Think of the going-out before you enter.

It is no use to wait for your ship to come in unless you have sent one out.

Begin with an error of an inch and end by being a thousand miles off the mark.

When your horse in on the brink of a precipice, it is too late to pull the reins.

Thatch your roof before rainy weather; dig your well before you become parched with thirst.

If you want a crop for one year, grow millet. If you want a crop for ten years, grow a tree. If you want a crop for one hundred years, grow men.

Get the coffin ready and the man won’t die.

If you are planning for a year, sow rice; if you are planning for a decade, plant trees; if you are planning for a lifetime, educate people.

What good is running if you’re on the wrong road?