...I never lose an opportunity of urging a practical beginning, however small. Nightingale (1820-1910) The man of virtue makes the difficulty to be overcome...business, and success only a subsequent consideration. -Confucius (c. 551-c. 479 BC) Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action has arrived, stop...

...flattery. When Fan Chi asked about practical wisdom in governing, Confucius replied: To give oneself earnestly to the duties due to men, and, while respecting...beings, to keep aloof from them, may be called wisdom. We may provide another example to see how different environments influenced Smith and Confucius. Technological...

...that the most famous of all passages used to document Kongzi's nonreligious nature (To give one's self to the duties due to men, and while respecting spiritual...beings, to keep aloof from them, may be called wisdom," AnalectsV}.\\\\) may mean nothing more than his warning to his disciples about the "superstitious"...

...know the truth are not equal to those who love it, nor they who love it to those who rejoice therein. The man of virtue makes the difficulty to be overcome his first concern, success a subsequent consideration. The man of knowledge finds pleasure in the sea, the man...

...week ahead of the federal government. That incompetent FEMA organization." Davis laughed. "Confucius said, 'The man of virtue makes the difficulty to be...business, and success only a subsequent consideration. '" "Hey, you like to memorize things," remarked Wesley. "You know a lot of those?" Davis laughed again....

...appropriate attitude towards supernatural beings has a long tradition going back to Confucius at least. ('While respecting spiritual beings, to keep aloof from them may be called wisdom.')251 During the Tokugawa period, the appropriate attitude which should be displayed towards...

...self. Before anything else, preparation is the key to success. -Alexander Graham Bell (1847- 1922) The man of virtue makes the difficulty to be overcome...business, and success only a subsequent consideration. -Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC) Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it....

...XL xi. 3 Ana. VII. xxiii. as to what constituted wisdom. " To give one'g-self earnestly," said he, " to the duties due to men, and, while respecting spiritual beings, to keep aloof from them, may be called wisdom."1 At any rate, as by his frequent references to Heaven, instead of following the phraseology...

...Confucian thought sees wisdom as more in line with respect as per the idea that "to give one's self earnestly to the duties due to men, and, while respecting...beings, to keep aloof from them, may be called wisdom." Taoist doctrine tends to see wisdom as learned, particularly through introspection. Obviously, the...

...was just.'" Book 6, 20 "Fan Ch'ih asked what constituted wisdom. The Master said, To give one's self earnestly to the duties due to men, and, while respecting...be overcome his first business, and success only a Book 7, 6:1-4 "The Master said, 'Let the will be set on the path of duty. Let every attainment in what...