Growth and Strength Quotes

If the youth are wise, the nation will be wise; if the youth are wealthy, the nation will be wealthy; if the youth are strong, the nation will be strong.

少年智则国智，少年富则国富，少年强则国强。

The gentleman seeks within himself; the petty man seeks from others.

君子求诸己，小人求诸人。

Learning must never cease.

学不可以已。

He who knows others is wise; he who knows himself is enlightened. He who conquers others has physical strength; he who conquers himself is truly strong.

知人者智，自知者明。胜人者有力，自胜者强。

When Heaven is about to confer a great responsibility on any man, it will exercise his mind with suffering, subject his sinews and bones to hard work, expose his body to hunger, put him to poverty, place obstacles in the paths of his deeds, so as to stimulate his mind, harden his nature, and improve wherever he is incompetent.

天将降大任于斯人也，必先苦其心志，劳其筋骨，饿其体肤，空乏其身，行拂乱其所为，所以动心忍性，曾益其所不能。