Make happy those who are near, and those who are far will come.
Teachers open the door. You enter by yourself.
The best time to plant a tree is twenty years ago. The second best time is now.
If you want one year of prosperity, grow grain. If you want ten years of prosperity, grow trees. If you want one hundred years of prosperity, grow people.
Sow a thought, reap an action; sow an action, reap a habit; sow a habit, reap a character; sow a character, reap a destiny.
A bad workman blames his tools.
A fall into a ditch makes you wiser.
When you go to buy, don’t show your silver
A single conversation across the table with a wise person is worth a months study of books.
He who deliberates fully before taking a step will spend his entire life on one leg.
