Chinese Proverb Quotes

Shallows where a lamb could wade and depths where an elephant would drown.

The height of your success is determined by the depth of your belief.

There it is: I am gently slipping into the water's depths, towards fear.

Swimming is normal for me. I'm relaxed. I'm comfortable, and I know my surroundings. It's my home.

I love that perhaps we don't see the things that are there because we have no yardstick to see things by, to compare them.

A theory is no more like a fact than a photograph is like a person.

I have a sort of inner sense for scale.

This life is like a swimming pool. You dive into the water, but you can't see how deep it is.

I don't delve too deep into reviews.

Wit lies in recognizing the resemblance among things which differ and the difference between things which are alike.

Who is richer? The man who is seen, but cannot see? Or the man who is not being seen, but can see?

When you're that tall, people talk about it all the time.

There is one radical distinction between different minds … that some minds are stronger and apter to mark the difference of things, others to mark their resemblances.

Whenever you can, count.

The mind attracted by what is false has no relish for better things.

It's always seductive to know where one stands in relation to the average.

Everywhere you turn, there are lists and statistics. Any business, any sport, any hobby - we will try to categorize who is the best at some component of that endeavor. It's part human nature and part technology, since we have been conditioned to have access to answers and trivial problems at our fingertips.

It's difficult to tell whether people are looking at you because they recognise you from your work or just because you're 6 ft. 3 in. and have the eyebrows of Satan. It's difficult to distinguish between the two.

I am 6 foot 2 inches, and one of the benefits of that is having long legs.

I'm small for 140.

Just because the tide is out, doesn't mean there is less water in the ocean.

I felt comfortable in the water. I was in my own world, focused. I love sports and I'm a very goal-oriented person. Once I started falling in love with sports, it was easy. I was able to put my mind on something and go for it. That's how I am with everything, it doesn't matter what it is that I do. If I want to do something, nothing will stand in my way.

If you want to be noticed as a drop of water, why would you move to the ocean?

I know [people] think I'm taller because it's so close and I look stretched out, but I'm just 4-8.