Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.
Quality is not an act, it is a habit.
By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
If you can dream it, you can do it.
To know oneself, one should assert oneself.
You never know what motivates you.
If you're going through hell, keep going.
Expect problems and eat them for breakfast.
Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.
In the final analysis, the incident is seen as originating from an emotional expression of the frustration and anger of the proud people of China who had been subject to ever increasing oppression from without and decadent corruption from within.