When you are earnest, wisdom emerges. When you are half-hearted, complaints emerge. When you are careless, excuses emerge.

Swift as the wind, silent as the forest, fierce as fire, immovable as the mountain.

People are the castle, people are the walls, people are the moat. Compassion makes allies; cruelty makes enemies.

Next to a battle lost, the greatest misery is a battle gained.

-- Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington

Knowing is not enough, we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do.

-- Bruce Lee

It's hard to beat a person who never gives up.

-- Babe Ruth

Above anything else, I hate to lose.

-- Jackie Robinson

Fierce-browed, I coolly defy a thousand pointing fingers; head bowed, I willingly serve as a children's ox.

-- Lu Xun

Either explode in silence, or perish in silence.

-- Lu Xun