Echoes

Do you have the patience to wait till your mud settles and the water is clear? Can you remain unmoving till the right action arises by itself?

Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.

Our patience will achieve more than our force.

We have a given problem to solve. If we undertake the solution, there is, of course, always danger that we may not solve it aright; but to refuse to undertake the solution simply renders it certain that we cannot possibly solve it aright.

Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.

You may never know what results come of your actions. But if you do nothing, there will be no result.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Never leave that till tomorrow which you can do today.

Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.

He that can have patience can have what he will.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

Silence is a source of great strength.

Take a step forward, lads. It will be easier that way.

The only man who never makes a mistake is the man who never does anything.

For if he who resolveth bravely oftentimes falleth short, how shall it be with him who resolveth rarely or feebly?

Silence is a fence around wisdom.

To see what is right and not do it is the worst cowardice.

It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that things are difficult.

Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

In the words of the ancients, one should make his decisions within the space of seven breaths. It is a matter of being determined and having the spirit to break right through to the other side.

Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials.

It is sometimes easier to make the world a better place than to prove you have made the world a better place.

If you're going through hell, keep going.

Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.