“Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.”
“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 make a mistake and do not correct it, this is called a mistake.”
“Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.”
“He who knows all the answers has not been asked all the questions.”
“Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.”
“No matter how busy you may think you are, you must find time for reading, or surrender yourself to self-chosen ignorance.”
“Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.”
“Wherever you go, go with all your heart.”
“It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.”
“Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves.”
“Silence is a true friend who never betrays.”
“It is not the failure of others to appreciate your abilities that should trouble you, but rather your failure to appreciate theirs.”
“The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.”
“To be wronged is nothing, unless you continue to remember it.”
“The man of wisdom is never of two minds;
the man of benevolence never worries;
the man of courage is never afraid.”
“I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.”
“What the superior man seeks is in himself; what the small man seeks is in others.”
“You cannot open a book without learning something.”
“The way out is through the door. Why is it that no one will use this method?”
“The funniest people are the saddest once”
“Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change.”
“The man who asks a question is a fool for a minute, the man who does not ask is a fool for life.”
“The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials.”
“Study the past if you would define the future.”
“And remember, no matter where you go, there you are.”
“Attack the evil that is within yourself, rather than attacking the evil that is in others.”
“If what one has to say is not better than silence, then one should keep silent.”
“When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.”
“Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses.”
“Do unto others what you want done unto you.”
“Music produces a kind of pleasure which human nature cannot do without.”
“Respect yourself and others will respect you.”
“The hardest thing of all is to find a black cat in a dark room, especially if there is no cat.”
“Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.”
“Give a bowl of rice to a man and you will feed him for a day. Teach him how to grow his own rice and you will save his life.”
“A lion chased me up a tree, and I greatly enjoyed the view from the top.”
“When you see a good person, think of becoming like her/him. When you see someone not so good, reflect on your own weak points.”
“Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without.”
“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.”
“To see what is right and not do it is the worst cowardice.”
“To know that we know what we know, and that we do not know what we do not know, that is true knowledge. ”
“Don’t complain about the snow on your neighbor’s roof when your own doorstep is unclean.”
“Time flows away like the water in the river. ”
“In a country well governed, poverty is something to be ashamed of. In a country badly governed, wealth is something to be ashamed of.”
“If your plan is for one year plant rice. If your plan is for ten years plant trees. If your plan is for one hundred years educate children. ”
“Shall I teach you what knowledge?
When you know a thing, say that you know it;
when you do not know a thing,
admit that you do not know it.
That is knowledge”
“The superior man thinks always of virtue; the common man thinks of comfort.”
“Consideration for others is the basis of a good life, a good society.”
“Hold faithfulness and sincerity as first principles.”
