Lord Chi Wen thought three times before taking any action. When the Master heard this, he said: Twice is plenty enough.

Confucius
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  3. What you do is what matters, not what you think or say or plan. - Jason Fried

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  1. It is easy to hate and it is difficult to love. This is how the whole scheme of things works. All good things are difficult to achieve and bad things are very easy to get.

  2. It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.

  3. Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses.

  4. Give a bowl of rice to a man and you will feed him for a day. Teach him how to grow his own rice and you will save his life.

  5. If you make a mistake and do not correct it, this is called a mistake.

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