Confucius — "Respect yourself and others will respect you."

"The superior man is easy to serve but difficult to please; the inferior man is difficult to serve but easy to please."

"Riches and honors are the things people desire; but if one obtains them by not following the Way, then one will not be able to hold them. Poverty and low position in society are the things that people…"

"To be fond of learning is near to wisdom. To practice with vigor is near to benevolence. To have the feeling of shame is near to courage. He who knows these three things knows how to cultivate his own…"

"It is not the failure of others to appreciate your abilities that should trouble you, but rather your own failure to appreciate theirs."

"The Master said, 'The superior man is universally benevolent, and not partisan. The mean man is partisan, and not universally benevolent.'"