Japanese Proverbs - Quotes

If you understand everything, you must be misinformed.

While we consider when to begin, it becomes too late.

An accomplishment sticks to a person.

If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.

The reputation of a thousand years may be determined by the conduct of one hour.

Sickness is a thing of the spirit.

I will master something, then the creativity will come.

A fog cannot be dispelled by a fan.

A round egg can be made square according to how you cut it; words would be harsh according to how you speak them.

Fix the problem, not the blame.

Duty is heavy as a mountain but
Death is lighter than a feather.

When a bonsai stops growing, you know it's dead.

The feet are the gateway to 10,000 illnesses.

If you want to know what's happening in the market, ask the market.

All married women are not wives.

If you believe everything you read, better not read.

One written word is worth a thousand pieces of gold.

Never trust the advice of a man in difficulty.

A kind word can warm three months of winter.

One thousand days to learn; ten thousand days to refine.

We've arrived, and to prove it we're here.

Fall seven times, stand up eight.

The bamboo that bends is stronger than the oak that resists.

We learn little from victory, much from defeat.

Vision without action is a daydream. Action with without vision is a nightmare.

You are wise to climb Mt. Fuji, but a fool to do it twice.

Even a thief takes ten years to learn his trade.

If a man be great, even his dog will wear a proud look.

My skirt with tears is always wet: I have forgotten to forget.

We're fools whether we dance or not, so we might as well dance.

A good husband is healthy and absent.

When the time comes, even a rat becomes a tiger.