The wise does at once what the fool does at last.
If you think you can do it, you can.
Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.
To know oneself, one should assert oneself.
It's always too early to quit.
The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.
Never complain and never explain.
The dog that trots about finds a bone.
What you do today can improve all your tomorrows.
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.