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.

Heaven begat Virtue in me; what can man do unto me?

If doing what ought to be done be made the first business and success a secondary consideration--is not this the way to exalt virtue?

The superior man, when resting in safety, does not forget that danger may come.

To go beyond is as wrong as to fall short.

Do unto others what you want done unto you.

A scholar who loves comfort is not fit to be called a scholar.