"He who stands on the tips of his toes, cannot be steady.
He who takes long strides, will not maintain the pace.
He who displays himself, is not enlightened.
He who brags, achieves nothing of worth.
He who boasts, will not endure."

"Beware the fury of a patient man."

"Strength comes from health.
Speed comes from effort.
Techniques come from experience.
Will power comes from faith.
Serenity comes from old knowledge.
Progress comes from new knowledge."

"A good man is the teacher of a bad man.
A bad man is in the care of a good man.
If the teacher is not respected and the student not cared for, confusion will arise."

"Only do what needs to be done.
Do not take advantage of power.
Counsel others not to use force to conquer the universe.
This only brings resistance, and thorn bushes spring up
When the army has passed."

The greatest object of the superior person is to preserve peace and tranquility.
He takes no pleasure in winning battles for if he did so he would be finding gratification in the pain of others. - Lao Tzu

I am only one, but I am one.  I cannot do everything, but I can do something.  And I will not let what I cannot do interfere with what I can do.  ~Edward Everett Hale

It is the greatest of all mistakes to do nothing because you can only do little - do what you can.  ~Sydney Smith

I expect to pass through life but once.  If therefore, there be any kindness I can show, or any good thing I can do to any fellow being, let me do it now, and not defer or neglect it, as I shall not pass this way again.  ~William Penn

Patience is the companion of wisdom.  ~St. Augustine

Wisdom is knowing what to do next; virtue is doing it.  ~David Star Jordan, The Philosophy of Despair

"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit."
-Aristotle