Deal with the small before it becomes large.

Watch your thoughts, they become words. Watch your words, they become actions. Watch your actions, they become habit.

Those who are right do not argue. Those who argue are not right.

Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them; that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.

Care about what other people think and you will always be their prisoner.

One who believes in himself has no need to convince others.

He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still.

Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power.

In order to eliminate the negative influences, simply ignore them.

Let your workings remain a mystery. Just show people the results.

The leader is a teacher who succeeds without taking credit. And, because credit is not taken, credit is received.

A father’s tears and fears are unseen, his love is unexpressed, but his care and protection remains as a pillar of strength throughout our lives.

It is very easy to forgive others their mistakes it takes more grit and gumption to forgive them for having witnessed your own.

When you put your hand to the plow, you can't put it down until you get to the end of the row.

The most mischievous liars are those who keep sliding on the verge of truth.

One of the virtues of the NHS... it doesn't worry you about money at the moment when you're least capable of doing anything about it.

Herman Melville was as separated from a civilized literature as the lost Atlantis was said to have been from the great peoples of the earth.

The Fox, when hee cannot reach the grapes, saies they are not ripe.

Good writing never soothes or comforts. It is no prescription, neither is it diversionary, although it can and should enchant while it explodes in the reader's face.

Be realistic: Plan for a miracle

We are all slaves of our own actions. Why be angry with anyone else?