Chinese Proverbs for Business Management

• To open a shop is easy, to keep it open is an art.
• Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.


• Preserve the old, but know the new.


• A closed mind is like a closed book, just a block of wood.


• To know the road ahead, ask those coming back.


• It is not necessary to light a candle to the sun.


• Tell me, I'll forget, show me and I may remember; involve me and I'll understand.


• Talk doesn't cook rice.


• If you are planning for a year, sow rice; if you are planning for a decade, plant trees; if you are planning for a lifetime, educate people.


• He who asks is a fool for 5 minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever.


• Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still.


• Men in the game are blind, men outside see clearly.


• Teachers open the door, but you must enter by yourself.


• Drinking the water of a well, one should never forget who dug it.