Famous aphorisms describing people who are strict with themselves:

1. Ask yourself to be as strict as the autumn wind, and treat others as warm as spring.

2. There are things that sages cannot do without. If you think you have no faults, your faults will be great; if you think you have faults, your faults will be few.

3. When credit disappears, the body has no life. ——Alexander Dumas

4. There are circles and wanings, the tide of the sea rises and falls, and the mood rises and falls.

5. Optimists always imagine themselves achieving their goals.

6. If you touch others with sincerity, people will respond with sincerity. ——Cheng Yi

7. It doesn’t matter how others evaluate yourself. The most important thing is to look at your own shortcomings.

8. Be generous to others and make promises to yourself; be generous to yourself and generous to others.

9. Without honesty, there is no dignity. ——Cicero

10. Sincerity is an openness of the soul. ——La Rochefoucauld

11. No one is a sage, and no one can have faults; if there are faults, correct them; if there are faults, correct them; if not, encourage them.

12. Integrity is the foundation of people. ——Lu Xun

13. Life cannot bloom brilliant flowers from lies. ——Heine

14. If a person breaks his promise, his reputation will be ruined. ——Liu Xiang

15. A person often checks his own mistakes before he can correct them; only when he feels confused and blocked can he work hard and create.

16. If you ask others to be detailed and strict, it will make people feel that it is too difficult to learn well; if you ask too little of yourself, it will hinder progress.

17. Hypocritical sincerity is more terrifying than the devil. ——Tagore

18. The misfortunes in life are those who don’t know how to review their own mistakes and don’t know how to be ashamed.

19. Credit at work is the best wealth. Young people without credit accumulation will inevitably become losers. ——Daisaku Ikeda

20. It is difficult to transform others, but it is even more difficult to transform yourself. Transforming others only requires a model, but self-transformation requires a strong will.

21. If you know your mistakes and can correct them, there is no greater good.

22. Treat others with leniency and be strict with responsibilities.

23. If you follow an upright and honest life path, you will definitely have a destination with a clear conscience. ——Gorky

24. Don’t criticize others in small talk.

25. Wasting other people’s time is seeking wealth and killing, and wasting one’s own time is chronic suicide.

26. It is a pleasure to help others. When you can help others, you should help others and make it convenient for yourself.

27. It is much more difficult to turn words into actions than to turn actions into words.

28. It is easy to blame others with words, but it is difficult to uphold oneself with justice. ——Su Che

29. Be generous to oneself and blame others poorly.

30. The hope of tomorrow will make us forget the pain.

31. Noble people are always strict with themselves in small things, but they do not use small things to demand others.

32. If you can be respectful and thoughtful, and often check your own mistakes, you will continue to make progress. These will eventually be useful.

33. If you make a mistake, you may get back on your feet immediately; if you break a promise, you may never recover. ——Franklin

34. If you indulge your emotions and violate objective laws, you will not gain anything no matter how much work you put in.

35. Be proactive and handle problems with a proactive attitude.

36. Don’t do to others what you don’t want others to do to you.

37. Only sincerity can break through the hypocrisy in the world, and only truth can break through the hypocrisy in the world. ——Xue Xuan

38. It is difficult to understand your own heart, just like a lamplight that only shines on others but not on yourself. It is a metaphor that people often see the shortcomings of others very clearly, but it is difficult to see their own shortcomings.

39. Those who do not believe in their words will not achieve results. ——Mozi

40. Arranging time reasonably is equivalent to saving time.

41. If you discipline yourself, you will have fewer mistakes; if you discipline others, you will have less cooperation. ——Lin Bu

42. To uphold oneself, one should seek to have no faults in the midst of no faults; in treating others, one should seek to have no faults in the midst of faults.

43. If a person is lazy and relaxes his demands on himself, he will be in trouble.

44. Don’t stay in a completed career!

45. No gold is pure and no one is perfect.

46. Don’t bully yourself internally and don’t bully others externally. ——Master Hongyi

47. Be strict with yourself and be lenient towards others.

48. The problem with some people is that they give up their own fields and plow the fields for others. They ask a lot from others, but their burdens are light.

49. The people cannot stand without trust. ——Confucius

50. Those who talk about right and wrong are right and wrong.

51. Noble people always insist on self-respect and self-love and avoid improper behavior.

52. Treating others with kindness is not only beneficial to others, but also beneficial to others. ——Yang Tong

53. People who make trouble openly often stare at others, while people who think deeply about worries can restrain themselves.

54. Half the truth is often a big lie. ——Franklin

55. If you want others not to be evil, you must first be beautiful; if you want others not to be suspicious, you must first be confident. ——Feng Menglong

56. Blame yourself and blame yourself.

57. It is advisable to keep an eye on the long-term future of things, and do not worry about gains and losses, regardless of immediate interests.

58. Honesty is a symbol of strength. It shows a person's high self-respect and inner sense of security and dignity. ——Eileen Kaser

59. You cannot discipline yourself and discipline others.

60. If the shape is wrong, the shadow will be curved; if the shape is straight, the shadow will be correct.

61. A person cannot know his own mistakes because he is confused.

62. People who like to blame others must not be strict with themselves.