"Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall."
"The Master said, At fifteen I set my heart upon learning. At thirty, I had planted my feet firm upon the ground. At forty, I no longer suffered from perplexities. At fifty, I knew what were the biddings of Heaven. At sixty, I heard them with docile ear. At seventy, I could follow the dictates of my own heart; for what I desired no longer overstepped the boundaries of righ."
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Source: Confucius, Arthur Waley (1949). “The Analects of Confucius”, Routledge
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