Chinese
Philosopher
(551 BC -
479 BC)
"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."
"Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life."
"Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it."
"Have no friends not equal to yourself."
"I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand."
"If I am walking with two other men, each of them will serve as my teacher. I will pick out the good points of the one and imitate them, and the bad points of the other and correct them in myself."
"It does not matter how slowly you go, so long as you do not stop."
"Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous."
"The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones."
"Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising every time we fall."
"Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance."
"Respect yourself and others will respect you."
"Silence is a true friend who never betrays."
"The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home."
"A superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions."
"Things that are done, it is needless to speak about...things that are past, it is needless to blame."
"To be wronged is nothing unless you continue to remember it."
"To see what is right, and not to do it, is want of courage or of principle."
"What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others."
