“Great acts are made up of small deeds.”

“Respond to anger with virtue. Deal with difficulties while they are still easy. Handle the great while it is still small.”

“The difficult problems in life always start off being simple. Great affairs always start off being small.”

“Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small. A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.”

“All difficult things in the world are sure to arise from a previous state in which they were easy, and all great things from one in which they were small.”

“Its admirable words can purchase honor; (its) admirable deeds can raise their performer above others.”

“Act without expectation.”