“A hero is nothing special. Anyone who works with an attitude of a hero can be called a hero. There are people who do their heroic deeds whether they get credit for them or not. We have these heroes among us. They quietly do their work for our countrymen, devoting their money, knowledge, time, and passion despite all the interferences they face. They are our heroes, our leaders. They are around us. I see people like this. You must see them too.”

“There is only one way to develop leaders in our country. Everyone must make up mind to be a leader and study to become one. That means everyone is going to build his character to become a good person. At the minimum, everyone must cultivate physical strength, generosity, and knowledge to attain qualification as an able citizen.”

“Why don’t the person who claims we don’t have a leader make an effort to become a leader himself?”

“In order to reform our nation, we must reform everyone of us and each one of us must engage in self reform. Nobody else can do it for us.”

”As an individual devotes himself to his people, he fulfills his obligation to mankind and God.””

“Oh, lies! Lies are the enemy that destroy my country. I’ll never tell lies as long as I live,
I’ll never uphold the enemy of my Lord and father”

Never tell a lie, even in death, Do not lie, even as a joke”

“The young, the old, the juniors and the seniors… everyone blames his predecessors for the ills of the country, and why is that? Why don’t you blame your own inability to bring independence to your country? Why do you blame someone else not yourselves?”

“We as a nation of people need to interject more love into our lives. Love between parents and children, love between husband and wife, love among colleagues, love for our work, love for our organization, love for all humanity…. Lack of love is another reason why we have such a difficult time uniting together… so lets study how to love… lets study love fellow Koreans. Let’s forgive our faults, let’s praise each other for the goods we do”

“Do you love your country? if so, first of all, cultivate a healthy moral character. You must become physician first, if you truly care for the pain of people. Cure yourselves of any ailment first, even if you do not become a physician”

Source:
Dosan Ahn Changho by Lee, Gwang-Su, Love yourself, Love Others by Suh Sang-mok, Ahn Moon-hye