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

Quote by Confucius

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Wealth and rank are what people desire, but unless they are obtained in the right...

Wealth and rank are what people desire, but unless they are obtained in the right...

When you meet someone better than yourself, turn your thoughts to becoming his equal. When...

When you meet someone better than yourself, turn your thoughts to becoming his equal. When...

Failure is not an option.

Failure is not an option.

Learning without thought is labour lost; thought without learning is perilous.

Learning without thought is labour lost; thought without learning is perilous.

To be in ones own heart in kindly sympathy with all things; this is the...

To be in ones own heart in kindly sympathy with all things; this is the...

He who exercises government by means of his virtue may be compared to the north...

He who exercises government by means of his virtue may be compared to the north...

Can there be a love which does not make demands on its object?

Can there be a love which does not make demands on its object?

When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them

When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them

How things look on the outside of us depends on how things are on the...

How things look on the outside of us depends on how things are on the...

To love a thing means wanting it to live.

To love a thing means wanting it to live.

I want you to be everything that's you, deep at the center of your being.

I want you to be everything that's you, deep at the center of your being.

Those who know the truth are not equal to those who love it

Those who know the truth are not equal to those who love it

To go beyond is as wrong as to fall short.

To go beyond is as wrong as to fall short.

The superior man thinks always of virtue; the common man thinks of comfort.

The superior man thinks always of virtue; the common man thinks of comfort.

The essence of knowledge is, having it, to apply it; not having it, to confess...

The essence of knowledge is, having it, to apply it; not having it, to confess...

You cannot open a book without learning something.

You cannot open a book without learning something.

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

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

Never hesitate to ask a lesser person.

Never hesitate to ask a lesser person.

I refuse to answer that question on the grounds that I don't know the answer

I refuse to answer that question on the grounds that I don't know the answer

To be or not to be: that is the question.

To be or not to be: that is the question.