Confucius

Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.

If I hear the Way of truth in the morning, I am content even to die in that evening.

By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.

If you see what is right and fail to act on it, you lack courage.

Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.

Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.

Sincerity is the end and beginning of things; without sincerity there would be nothing.

From the Son of Heaven down to the mass of the people, all must consider the cultivation of the person the root of everything besides.

A superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.

The Superior Man is aware of Righteousness, the inferior man is aware of advantage.

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

Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

When anger rises, think of the consequences.

When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.

We should feel sorrow, but not sink under its oppression.

Ability will never catch up with the demand for it.

And remember, no matter where you go, there you are.

I am not bothered by the fact that I am unknown. I am bothered when I do not know others.

At fifteen my heart was set on learning; at thirty I stood firm; at forty I had no more doubts; at fifty I knew the mandate of heaven; at sixty my ear was obedient; at seventy I could follow my heart's desire without transgressing the norm.

To study and not think is a waste. To think and not study is dangerous.