To govern is to correct. If you set an example by being correct, who would dare to remain incorrect?

The virtuous will be sure to speak uprightly; but those whose speech is upright may not be virtuous.

The wise man delights in water, the Good man delights in mountains. For the wise move; but the Good stay still. The wise are happy; but the good secure.

I was complaining that I had no shoes till I met a man who had no feet.

Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.

Let every man consider virtue as what devolves on himself. He may not yield the performance of it even to his teacher.

If I am building a mountain and stop before the last basketful of earth is placed on the summit, I have failed.