Only the man who does not need it, is fit to inherit wealth, the man who would make his fortune no matter where he started.
Ayn Rand

Of all that is written, I love only what a person has written with his own blood.
Friedrich Nietzsche

A good writer possesses not only his own spirit but also the spirit of his friends.
Friedrich Nietzsche

Many a man fails as an original thinker simply because his memory it too good.
Friedrich Nietzsche

I do not know what the spirit of a philosopher could more wish to be than a good dancer. For the dance is his ideal, also his fine art, finally also the only kind of piety he knows, his "divine service."
Friedrich Nietzsche

The man of knowledge must be able not only to love his enemies but also to hate his friends.
Friedrich Nietzsche

When a hundred men stand together, each of them loses his mind and gets another one.
Friedrich Nietzsche

Whoever has witnessed another's ideal becomes his inexorable judge and as it were his evil conscience.
Friedrich Nietzsche

Whoever has provoked men to rage against him has always gained a party in his favor, too.
Friedrich Nietzsche

A superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.
Confucius

The superior man is distressed by the limitations of his ability; he is not distressed by the fact that men do not recognize the ability that he has.
Confucius

The expectations of life depend upon diligence; the mechanic that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools.
Confucius

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

He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make his words good.
Confucius

He who exercises government by means of his virtue may be compared to the north polar star, which keeps its place and all the stars turn towards it.
Confucius

The superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.
Confucius

The more man meditates upon good thoughts, the better will be his world and the world at large.
Confucius

Look at the means which a man employs, consider his motives, observe his pleasures. A man simply cannot conceal himself!
Confucius

The superior man makes the difficulty to be overcome his first interest; success only comes later.
Confucius

He is a man of courage who does not run away, but remains at his post and fights against the enemy.
Socrates