We are so busy doing the urgent that we don't have time to do the important.
If a man remembers what is right at the sign of profit, is ready to lay down his life in the face of danger, and does not forget sentiments he has repeated all his life when he has been in straitened circumstances for a long time, he may be said to be a complete man.
Tea tempers the spirits and harmonizes the mind, dispels lassitude and relieves fatigue, awakens thought and prevents drowsiness, lightens or refreshes the body, and clears the perceptive faculties.
A man is great not because he hasn't failed; a man is great because failure hasn't stopped him.
Knowledge without practice is useless. Practice without knowledge is dangerous.
In old days men studied for the sake of self-improvement; nowadays men study in order to impress other people.
A great man is hard on himself; a small man is hard on others.
To know your faults and be able to change is the greatest virtue.
Keep it simple and focus on what matters. Don't let yourself be overwhelmed.
I was complaining that I had no shoes till I met a man who had no feet.
It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.
Tell people - and they may forget... show them - they may remember... but involve them and they will understand.
Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.
It is easy to hate and it is difficult to love. This is how the whole scheme of things works. All good things are difficult to achieve; and bad things are very easy to get.
Those who break down the dikes will themselves be drowned in the inundation.
Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
As the water shapes itself to the vessel that contains it, so a wise man adapts himself to circumstances.
The man who asks a question is a fool for a minute, the man who does not ask is a fool for life.
He who fails to prepare, prepares to fail
Attack the evil that is within yourself, rather than attacking the evil that is in others.
When you see a good man, try to emulate his example, and when you see a bad man, search yourself for his faults.
roads were made for journeys not destinations
He who cannot describe the problem will never find the solution to that problem.
Education breeds confidence. Confidence breeds hope. Hope breeds peace.
Happiness does not consist in having what you want, but in wanting what you have
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