CONFUCIUS

"Don't do unto others what you don't want done unto you."

"They must often change who would remain constant in happiness and wisdom."

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

"A common man marvels at uncommon things. A wise man marvels at the commonplace."

"Learn as if you were not reaching your goal and as though you were scared of missing it."

"Learning without thought is labour lost; thought without learning is perilous."

"Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without."

"The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials."

"Silence is a true friend who never betrays."

"A man without a mustache is a man without a soul."

"The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home."

"Faced with what is right, to leave it undone shows a lack of courage."

"A true teacher is one who, keeping the past alive, is also able to understand the present."

"By nature, men are nearly alike; by practice, they get to be wide apart."

"Be not ashamed of mistakes and thus make them crimes."

"The superior man understands what is right; the inferior man understands what will sell."

"If you look into your own heart, and you find nothing wrong there, what is there to worry about? What is there to fear?"

"When the wind blows,the grass bends."

"Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change."

"When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them."

"Anyone can find the switch after the lights are on."

"Settle one difficulty, and you keep a hundred away."

"I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand."

"A lion chased me up a tree, and I greatly enjoyed the view from the top."

"People with virtue must speak out; People who speak are not all virtuous."

"To see what is right and not do it is the worst cowardice."

"Roads were made for journeys not destinations"

"The Man who says he can, and the man who says he can not. Are both correct."

"Wherever you go, go with all your heart."

"Ignorance is the night of the mind, but a night without moon or star."

"Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated."

"Never contract friendship with a man that is not better than thyself."

"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."

"We have two lives, and the second begins when we realize we only have one."

"What the superior man seeks is in himself; what the small man seeks is in others."

"He who searches for evil, must first look at his own reflection."

"It is not the failure of others to appreciate your abilities that should trouble you, but rather your failure to appreciate theirs."

"In a country well governed, poverty is something to be ashamed of. In a country badly governed, wealth is something to be ashamed of."

"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 names be not correct, language is not in accordance with the truth of things."

"If you make a mistake and do not correct it, this is called a mistake."

"When a wise man points at the moon the imbecile examines the finger."

"Time flows away like the water in the river."

"Education breeds confidence. Confidence breeds hope. Hope breeds peace."

"Without knowing the force of words, it is impossible to know more."

"Ability will never catch up with the demand for it."