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Confucious Sayings

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Action: Confucious Sayings
A superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.

Business: Confucious Sayings
Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.

Achievements: Confucious Sayings
Do not be desirous of having things done quickly. Do not look at small advantages. Desire to have things done quickly prevents their being done thoroughly. Looking at small advantages prevents great affairs from being accomplished.

Belief: Confucious Sayings
Hold faithfulness and sincerity as first principles.

Attitude: Confucious Sayings
It is better to light one small candle than to curse the darkness.

Business: Confucious Sayings
The expectations of life depend upon diligence; the mechanic that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools.

Ability: Confucious Sayings
The superior man is distressed by the limitations of his ability; he is not distressed by the fact that men do not recognize the ability that he has.

Action: Confucious Sayings
To put the world right in order, we must first put the nation in order; to put the nation in order, we must first put the family in order; to put the family in order, we must first cultivate our personal life; we must first set our hearts right.

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