Confucius

“In all things success depends on previous preparation, and without such previous preparation there is sure to be failure.”

“Only after winter comes do we know that the pine and the cypress are the last to fade.”

“I am not bothered by the fact that I am not understood. I am bothered when I do not know others.”

“Reviewing what you have learned and learning anew, you are fit to be a teacher.”

“They who know the truth are not equal to those who love it, and they who love it are not equal to those who delight in it.”

“When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them.”

“To see what is right, and not to do it, is want of courage or of principle.”

“What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.”

“When I walk along with two others, they may serve me as my teachers. I will select their good qualities and follow them, their bad qualities and avoid them.”

“Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous.”

“When we see men of worth, we should think of equaling them; when we see men of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves.”