“Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.

“If you want one year of prosperity, grow grain. If you want ten years of prosperity, grow trees. If you want one hundred years of prosperity, grow people.

“A fall into a ditch makes you wiser.

“Not a single person whose name is worth remembering lived a life of ease.

“Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare.

“Defeat isn’t bitter if you don’t swallow it.

“If you think that you are going to love something, give it a try. You’re going to kick yourself in the butt for the rest of your life if you don’t.

“Sow a thought, reap an action; sow an action, reap a habit; sow a habit, reap a character; sow a character, reap a destiny.

“The diamond cannot be polished without friction, nor the man perfected without trials.

“The best time to plant a tree is twenty years ago. The second best time is now.

“A bad workman blames his tools.

“A jade stone is useless before it is processed; a man is good-for-nothing until he is educated.