"The father who does not teach his son his duties is equally guilty with the son who neglects them."

Confucius on fathers
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"I am not concerned that I am not known, I seek to be worthy to be known."

Confucius on fame
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"A man who does not think and plan long ahead will find trouble right at his door."

Confucius on planning
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"Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves."

Confucius on revenge
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"He who wishes to secure the good of others has already secured his own."

Confucius on war
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"The superior man understands what is right; the inferior man understands what will sell."

Confucius on right and rightness
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"When you see a worthy person, endeavor to emulate him. When you see an unworthy person, then examine your inner self."

Confucius on service
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"The superior man acts before he speaks, and afterwards speaks according to his action."

Confucius on action
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"Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it."

Confucius on beauty
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"To put the world in order, we must first put the nation in order; to put the nation in order, we must put the family in order; to put the family in order, we must cultivate our personal life; and to cultivate our personal life, we must first set our hearts right."

Confucius on change
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"If you think in terms of a year, plant a seed; if in terms of ten years, plant trees; if in terms of 100 years, teach the people."

Confucius on teacher
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"To go too far is as bad as to fall short."

Confucius on excess
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"Life is really simple, but men insist on making it complicated."

Confucius on simplicity
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"The world is divided into people who do things and people who get the credit."

Morrow, Dwight Whitney on achievement
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"Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret."

Bierce, Ambrose on anger
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"Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together."

Gogh, Vincent Van on achievement
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"If life were measured by accomplishments, most of us would die in infancy."

Gouthey, A. P. on achievement
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"We will either find a way, or make one."

Hannibal on achievement
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"Our achievements speak for themselves. What we have to keep track of are our failures, discouragements and doubts. We tend to forget the past difficulties, the many false starts, and the painful groping. We see our past achievements as the end results of"

Hoffer, Eric on achievement
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"The way to get things done is not to mind who gets the credit for doing them."

Jowett, Benjamin on achievement
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"Failures are finger posts on the road to achievement."

Kettering, Charles F. on achievement
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"Success is not measured by what you accomplish, but by the opposition you have encountered, and the courage with which you have maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds."

Marden, Orison Swett on achievement
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"The greatest things are accomplished by individual people, not by committees or companies."

Montapert, Alfred A. on achievement
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"To be humble to superiors is duty, to equals courtesy, to inferiors nobleness."

Franklin, Benjamin on modesty
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"He that is of the opinion money will do everything may well be suspected of doing everything for money."

Franklin, Benjamin on money
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"Money has never made man happy, nor will it, there is nothing in its nature to produce happiness. The more of it one has the more one wants."

Franklin, Benjamin on money
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"Don't throw stones at your neighbors , if your own windows are glass."

Franklin, Benjamin on neighbors
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"Those disputing, contradicting, and confuting people are generally unfortunate in their affairs. They get victory, sometimes, but they never get good will, which would be of more use to them."

Franklin, Benjamin on argument
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"One good husband is worth two good wives, for the scarcer things are, the more they are valued."

Franklin, Benjamin on marriage
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"Whatever is begun in anger, ends in shame."

Franklin, Benjamin on anger
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"Life's tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late"

Franklin, Benjamin on life
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"Learn of the skillful; he that teaches himself, has a fool for his master."

Franklin, Benjamin on learning
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"He that won't be counseled can't be helped."

Franklin, Benjamin on learning
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"Don't judge men's wealth or godliness by their Sunday appearance."

Franklin, Benjamin on judgment and judges
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"He that can have patience can have what he will."

Franklin, Benjamin on patience
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"There never was a good war or a bad peace."

Franklin, Benjamin on peace
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"By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail."

Franklin, Benjamin on planning
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"Politics is the gentle art of getting votes from the poor and campaign funds from the rich by promising to protect each from the other."

Ameringer, Oscar on politics
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"It is not possible for one to teach others who cannot teach his own family."

Confucius on family
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"A man who has committed a mistake and doesn't correct it is committing another mistake."

Confucius on failure
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