There was a man from Sung who pulled at his rice plants because he was worried about their failure

There was a man from Sung who pulled at his rice plants because he was worried about their failure to grow.

Author: Confucius

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In a country well governed, poverty is something to be ashamed of. In a country badly governed, wealth is something to be ashamed of.

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

The more man meditates upon good thoughts, the better will be his world and the world at large.

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

The only way to escape the corruptible effect of praise is to go on working.

Not I, not anyone else, can travel that road for you, you must travel it for yourself.

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do.

I thank God I was raised Catholic, so sex will always be dirty.