1. Arrogance is a sign of incompetence. ——Rafat

2. It is a virtue to be brave but humble and cautious. ——Fen Lun

3. It doesn’t depend on the sky, it all depends on the two hands. (Proverb)

　4. People should be humble, but not inferior. ——Yao Lesi Kalki

5. What the world lacks is perseverance, not strength. ——Hugo

6. Proud people often use pride to cover up their cowardice. ——Hardy

7. Labor makes people live longer, laziness makes people grow older, and hard work prolongs life. (Proverb)

8. People’s real wealth is their ability to work. ((Greek) Proverb)

9. The only wisdom we can hope to receive is the wisdom of humility: being open-minded. ——T, S. Eliot

10. Teachers teach not by giving them all, but by inducing them through the camera. (Ye Shengtao)

11. Those who conspire to frame others will suffer misfortune first. (Aesop)

12. Never think that you know everything at any time. No matter how high people think of you, you must always have the courage to say to yourself: I am a person who knows nothing. (Pavlov)

13. Habit is really a tenacious and huge force that can dominate a person's life. Therefore, people should develop a good habit through education from an early age. (Bacon)

14. Home is the kingdom of the father, the world of the mother, and the paradise of children. (Emerson)

15. When you are angry, count to ten before speaking. If you are very angry, count to a hundred. (Jefferson)

16. Children’s spiritual world cannot be turned into simply learning knowledge. If we endeavor to direct all the mental energies of a child to schoolwork, his life will become intolerable. He should not only be a student, but above all a person with many interests, requirements and desires. (Suhomlinsky)

17. Delaying your future because of broken love is a lifetime loss. (Huo Hai)

18. Sacrifice some vanity in front of you, and you will gain a lot in the future. When the ownership of the honor has not been determined for a while, some people with stronger vanity than you will be eager to take the honor as their own. But later, even jealous people will tend to give you a fair evaluation, pluck out those false feathers, and return them to their true owners. (Franklin)

　19. The sun takes off your coat faster than the wind; a kind and friendly approach is easier to change the minds of others than any violence. (Carnegie) Quotations from ancient Chinese philosophy

1. Those who love others will always be loved by others; those who respect others will always be respected by others. ——"Mencius Li Lou Xia"

[Interpretation] People who love others will always love them, and respect others and others will always respect them. How you treat others will often be treated in the same way. To be respected and loved, you must respect and love others. Heng: Often.

2. If you don’t follow the rules, you can’t make a square or a circle. ——"Mencius Li Lou Shang"

[Interpretation] Without compasses and rulers, rectangles and circles cannot be drawn. We must abide by certain rules and regulations in our lives and in doing things. Otherwise, if everyone does their own thing, everything will be in chaos. Rules: Rules and moments, two tools for correcting circles and squares

3. If you have a solid warehouse, you will know etiquette, if you have enough food and clothing, you will know honor and disgrace. ——"Guanzi·Herdsmen"

[Interpretation] Only when the granaries are abundant can the people understand the etiquette system; only when the food and clothing are abundant can the people know honor and shame. Material civilization is the basis of spiritual civilization. Those who govern a country must first consider the lives of the people. Lin (lǐn): granary. Real: substantial.

4. A slight difference is a thousand miles away. ——"Book of Rites·Jingjing"

　[Interpretation] There is a small mistake at the beginning. If it is not corrected in time, it will eventually cause a big mistake. Everything is difficult at the beginning, and you must be cautious at the beginning; you must strive for excellence and meticulousness in scientific research, otherwise heavy losses will occur. Millimeter: A small unit of measurement, describing very few or extremely small. Miao (miù): wrong.

5. A ruler is short and an inch is long; things are insufficient and wisdom is unclear. ——Warring States Period·Chu·Qu Yuan's "Bu Ju"

[Interpretation] Although the ruler is longer than the inch, it appears shorter when compared with longer things. Although the inch is shorter than the ruler, it appears shorter than the shorter things. When things are compared, they appear longer; things always have their shortcomings, and wise people always have their unwiseness. People or things have their own strengths and weaknesses. We should not blame them for perfection, but should use their strengths and avoid their weaknesses.

6. The right person will get many help, but the wrong person will get little help. ——"Mencius Gongsun Chou"

[Interpretation] With the truth, those who are in line with justice will get help from more people, while those who violate the truth and are unjust will rarely get help. It tells us that truth and justice are invincible.

7. To study alone without friends is to be lonely and ignorant.

——"Book of Rites·Xue Ji"

[Interpretation] If you just study alone without friends to discuss with you, you will be ignorant. Study partners have been proven to benefit learning progress.

8. Wealth and honor cannot be promiscuous, poverty and lowliness cannot be moved, and power cannot be subdued. ——"Mencius·Teng Wen Gong"

[Interpretation] Wealth cannot make his mind confused, poverty and lowliness cannot make him change his moral integrity, and power cannot make his will surrender. Only by achieving these three points can one be called a man. Mencius's words have been handed down from generation to generation and have inspired countless Chinese people.

9. High banks are valleys, and deep valleys are mausoleums. ——"The Book of Songs·The Turn of October"

[Interpretation] The highlands turned into valleys, and the deep valleys turned into mountains. According to scientific speculation, the Himalayas were a vast ocean 70 million years ago, and the sea turned into mulberry fields, which is a metaphor for the ever-changing world. It also means that things always transform into their opposite under certain conditions.

