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.
He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make his words good.
The superior man makes the difficulty to be overcome his first interest; success only comes later.
The superior man is distressed by the limitations of his ability; he is not distressed by the fact that men do not recognize the ability that he has.
Study the past, if you would divine the future.
The firm, the enduring, the simple, and the modest are near to virtue.
Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.
The faults of a superior person are like the sun and moon. They have their faults, and everyone sees them; they change and everyone looks up to them.
An oppressive government is more to be feared than a tiger.
We should feel sorrow, but not sink under its oppression.
If you look into your own heart, and you find nothing wrong there, what is there to worry about? What is there to fear?
Humility is the solid foundation of all virtues.
If you think in terms of a year, plant a seed; if in terms of ten years, plant trees; if in terms of 100 years, teach the people.
Wherever you go, go with all your heart.
Heaven means to be one with God.
The more man meditates upon good thoughts, the better will be his world and the world at large.
Do not impose on others what you yourself do not desire.
To know what you know and what you do not know, that is true knowledge.
Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous.
