Ways of Living and Attitude by Konosuke Matsushita

Set a Vision

   Set your vision carefully. If you can form a firm vision, you are already halfway there.

Self-reliance

   Always examine yourself objectively and correct what needs to be corrected. This will lead to improvements.

No Shortcuts

   Step-by-Step progress, like the slow walk of a turtle, is important in life. You will fail if you try to jump and advance several steps at once.

Great Patience

   Try to realize that problems make you find motivation in life, rather than giveing you something to run away from.

Effort

   Overcoming difficulties by your own efforts gives you a feeling of triumph that money can never buy.

Self-Examination

   Experience includes not only great successes and big mistakes. Remember that peaceful days are also full of amazing experiences.

Untrapped Mind

   Face up to anything you do not understand the reason for, and ask "why?". Progress may come from thinking "why?" about as many thing as possible.

Peace

   Life never goes as planned. Lead your life in a state of mind that allows you to accept what is going to happen, without worrying too much about a single issue.

Heart

   The heart of a human being is flexible and can be large or small. This means that the size of your heart depends on the state of your mind.

Youth

   Youth is a state of mind. As long as you are filled with faith, hope and courage, and do the best you can in your ever-changing daily life, youth will be yours forever.

Overcoming Difficulties

   Unprecedented difficulties produce unprecedented innovation, and unprecedented innovation propels unprecedented leaps forward.

God's  Gifts

   You will encounter a wide variety of opportunities in your life. The key is whether you can grasp them.

Awareness

   The most blessed thing in a human being is virtue, but virtue cannot be taught or learned.  It is something that you have to acquire.