工欲善其事,必先利其器
To do a good job, an artisan needs the best tools.
天下無難事,只怕有心人
Nothing in the world is hard for one who sets one's own mind to it.
牛不飲水,不能按牛頭低
[idiom] You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink.
以小人之心,度君子之腹
to unfairly judge a noble person with one's own despicable mind
成人不自在,自在不成人
If people want achievements, they must work hard for it and not sit there doing nothing.
來說是非者,便是是非人
[proverb] Who chatters to you will chatter of you.
知之為知之,不知為不知
to admit what one truly understands and what one does not know
無風不起浪,無火不生煙
everything must have a cause
禍兮福所倚,福兮禍所伏
Good fortune follows upon disaster and disaster lurks within good fortune.