When you meet someone better than yourself, turn your thoughts to becoming his equal. When you meet someone not as good as you are, look within and examine yourself.

Quote by Confucius

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

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

An oppressive government is more to be feared than a tiger.

An oppressive government is more to be feared than a tiger.

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

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

Never give a sword to a man who can't dance.

Never give a sword to a man who can't dance.

It is better to play than do nothing

It is better to play than do nothing

Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without.

Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without.

Look at the means which a man employs, consider his motives, observe his pleasures. A...

Look at the means which a man employs, consider his motives, observe his pleasures. A...

The firm, the enduring, the simple, and the modest are near to virtue.

The firm, the enduring, the simple, and the modest are near to virtue.

He who requires much from himself and little from others, will keep himself from being...

He who requires much from himself and little from others, will keep himself from being...

Speak the truth, do not yield to anger; give, if thou art asked for little;...

Speak the truth, do not yield to anger; give, if thou art asked for little;...

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

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

It is more shameful to distrust our friends than to be deceived by them.

It is more shameful to distrust our friends than to be deceived by them.

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

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

Study the past, if you would divine the future.

Study the past, if you would divine the future.

I have yet to meet a man as fond of high moral conduct as he...

I have yet to meet a man as fond of high moral conduct as he...

When you are laboring for others let it be with the same zeal as if...

When you are laboring for others let it be with the same zeal as if...

By three methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection, which is noblest; second, by...

By three methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection, which is noblest; second, by...

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

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

If you think in terms of a year, plant a seed; if in terms of...

If you think in terms of a year, plant a seed; if in terms of...

To see and listen to the wicked is already the beginning of wickedness.

To see and listen to the wicked is already the beginning of wickedness.