“Before a man can do things there must be things he will not do.”

—  Mencius

Eugene H. Peterson, A Long Obedience in the Same Direction, IVP, start of Ch 2.
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Source: Also quoted elsewhere and attributed to Mencius as "Only when there are things a man will not do is he capable of doing great things," again with no source.

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Chinese philosopher -372–-289 BC

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