Expect much from yourself and little from others and you will avoid incurring resentments
He who cannot describe the problem will never find the solution to that problem.
When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.
The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential... these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence.
The gem cannot be polished without friction nor man without trials.
Do not wish for quick results, nor look for small advantages. If you seek quick results, you will not reach the ultimate goal. If you are led astray by small advantages, you will never accomplish great things.
Of course you want to be rich and famous. It's natural. Wealth and fame are what every man desires. The question is: What are you willing to trade for it?
He who learns but does not think, is lost. He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger.
Education breeds confidence. Confidence breeds hope. Hope breeds peace.
An orchid in a deep forest sends out its fragrance even if no one is around to appreciate it.
To put the world in order, we must first put the nation in order; to put the nation in order, we must first put the family in order; to put the family in order; we must first cultivate our personal life; we must first set our hearts right.
Happiness does not consist in having what you want, but in wanting what you have
Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.
By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.
If you want happiness for a year, inherit a fortune. If you want happiness for a lifetime, help someone else.
If you chase two rabbits, you catch none.
There are three marks of a superior man: being virtuous, he is free from anxiety; being wise, he is free from perplexity; being brave, he is free from fear.
Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves.
Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.
Act with kindness but do not expect gratitude.
Yin and yang, male and female, strong and weak, rigid and tender, heaven and earth, light and darkness, thunder and lightning, cold and warmth, good and evil...the interplay of opposite principles constitutes the universe.
In a State, pecuniary gain is not to be considered to be prosperity, but its prosperity will be found in righteousness.
The superior man acts before he speaks, and afterwards speaks according to his action.
The superior person is calm and composed; the lesser person is continuously worried and distressed.
It is the law of nature that woman should be held under the dominance of man.
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