Japanese Proverb...?

Question

The Japanese proverb "You may fall seven times, but you will get up eight times." How do you get up the last time? I know it means you're trying hard, and oh yeah, do you know any more Japanese proverbs?

Answer 1

I don't know how you'd get up 8 times but it's obvious the saying is about perseverance.

Also I was sent, by my friend, a link to a web page with similar sayings in multiple languages. There I discovered the Japanese saying, Tanin no fukou wa mitsu no aji, meaning "Others' misfortune are the taste of honey."

Answer 2

I love this proverb. When I read it, I think it means to prepare, or know that if you do fall again, you will rise up and try again. You should visit a quote website, like, http://www.quotationspage.com

Search and see if there are any good proverbs there :)

Answer 3

You get up the same way you got up the other seven times.  It is saying that no matter how many times you fail, you can still move forward to success.

I'm not sure if this is Chinese or Japanese, but my favorite adage is "My barn burned down, now I can see the moon."  

It basically states that you shouldn't look at tragedy, but what gifts you get when perceived tragedy occurs.   In this, the barn was blocking the view of the moon - so the barn burning down gave the gift of the beauty of seeing the moon.  If you only look at tragic events, you don't see the gift of change.