If you can command yourself, you can command the world.

In a broken nest there are few whole eggs.

I hear and I forget, I see and I remember. I do and I understand.

Make happy those who are near, and those who are far will come.

Respect for ones parents is the highest duty of civil life.

If you stand straight, do not fear a crooked shadow.

Insanity is doing the same thing in the same way and expecting a different outcome.

If we do not change our direction, we are likely to end up where we are headed.

Never be boastful; someone may come along who knew you as a child.

Teachers open the door, but you must enter by yourself.