It is better to light one small candle of gratitude than to curse the darkness.
The gentleman prefers to be slow in word but diligent in action.
To err and not reform, this may indeed be called error.
The Master said, “What a worthy man was Yan Hui! Living in a narrow alley, subsisting upon meager bits of rice and water—other people could not have borne such hardship, and yet it never spoiled Hui’s joy. What a worthy man was Hui!” (Analects 6.11)
Never contract friendship with a man that is not better than thyself.
When you breathe, you inspire, and when you do not breathe, you expire.