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Quotes by Chinese Authors
"A gentleman would be ashamed should his deeds not match his words."
"Thus, what is of supreme importance in war is to attack the enemy's strategy."
"Have no friends not equal to yourself."
"The very important thing you should have is patience."
"A terrace nine stories high begins with a pile of earth."
"Also in the new constitution, we want to lower the voting age from 20 years to 18 years and also gradually implement a voluntary military service in replacement of the current compulsory military service."
"When I am myself, I am happy and have a good result."
"He who learns but does not think, is lost! He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger."
"Cinema reflects culture and there is no harm in adapting technology, but not at the cost of losing your originality."
"A revolution is not a dinner party, or writing an essay, or painting a picture, or doing embroidery."
"I call Alibaba '1,001 mistakes.' We expanded too fast, and then in the dot-com bubble, we had to have layoffs. By 2002, we had only enough cash to survive for 18 months. We had a lot of free members using our site, and we didn't know how we'd make money. So we developed a product for China exporters to meet U.S. buyers online. This model saved us."
"My job is making money, helping other people make money. I am spending money, trying to make sure more people get rich, because you cannot spend a lot of money, right? So my job is spending money, helping others. This is a headache."
"People of all countries have the right to choose their own social system and road to development in the light of their national conditions and characteristics."
"As society diversifies, the number of people who read literature is decreasing. It will be difficult for readers to digest my ideas through literature."
"Multi- polarisation has become an inevitable trend in the process of shaping a global political pattern and has been widely welcomed by the international community as it reflects the common interests and aspiration of the overwhelming majority of countries."
"I believe in the greatness of our democracy."
"Heaven's Tao is impartial,yet those who follow its compassionate waywill always be nourished."
"In general, any form of exercise, if pursued continuously, will help train us in perseverance. Long-distance running is particularly good training in perseverance."
"He who conquers himself is the mightiest warrior."
"As long as the food is well prepared and not overdone, I think it tastes good. It doesn't matter if it's Chinese, Japanese, anything."
"There are actors who spend 20 years working and still don't achieve what I've achieved so quickly. So I think my only course of action is to work as hard as I can, not just for the sake of the film, but also to prove to these people that I do have talent."
"The only thing that counts is if you know how to prepare your ingredients. Even if with the best and freshest ingredients in the world, if your dish is tasteless or burnt, it's ruined."
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