings my late paternal grandfather told me when I was growing up, which have to do with life. I wrote them down in my old high school dictionary, which I still have on my bookshelf.
“A gem is not polished without rubbing, nor a man perfected without trials.”
“An inch of time is an inch of gold, but you can’t buy that inch of time with an inch of gold.”
“Married couples who love each other tell each other a thousand things without talking.”
“Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising everytime we fall.”
“Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.”
“If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.”
“To know the road ahead, ask those coming back.”
“Treasure every encounter, for it will never happen again.”
“Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still.”
“If you look into your own heart, and you find nothing wrong there, what is there to worry about? What is there to fear?”