Ability will never catch up with the demand for it.
What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.
I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.
Success depends upon previous preparation, and without such preparation there is sure to be failure.
When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don’t adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.
He who learns but does not think, is lost. He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger.
The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential... these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence.
If you look into your own heart, and you find nothing wrong there, what is there to worry about? What is there to fear?
Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous.
Real knowledge is to know the extent of one’s ignorance.
Riches and honor are what everyone desires, but if they can be gained only by doing evil, they must not be held. Don’t worry about not being in office, worry about qualifying yourself for office. Don’t worry that no one knows you, but seek to be worthy of being known.
The hardest thing of all is to find a black cat in a dark room, especially if there is no cat.
Charity, like the sun, brightens every object on which it shines.
When anger rises, think of the consequences.
Virtuous people often revenge themselves for the constraints to which they submit by the boredom which they inspire.
If a man takes no thought about what is distant, he will find sorrow near at hand.
The man who asks a question is a fool for a minute, the man who does not ask is a fool for life.
If I am walking with two other men, each of them will serve as my teacher. I will pick out the good points of the one and imitate them, and the bad points of the other and correct them in myself.
A fool despises good counsel, but a wise man takes it to heart.
Faced with what is right, to leave it undone shows a lack of courage.