Mencius on ability
Mencius83 quotes“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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The path of duty lies in what is near, and men seek for it in what is remote; the work of duty lies in what is easy, and men seek for it in what is difficult.
MenciusMencius So I like life and I like righteousness; if I cannot keep the two together, I will let life go and choose righteousness.
MenciusMencius He who loves others is constantly loved by them. He who respects others is constantly respected by them.
MenciusMencius One who believes all of a book would be better off without books.
MenciusMencius The people turn in allegiance to Humanity, as surely as water flows downward or as a wild animal takes cover in the wilderness.
MenciusMencius All things are complete within ourselves.
MenciusMencius Treat your elders as elders, and extend it to the elders of others; treat your young ones as young ones, and extend it to the young ones of others; then you can turn the whole world in the palm of your hand.
MenciusMencius Where it is permissible both to die and not to die, it is an abuse of valour to die.
MenciusMencius Sincerity is the way to heaven; to think how to be sincere is the way of man.
MenciusMencius The great person never loses a childlike spirit.
MenciusMencius He who attends to his greater self becomes a great man, and he who attends to his smaller self becomes a small man.
MenciusMencius By exhaustively examining one’s own mind,one may understand his nature. One who understands his own nature understands Heaven.
MenciusMencius The tendency of mans nature to good is like the tendency of water to flow downward.
MenciusMencius The feeling of right or wrong is the beginning of wisdom.
MenciusMencius Virtue alone is not sufficient for the exercise of government; laws alone cannot carry themselves into practice.
MenciusMencius Listen to a man’s words and look at the pupil of his eye. How can a man conceal his character?
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MoomerMoomer The judgement that people cast on you for how you do or do not appear is nothing more than just a projection of their own wounds.
Taj AroraTaj Arora Be grateful for what you have now, even if it’s not everything you wanted.
Sonia SabnisSonia Sabnis It seems strange how we look in the same mirror, yet what stares back, is so painfully different.
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If there is one thing that has helped me as a coach, it’s my ability to recognize winners, or good people who can become winners by paying the price.
Bear BryantBear Bryant I’m no genius, but I’m a damn good football coach.
Bear BryantBear Bryant The word ‘innocence’ means a mind that is incapable of being hurt.
Jiddu KrishnamurtiJiddu Krishnamurti You try to make your team do something they’re not capable of and you get murdered.
Bear BryantBear Bryant One of the best skills of an entrepreneur is the ability to question. By asking new questions, new answers are found.
Robert KiyosakiRobert Kiyosaki One of the things I’ve always said is that if you’re given the ability to coach kids, then you’re really given the ability to be a father or parent of some sort.
Ray LewisRay Lewis Never has a man who has bent himself been able to make others straight.
MenciusMencius There was a language specific to all things. The ability to learn another language in one arena, whether it was music, medicine, or finance, could be used to accelerate learning and other arenas, too.
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