You might have realized that this “Quote of the day” section has become a large part of my website’s content. While I was picking up Chinese again in my late 30s after dropping it in my late 20s, I decided that the best way to study is to translate some quotes that I encountered into my mother tongue and English on the go.
These quotes may be funny or related to self-help. What’s better than being a better version of you while studying? Have fun with quotes in 3 languages. Check back here everyday for a new quote. Enjoy learning Vietnamese, Chinese, and English.
🥀📉🛤️ Here’s a harsh truth: Most smart people from humble beginnings face a tragic fate. With clear minds, correct perceptions, and grand ideals and ambitions, they’re often powerless in reality! They lack resources, connections, and the capital to afford mistakes. One misstep leads to ongoing hardship, sometimes inability to recover for long periods. Eventually, after … Read more
🌟🚶♂️🌌 Never romanticize the path you didn’t choose. Throughout life, we pay for our own choices. // 永远不要美化自己没选的那条路，人一辈子都在为自己的选择买单。 Yǒngyuǎn bú yào měihuà zìjǐ méi xuǎn de nà tiáo lù, rén yībèizi dōu zài wèi zìjǐ de xuǎnzé mǎidān. // Vĩnh viễn bất yếu mỹ hóa tự kỷ một tuyển đích na điều lộ, nhân nhất … Read more
🌱🍂🤔 Just as spring nourishes summer, and summer prepares for autumn. Just as I return to my thoughts, until the end of my life. – Yehuda Amichai, “By My Life in My Lifetime” // 犹如春天供养夏天，夏天铺设秋天。犹如我回我的思想，直到我生命的尽头。 – 阿米亥《在我生前凭我生命》 Yóurú chūntiān gòngyǎng xiàtiān, xiàtiān pūshè qiūtiān. Yóurú wǒ huí wǒ de sīxiǎng, zhídào wǒ shēngmìng de jìntóu. … Read more
🕯️🌳💭 In the cemetery, we remember the living; outside the cemetery, we remember the dead. – Yehuda Amichai, “By My Life in My Lifetime” // 在墓地，我们回忆起生前，出了墓地一一就回忆起死者。- 阿米亥《在我生前凭我生命》 Zài mùdì, wǒmen huíyì qǐ shēngqián, chū le mùdì yī yī jiù huíyì qǐ sǐzhě. – Āmǐhài 《Zài wǒ shēngqián píng wǒ shēngmìng》 // Tại mộ địa, ngã … Read more
🍃🌅🕯️ Life is called life, just as the west wind is called west wind, even though it blows eastward. Similarly, death is called death, even though it blows towards life. – Yehuda Amichai, “By My Life in My Lifetime” // 生命被称为生命，正如西风被称为西风，虽然它吹向东方。同样，死亡被称为死亡，虽然它吹向生命。- 阿米亥《在我生前凭我生命》 Shēngmìng bèi chēng wéi shēngmìng, zhèng rú xīfēng bèi chēng wéi xīfēng, suīrán … Read more