Rivers and mountains may change; human nature, never

Similar sayings:

Enough shovels of earth make a mountain, enough pails of water a river Enough shovels of earth make a mountain, enough pails of water a river
If you can’t change your fate, change your attitude If you can’t change your fate, change your attitude
All things change, and we change with them All things change, and we change with them
Nature is better than a middling doctor Nature is better than a middling doctor
You must have crossed the river before you may tell the crocodile he has bad breath You must have crossed the river before you may tell the crocodile he has bad breath

Chinese sayings and proverbs