The wise are free from perplexities; the virtuous from anxiety; and the bold from fear.

When you are laboring for others, let it be with the same zeal as if it were for yourself.

A fool despises good counsel, but a wise man takes it to heart.

If you lead the people with correctness, who will dare not be correct?

Let a ruler base his government upon virtuous principles, and he will be like the pole-star, which remains steadfast in its place, while all the host of stars turn towards it

The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra. The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me you don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step the man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.

A gentleman is calm and spacious: the vulgar are always fretting.