Zuò zhèngquè de shì jiù yào yǒu suī qiān wàn rén wú wǎng yǐ de qìgài.
Doing the right thing requires the courage of ‘though ten thousand stand against me, I go forward.’
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From Mencius 《孟子·公孙丑上》: ‘自反而缩，虽千万人吾往矣。’ (If on self-examination I find I am in the right, though ten thousand men stand against me, I shall still go forward.) Mencius's statement of moral bravery. Bruce Lee and many martial-arts writers later borrowed the line.
usage
吾 = I (classical); 矣 = sentence-final emphatic particle. Often preceded in quotation by 自反而缩 (‘if on self-examination I am in the right’) to preserve the moral premise.
