Don't worry if people don't recognize your merits; worry that you may not recognize theirs.

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

Sincerity becomes apparent. From being apparent, it becomes manifest. From being manifest, it becomes brilliant. Brilliant, it affects others. Affecting others, they are changed by it. Changed by it, they are transformed. It is only he who is possessed of the most complete sincerity that can exist under heaven, who can transform.

When I am with others, they are my teachers. I can select their good points and follow them, and select their bad points and avoid them.

If a man takes no thought about what is distant, he will find sorrow near at hand.

It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.

Rate the task above the prize; will not the mind be raised? Fight thine own faults, not the faults of others; will not evil be mended?