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The superior man makes the difficulty to be overcome his first interest; success only comes later.
Confucius
Success
Man
Overcome
Superior
First
Difficulty
Later
Superior Man
Only
Makes
His
Interest
To go beyond is as wrong as to fall short.
Confucius
Fall
Wrong
Beyond
Go
Short
Virtuous people often revenge themselves for the constraints to which they submit by the boredom which they inspire.
Confucius
People
Revenge
Inspire
Submit
Virtuous
Boredom
Constraints
Often
Which
Themselves
The superior man is distressed by the limitations of his ability; he is not distressed by the fact that men do not recognize the ability that he has.
Confucius
Man
Men
Superior
Recognize
Distressed
Ability
Superior Man
Fact
He
Limitations
His
Spending money is much more difficult than making money.
Jack Ma
Money
Difficult
Spending
Spending Money
More
Making
Making Money
Than
Much
All difficult things have their origin in that which is easy, and great things in that which is small.
Lao Tzu
Great
Great Things
Difficult
Easy
Small
Which
Origin
Things
Difficult Things
The power of intuitive understanding will protect you from harm until the end of your days.
Lao Tzu
You
Will
Power
Understanding
Intuitive
Days
Until
Protect
End
Your
Harm
Heaven is long-enduring, and earth continues long. The reason why heaven and earth are able to endure and continue thus long is because they do not live of, or for, themselves.
Lao Tzu
Long
Live
Earth
Able
Thus
Because
Continue
Heaven
Endure
Themselves
Reason
Why
He who talks more is sooner exhausted.
Lao Tzu
Exhausted
More
He
Sooner
Talks
Who
Be the chief but never the lord.
Lao Tzu
Leadership
Never
Lord
Chief
A fun pair of earrings is basically the finishing touch to any outfit; a nice watch is both practical and decorative, while the perfect unique bag is not only eye-catching but also timeless - it can be passed on to future generations.
Liu Wen
Future
Nice
Earrings
Future Generations
Outfit
Touch
Only
Both
Finishing
Perfect
Generations
Bag
Also
Practical
Passed
Timeless
Any
While
Decorative
Fun
Unique
Pair
Watch
Basically
Enable every woman who can work to take her place on the labour front, under the principle of equal pay for equal work.
Mao Zedong
Work
Woman
Pay
Every
Take
Equal
Equal Pay
Principle
Equal Work
Enable
Labour
Front
Place
Who
Her
The differences between friends cannot but reinforce their friendship.
Mao Zedong
Friendship
Differences
Between
Friends
Cannot
Reinforce
Let men decide firmly what they will not do, and they will be free to do vigorously what they ought to do.
Mencius
Will
Men
Free
Ought
Firmly
Decide
It does not matter how much we donate; it matters whether the donation is meaningful. How to define meaningful? Let society and history judge.
Ronnie Chan
History
Judge
Matter
Matters
Society
Define
Does
How
How Much
Donate
Donation
Whether
Meaningful
Much
The art of war is of vital importance to the state. It is a matter of life and death, a road either to safety or to ruin. Hence it is a subject of inquiry which can on no account be neglected.
Sun Tzu
Life
Death
War
Art
Safety
Matter
State
Ruin
Neglected
Inquiry
Life And Death
Vital
Road
Importance
Subject
Art Of War
Account
Either
Which
Hence
The good fighters of old first put themselves beyond the possibility of defeat, and then waited for an opportunity of defeating the enemy.
Sun Tzu
Good
Enemy
Opportunity
Old
First
Defeat
Possibility
Put
Beyond
Waited
Themselves
Then
Fighters
Defeating
In the practical art of war, the best thing of all is to take the enemy's country whole and intact; to shatter and destroy it is not so good.
Sun Tzu
War
Art
Best
Good
Enemy
Country
Destroy
Take
Shatter
Practical
Intact
Art Of War
Whole
Thing
We should recognize that nationalism does not mean discriminating against people of a different nationality. It simply means not allowing such people to seize our political power, for only when we Han are in control politically do we have a nation.
Sun Yat-sen
People
Political
Political Power
Power
Nation
Control
Nationalism
Our
Recognize
Only
Seize
Allowing
Simply
Does
Discriminating
Politically
Nationality
Different
Against
Mean
Should
Means
Remember that a civilized nation cannot just have one party; if there were only one party, this would merely be a dictatorship. Politics could not advance.
Sun Yat-sen
Politics
Remember
Dictatorship
Party
Nation
One Party
Would
Only
Civilized
Could
Advance
Merely
Were
Just
Cannot
All existing things are really one. We regard those that are beautiful and rare as valuable, and those that are ugly as foul and rotten The foul and rotten may come to be transformed into what is rare and valuable, and the rare and valuable into what is foul and rotten.
Zhuangzi
Beautiful
Ugly
Valuable
Rare
Those
Come
Existing
May
Regard
Transformed
Really
Rotten
Foul
Things
A person is born with feelings of envy and hate. If he gives way to them, they will lead him to violence and crime, and any sense of loyalty and good faith will be abandoned.
Xun Kuang
Faith
Good
Loyalty
Hate
Envy
Crime
Will
Feelings
Sense
Way
Abandoned
Born
Gives
Lead
He
Him
Person
Any
Them
Good Faith
Violence
War is not only a matter of equipment, artillery, group troops or air force; it is largely a matter of spirit, or morale.
Chiang Kai-shek
War
Air Force
Matter
Group
Air
Spirit
Morale
Only
Troops
Force
Equipment
Artillery
Largely
He who acts with a constant view to his own advantage will be much murmured against.
Confucius
Will
Own
Constant
He
Advantage
His
Against
Much
View
Who
Acts
I have nothing to explain. As for being misunderstood, I have grown accustomed to that.
Fan Bingbing
Nothing
Misunderstood
Accustomed
Being
Explain
Being Misunderstood
Grown
Creativity requires input, and that's what research is. You're gathering material with which to build.
Gene Luen Yang
You
Creativity
Build
Research
Gathering
Input
Material
Which
Requires
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