"To have his path made clear for him is the aspiration of every human being in our beclouded and tempestuous existence."

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"The superior man is modest in his speech but exceeds in his actions."

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

Confucius on simplicity
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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 more man meditates upon good thoughts, the better will be his world and the world at large."

Confucius on self-talk
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"He who conquers himself is the mightiest warrior."

Confucius on self-control
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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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"Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves."

Confucius on revenge
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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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"I want you to be everything that's you, deep at the center of your being."

Confucius on motivation
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"To be wronged is nothing unless you continue to remember it."

Confucius on mistakes
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"When anger rises, think of the consequences."

Confucius on anger
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"Learn as though you would never be able to master it; hold it as though you would be in fear of losing it."

Confucius on learning
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"The essence of knowledge is, having it, to apply it; not having it, to confess your ignorance."

Confucius on knowledge
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"To know is to know that you know nothing. That is the meaning of true knowledge."

Confucius on knowledge
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"Acquire new knowledge whilst thinking over the old, and you may become a teacher of others."

Confucius on knowledge
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"The perfecting of one's self is the fundamental base of all progress and all moral development."

Confucius on growth
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"A fool despises good counsel, but a wise man takes it to heart."

Confucius on fools and foolishness
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"The real fault is to have faults and not amend them."

Confucius on faults
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"Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall."

Confucius on failure
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"The expectations of life depend upon diligence; the mechanic that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools."

Confucius on diligence
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"It takes courage to grow up and turn out to be who you really are."

Cummings, E.E. (Edward. E.) on courage
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"You cannot hope to build a better world without improving the individuals. To that end, each of us must work for our own improvement and, at the same time, share a general responsibility for all humanity, our particular duty being to aid those to whom we think we can be most useful."

Curie, Madame Marie on service
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"Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood."

Curie, Madame Marie on life
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"You campaign in poetry. You govern in prose."

Cuomo, Mario on elections
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"I can't imagine a person becoming a success who doesn't give this game of life everything he's got."

Cronkite, Walter on success   

"He who stops being better stops being good."

Cromwell, Oliver on self-improvement
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"I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody."

Cosby, Bill on success
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"My importance to the world is relatively small. On the other hand, my importance to myself is tremendous. I am all I have to work with, to play with, to suffer and to enjoy. It is not the eyes of others that I am wary of, but of my own. I do not intend to let myself down more than I can possibly help, and I find that the fewer illusions I have about myself or the world around me, the better company I am for myself."

Coward, Noel on importance
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"Work is more fun than fun."

Coward, Noel on work
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"It is necessary to try to surpass one's self always; this occupation ought to last as long as life."

Christina, Queen on goals   

"Little progress can be made by merely attempting to repress what is evil. Our great hope lies in developing what is good."

Coolidge, Calvin on progress   

"If you see 10 troubles coming down the road, you can be sure that 9 will run into the ditch before they reach you."

Coolidge, Calvin on trials   

"All Presidents start out to run a crusade but after a couple of years they find they are running something less heroic and much more intractable: namely the presidency. The people are well cured by then of election fever, during which they think they are choosing Moses. In the third year, they look on the man as a sinner and a bumble and begin to poke around for rumors of another Messiah."

Cooke, Alistair on president   

"Hard work has made it easy. That is my secret. That is why I win."

Comaneci, Nadia on work
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"Advice is like snow; the softer it falls the longer it dwells upon, and the deeper it sinks into the mind."

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor on advice
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"You are either part of the solution or part of the problem."

Cleaver, Eldridge on choice
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"As I give thought to the matter, I find four causes for the apparent misery of old age; first, it withdraws us from active accomplishments; second, it renders the body less powerful; third, it deprives us of almost all forms of enjoyment; fourth, it stands not far from death. "

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"They condemn what they do not understand."

Cicero, Marcus T. on criticism
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"What one has, one ought to use: and whatever he does he should do with all his might."

Cicero, Marcus T. on commitment