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When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.

Action Adjust Cannot Goals
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Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.

Complicated Insist Life Making
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One good schoolmaster is of more use than a hundred priests.
Good Hundred More Priests
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The superior man acts before he speaks, and afterwards speaks according to his action.

According Action Acts Afterwards
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The key to growth is the introduction of higher dimensions of consciousness into our awareness.

Awareness Consciousness Dimensions Growth
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Success depends upon previous preparation, and without such preparation there is sure to be failure.

Depends Failure Preparation Previous
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Persecution is not an original feature in any religion; but it is always the strongly marked feature of all religions established by law.

All Religions Always Any Established
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I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.

Forget Hear Remember See
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What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.

Done Others Want You
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A superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.

Actions Modest Speech Superior
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The instant formal government is abolished, society begins to act. A general association takes place, and common interest produces common security.

Abolish Act Association Begins
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The expectations of life depend upon diligence; the mechanic that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools.

Depend Diligence Expectations First
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A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.

Aim Barely Best Did
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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.

People Plant Seed Teach
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My country is the world, and my religion is to do good.
Country Good Religion World
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Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.

Belongs Content Lacking Nothing
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Never give a sword to a man who can't dance.

Dance Give Never Sword
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We should feel sorrow, but not sink under its oppression.

Feel Oppression Sink Sorrow
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Reputation is what men and women think of us; character is what God and angels know of us.

Angels Character God Know
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Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change.

Change Stupidest Wisest Men
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The superior man understands what is right; the inferior man understands what will sell.

Inferior Right Sell Superior
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Truthful words are not beautiful; beautiful words are not truthful. Good words are not persuasive; persuasive words are not good.

Beautiful Beautiful Words Good Good Words
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Silence is a true friend who never betrays.

Betrays Friend Silence True
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Health is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure. Confidence is the greatest friend. Non-being is the greatest joy.

Confidence Contentment Friend Greatest
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To know what you know and what you do not know, that is true knowledge.

Know Knowledge True
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Never contract friendship with a man that is not better than thyself.

Better Contract Friendship Man
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To practice five things under all circumstances constitutes perfect virtue; these five are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness, and kindness.

Circumstances Earnestness Generosity Gravity
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If the Great Way perishes there will morality and duty. When cleverness and knowledge arise great lies will flourish. When relatives fall out with one another there will be filial duty and love. When states are in confusion there will be faithful servants.

Another Arise Cleverness Confusion
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The superior man makes the difficulty to be overcome his first interest; success only comes later.

Difficulty First Interest Later
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There are two distinct classes of what are called thoughts: those that we produce in ourselves by reflection and the act of thinking and those that bolt into the mind of their own accord.

Accord Act Bolt Classes
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A gentleman would be ashamed should his deeds not match his words.

Ashamed Deeds Gentleman Match
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If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.
Change Direction End Heading
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An oppressive government is more to be feared than a tiger.
Feared Government More Oppressive
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When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary.
Hereditary Ought Planning Posterity
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He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make his words good.

Difficult Find Good Modesty
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Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of men.

Compassion Courage Moral Qualities
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It is more shameful to distrust our friends than to be deceived by them.

Deceived Distrust Friends Shameful
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Virtues are acquired through endeavor, Which rests wholly upon yourself. So, to praise others for their virtues Can but encourage one's own efforts.

Acquired Efforts Encourage Endeavor
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If you look into your own heart, and you find nothing wrong there, what is there to worry about? What is there to fear?

Fear Find Heart Look
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He who exercises government by means of his virtue may be compared to the north polar star, which keeps its place and all the stars turn towards it.

Compared Exercises Virtue Government
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It is easy to hate and it is difficult to love. This is how the whole scheme of things works. All good things are difficult to achieve; and bad things are very easy to get.

Achieve Bad Difficult Easy
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It is the direction and not the magnitude which is to be taken into consideration.
Consideration Direction Magnitude Taken
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The more man meditates upon good thoughts, the better will be his world and the world at large.

Better Good Thoughts Large
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They must often change, who would be constant in happiness or wisdom.

Change Constant Happiness Must
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When men yield up the privilege of thinking, the last shadow of liberty quits the horizon.
Horizon Last Liberty Men
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I will not be concerned at other men's not knowing me; I will be concerned at my own want of ability.

Ability Concerned Knowing Men
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My mind is my own church.
Church Mind My Own Own
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Instead of being concerned that you have no office, be concerned to think how you may fit yourself for office. Instead of being concerned that you are not known, seek to be worthy of being known.

Concerned Fit Instead Known
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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.

Ability Distressed Fact Limitations
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Death and life have their determined appointments; riches and honors depend upon heaven.

Appointments Death Depend Determined
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