If doing what ought to be done be made the first business…

We believe that the vote would have been close. We regret that in the face of an explicit threat to veto by a permanent…

— John Negroponte

“It ought to be the business of every day to prepare for our final day (attributed to Matthew Henry)”

— Francis Chan

It's not whether the glass is half empty or half full, it's who is pouring the water. The key in business and success at…

— Mark Cuban

The thing is that business and success, and how hard it is, doesn't look any different whether you're playing a gig at eleven o'clock…

— Duff McKagan

It ought to be the business of every day to prepare for our last day.

— Matthew Henry

“If there is to be any hope for the world, indeed if you really want to find satisfaction and happiness in your life, you…

— Sir James Darling

When one cultivates to the utmost the principles of his nature, and exercises them on the principle of reciprocity, he is not far from…

— Confucius

When the Superior Man eats he does not try to stuff himself; at rest he does not seek perfect comfort; he is diligent in…

— Confucius

The superior man * * * in regard to his speech * * * is anxious that it should be sincere.

— Confucius

The superior man has a dignified ease without pride. The mean man has pride without a dignified ease.

— Confucius

The superior man does what is proper to the station in which he is; he does not desire to go beyond this. In a…

— Confucius

The superior man acts before he speaks, and afterwards speaks according to his action.

— Confucius

Therefore the superior man is watchful over himself, when he is alone.

— Confucius

The superior man does not, even for the space of a single meal, act contrary to virtue. In moments of haste, he cleaves to…

— Confucius

The superior man is distressed by his want (lack) of ability

— Confucius