Confucius

“Success depends upon our previous preparations, and without such preparations there is sure to be failure.”

“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.”

“Can there be a love which does not make demands on its object?”

“He who remembers from day to day what he has yet to learn, and from month to month what he has learned already, may be said to have a love of learning.”

“It is true that we shall not be able to reach perfection, but in our struggle toward it we shall strengthen our characters and give stability to our ideas, so that, whilst ever advancing calmly in the same direction, we shall be rendered capable of applying the faculties with which we have been gifted to the best possible account.”

“The essence of knowledge is, having it, to apply it; not having it, to confess your ignorance.”

“Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.”

“When you know a thing, to hold that you know it; and when you do not know a thing, to allow that you do not know it this is knowledge.”