10. If a worker wants to do his job well, he must first sharpen his tools. ——"The Analects of Confucius·Wei Linggong"

[Interpretation] If a craftsman wants to do his job well, he must sharpen his tools in advance. It can be seen from this that if a person wants to be competent at work, he must first learn the skills well. If you read good books today, you will be able to make great achievements tomorrow.

11. Be generous to yourself but not responsible to others. ——"The Analects of Confucius·Wei Linggong"

Interpretation] Blame yourself more and blame others less. This sentence means to be strict with oneself and to be lenient with others. If you are strict with yourself, you will make rapid progress; if you are tolerant of others, you will stay away from resentment. Gongzi: oneself. The word "responsibility" is omitted after "thick". Responsibility: blame, demand.

12. Therefore, if wood is supported by a rope, it will be straight, and if metal is sharpened, it will be beneficial. ——"Xunzi Encouraging Learning"

[Interpretation] Wood becomes straight after being processed by straight lines drawn with carpentry ink lines (woodworking tools); metal objects can be sharpened after being sharpened on a whetstone. These two metaphors are used to illustrate that after people learn, temper and reflect on themselves, they will become smarter and wiser, stop making mistakes, and become stronger and stronger. Li (lì): whetstone.

13. If you are good, you will know its evil; if you are evil, you will know its beauty. ——"Book of Rites·University"

[Interpretation] For the person you like, you must know his shortcomings and do not show favoritism; for the person you dislike, you must know his advantages and do not obliterate them. When we evaluate a person, we must be objective and fair, not be emotional, and not be biased because of our own good or bad qualities.

14. Misfortunes lie on the back of blessings, and blessings lie on the backs of misfortunes. ——"Laozi"

[Interpretation] Disaster depends on happiness, and happiness lurks disaster. It tells us that misfortunes and blessings can transform into each other under certain conditions. We should be prepared for danger in times of peace and should not be discouraged if we are in adversity. Xi (xī): modal particle, equivalent to "ah". Yi (yǐ): rely on. Fu: latent, hidden.

15. Don’t do to others what you don’t want others to do to you. ——"The Analects of Confucius·Yan Yuan"

[Interpretation] If you don't like it, don't impose it on others. Hunger and cold are something you don't like, so don't impose it on others; shame is something you don't like, so don't impose it on others. Compare yourself to others, think about your own benefits and harms to others, and think more about others. This is a principle that should be followed throughout your life. Desire: Want, hope. 不(wù): Don’t. Shi: add, give.

16. The beauty of a gentleman is not the evil of a man, but the evil of a villain. ——"The Analects of Confucius·Yan Yuan"

[Interpretation] A gentleman fulfills the good deeds of others and does not contribute to the bad deeds of others. The villain is just the opposite. If an adult is beautiful and accumulates good deeds, he becomes a gentleman; if an adult is evil and accumulates resentments more and more, he becomes a villain. A gentleman is respected by others, while a villain is reviled. Gentleman: A person of noble character. Villain: refers to a person with a despicable personality. On the contrary: the opposite of this.

17. A gentleman is magnanimous, but a villain is always worried. ——"The Analects of Confucius·Shu Er"

[Interpretation] A gentleman's heart is flat and broad, but a villain is often cramped and worried. A gentleman is open-minded, content with poverty, be kind to others, and always content with his content, so he can be magnanimous. Villains have too many desires, worry about gains and losses, are worried, blame others, and feel uneasy, so they often feel sad. Magnanimous: open-minded and free-spirited. Qi Qi: Looks worried and uneasy.

18. A gentleman has three warnings: when he is young, his blood energy is not stable, and the warning lies in his appearance; when he is strong, his blood energy is strong, and his warning lies in fighting; when he is old, his blood energy has declined, and his warning lies in fighting. have to. ——"The Analects of Confucius·Ji Shi"

[Interpretation] There are three things in a gentleman's life that he should be vigilant about: when he is young, his muscles and bones are growing, his qi and blood have not yet been finalized, so he must be vigilant about issues between men and women; when he reaches his prime, During this period, when one is physically strong and energetic, one must be wary of unprincipled disputes and fights; in old age, when physical strength and energy are weak, one must be wary of insatiable greed. For teenagers, this sentence raises the issue of early love affecting physical and mental health. From today's point of view, Confucius' saying of "prevent sex, quit fighting, and quit gaining" still has educational significance for us.

19. A gentleman’s connection is like water, and a villain’s connection is like wine. ——"Book of Rites·Biaoji"

[Interpretation] A gentleman makes friends as plain as water, while a villain makes friends as sweet wine (strong and sweet).

The friendship between gentlemen does not seek fame and gain from each other or takes advantage of each other, so it appears plain and natural, so it can last for a long time; the friendship between villains has the intention of profiting and taking advantage of each other, so it is inevitable to be hypocritical, pretentious, and sweet talk. , so it is difficult to last. Contact: contact, communication. Li (lǐ): sweet wine.

20. Reciprocity. It is impolite to go but not come; it is impolite to come but not go. ——"Book of Rites·Qu Li Shang"

[Interpretation] Etiquette focuses on mutual interactions: if there is going but no coming, it is not in line with etiquette; if there is going but no going, it is not in line with etiquette. In interpersonal interactions, people should treat each other as equals and help each other. Shang: The important thing is.