I don't care what people say about me. I know who I am.
所以天将要把重大任务落到这个人身上,一定先要使他的心志痛苦,使他的筋骨劳累,使他的身体饥饿,使他的身子穷困,并且使他的每一行为总是不能如意,借此来使他的内心震动,坚韧他的性情,增加他的才干。
I prefer to supervise the whole operations of the government myself rather than entrust the public business to subordinates.
Character is not something that you are born with and can't change, like your fingerprints. It's something you weren't born with and must take responsibility for forming.