Some proverbs and sayings of wisdom from around the world 

Simple, clear purpose and principles give rise to complex intelligent behaviour. Complex rules and regulations give rise to simple stupid behaviour.

Behind an Able Man There Are Always Other Able Men.
Chinese Proverb

Better to Light One Candle Than to Curse the Darkness
Chinese Proverb

Better to Lose the Anchor Than the Whole Ship.
Dutch Proverb

Beware of a man of one book.
Latin Proverb

By Learning You Will Teach; By Teaching You Will Learn.
Latin Proverb

A Closed Mind Is Like a Closed Book; Just a Block of Wood
Chinese Proverb

Deviate an Inch, Lose a Thousand Miles.
Chinese Proverb

Do Not Push the River, It Will Flow by Itself.
Polish Proverb

Don't Speak Unless You Can Improve on the Silence.
Spanish Proverb

Don't Think There Are No Crocodiles Because the Water Is Calm.
Malaya Proverb

Fall Seven Times, Stand up Eight.
Japanese Proverb

Follow the River and You Will Find the Sea.
French Proverb

A Guest Sees More in an Hour Than the Host in a Year.
Polish Proverb

He Who Asks Is a Fool for Five Minutes, but He Who Does Not Ask Remains a Fool Forever.
Chinese Proverb

He Who Doesn't Risk Never Gets to Drink Champagne.
Russian Proverb

If You Must Play, Decide on Three Things at the Start: the Rules of The Game, the Stakes, and the Quitting Time.
Chinese Proverb

If You Suspect a Man, Don't Employ Him, and If You Employ Him, Don't Suspect Him.
Chinese Proverb

If You Want a Crop for One Year, Grow Grain; If You Want a Crop for Ten Years, Grow a Tree; If You Want a Crop for a Hundred Years, Grow Men.
Chinese Proverb

The Journey Is the Reward.
Tao Proverb

A Lean Agreement Is Better Than a Fat Lawsuit.
German Proverb

Learning Is a Treasure That Will Follow Its Owner Everywhere.
Chinese Proverb.

Learning Is Like Rowing Upstream; Not to Advance Is to Drop Back.
Chinese Proverb

No One Can See Their Reflection in Running Water. It Is Only in Still Water That We Can See.
Taoist Proverb

A Single Conversation With a Wise Man Is Better Than Ten Years of Study.
Chinese Proverb

There Is No Economy in Going to Bed Early to Save Candles If the Result Is Twins.
Chinese Proverb

Those Who Lose Dreaming Are Lost.
Australian Aboriginal Proverb

To Know and to Act Are One and the Same.
Samurai Proverb

To Know the Road Ahead, Ask Those Coming Back.
Chinese Proverb

Vision Without Action Is a Daydream. Action Without Vision Is a Nightmare.
Japanese Proverb

When in Doubt, Gallop!
Proverb of the French Foreign Legion

When You Have Only Two Pennies Left in the World, Buy a Loaf of Bread With One, and a Lily With the Other.
Chinese Proverb

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