Is any one able for one day to apply his strength to virtue? I have not seen the case in which his strength would be sufficient.

The great man is sparing in words but prodigal in deeds.

Fix your mind on truth, hold firm to virtue, rely on loving kindness, and find your recreation in the Arts.

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.

A man without persistence will never make a good shaman or a good physician.

The expectations of life depend upon diligence; the mechanic that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools.

Do not worry about not holding high position; worry rather about playing your proper role. Worry not that no one knows of you; seek to be worth knowing.