You want to be the pebble in the pond that creates the ripple for change.

The statesman， who should attempt to direct private people in what manner they ought to employ their capitals， would not only load himself with a most unnecessary attention but assume an authority which could safely be trusted， not only to no single person， but to no council or senate whatever， and which would nowhere be so dangerous as in the hands of a man who had folly and presumption enough to fancy himself fit to exercise it.

【译文】君子不会根据言论推举选拔人才，也不会因为某人有缺点错误而废弃他的言论。