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Only when someone refuses to do certain things will he be capable of doing great things.

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Let not a man do what his sense of right bids him not to do, nor desire what it forbids him to desire. This is sufficient. The skillful artist will not alter his measures for the sake of a stupid workman.
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Artist Desire Men Stupidity
He who exerts his mind to the utmost knows his nature.
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Himself Mind Nature
A man must first despise himself, and then others will despise him.
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Hate Men
The regular path of virtue is to be pursued without any bend, and from no view to emolument.
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Path View Virtue
The gap between enthusiasm and indifference is filled with failures. The great man is he that does not lose his child’s heart.
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Children Failure Heart Men
There is no greater delight than to be conscious of sincerity on self-examination.
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Greatness Sincere
When Heaven is about to confer a great office upon you, it first exercises your mind with suffering and your sinews and bones with toil.
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Greatness Heaven Suffering
Men must be decided on what they will not do, and then they are able to act with vigor in what they ought to do.
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Decision Men Vigor
The great man does not think beforehand of his words that they may be sincere, nor of his actions that they may be resolute- he simply speaks and does what is right.
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Inspirational Men Simplicity Thinking
The Way lies at hand yet it is sought afar off; the thing lies in the easy yet it is sought in the difficult.
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Difficult Hands Lying Warrior
All things are complete within ourselves.
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One Liner Perfection
The way of learning is none other than finding the lost mind.
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Lost Mindset Way
The Tao is near and people seek it far away.
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Effort People Spiritual
Never has there been one possessed of complete sincerity who did not move others. Never has there been one who had not sincerity who was able to move others.
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Ability Change Sincere
He who attends to his greater self becomes a great man, and he who attends to his smaller self becomes a small man.
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Leadership Men Spirituality
He who loves others is constantly loved by them. He who respects others is constantly respected by them.
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Himself Love Respect

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