Confucius Quotes About Achievement
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When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.
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Desire to have things done quickly prevents their being done thoroughly.
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You judge yourself by what you think you can achieve, others judge you by what have achieved.
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The gem cannot be polished without friction nor man without trials.
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If you shoot for the stars and hit the moon, it's OK. But you've got to shoot for something. A lot of people don't even shoot.
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Some are born with knowledge, some derive it from study, and some acquire it only after a painful realization of their ignorance. But the knowledge being possessed, it comes to the same thing. Some study with a natural ease, some from a desire for advantages, and some by strenuous effort. But the achievement being made, it comes to the same thing.
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Looking at small advantages prevents great affairs from being accomplished.
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The superior man limits his achievements.
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