A gentleman considers what is right; the vulgar consider what will pay.

There is only one thing in life which never changes, and it is change.

The Master said, The case is like that of someone raising a mound. If he stops working, the fact that it perhaps needed only one more basketful makes no difference; I stay where I am. Whereas even if he has not got beyond leveling the ground, but is still at work, the fact that he has only tilted one basketful of earth makes no difference. I go to help him.

Do not impose on others what you yourself do not desire.

Seek Not Every Quality In One Individual.

He who is really good can never be unhappy. He who is really wise can never be perplexed. He who is really brave is never afraid.

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.