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41 " When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them. "
― Confucius , The Sayings of Confucius
42 " Don’t grieve when people fail to recognize your ability. Grieve for your lack of ability instead. "
― Confucius , The Analects
43 " If a craftsman wants to do good work, he must first sharpen his tools. "
44 " If you want to make a stand, help others make a stand, and if you want to reach your goal, help others reach their goal. Consider yourself and treat others accordingly: this is the method of Humanity. "
45 " The noble-minded worry about their lack of ability, not about people’s failure to recognize their ability. "
46 " Education breeds confidence. Confidence breeds hope. Hope breeds peace. "
― Confucius
47 " In worthy teaching, all things are related. "
48 " To one who is not eager I do not reveal anything, nor do I explain anything to one who is not communicative. If I raise one corner for someone and he cannot come back with the other three, I do not go on. "
49 " How can you love people without encouraging them? And how can you be loyal to people without educating them. "
50 " The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones. "
51 " The funniest people are the saddest ones "
52 " You cannot open a book without learning something. "
53 " The superior man, when resting in safety, does not forget that danger may come. When in a state of security he does not forget the possibility of ruin. When all is orderly, he does not forget that disorder may come. Thus his person is not endangered, and his States and all their clans are preserved. "
― Confucius , Confucian Analects, The Great Learning The Doctrine of the Mean
54 " Where words lose their meaning, people lose their lives. "
55 " Music produces a kind of pleasure which human nature cannot do without. "
― Confucius , The Book of Rites
56 " No matter how busy you may think you are, you must find time for reading, or surrender yourself to self-chosen ignorance. "
57 " Study the past if you would define the future. "
58 " Think of tomorrow, the past can't be mended. "
59 " If you expect great things of yourself and demand little of others, you’ll keep resentment far away. "
60 " A noble minded person is not an implement. "