When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don’t adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.

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If I raise one corner for someone and he cannot come back with the other three, I do not go on.

That a man lives is because he is straight. That a man who dupes others survives is because he has been fortunate enough to be spared.

A superior man in dealing with the world is not for anything or against anything. He follows righteousness as the standard.

To study and constantly, is this not a pleasure? To have friends come from far away places, is this not a joy? If people do not recognize your worth, but this does not worry you, are you not a true gentleman?

A man should demand much from himself, but little from others. When you meet a man of worth, think how you may attain to his excellence. When you meet an unworthy one, then look within and examine yourself.

Time flows away like the water in the river.

When you have faults do not fear to abandon them.

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.

The superior man makes the difficulty to be overcome his first interest; success only comes later.

Think of tomorrow, the past can't be mended.

To be wronged is nothing, unless you continue to remember it.

To go too far is as bad as to fall short.

A scholar who loves comfort is not fit to be called a scholar.

The people may be made to follow a path of action but they may not be made to understand it.