天行健，君子以自强不息；地势坤，君子以厚德载物。

As heaven maintains its vigorous motion, the noble person should strive for continuous self-improvement. As the earth's nature is receptive and nurturing, the noble person should cultivate great virtue to support and carry all things.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 天 tiān
  1. day
  2. sky
  3. heaven
=2 行 háng
  1. (bound form) row; line
  2. (bound form) line of business; trade; profession
  3. (bound form) commercial firm
  4. (bound form) to rank (first, second etc) among one's siblings (by age)
  5. (in data tables) row; (Tw) column
  6. classifier for rows or lines
=2 行 héng used in 道行 dàohéng
=2 行 xíng
  1. (bound form) to walk; to go; to travel
  2. (literary) trip; journey; visit
  3. (bound form) temporary; makeshift
  4. (bound form) current; in circulation
  5. (bound form) to do; to perform
  6. capable; competent
  7. all right; OK!; will do
  8. behavior; conduct (Taiwan pr. xìng)
  9. (literary) about to; soon
=2 行 hàng
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) used in 行行 (“bold; staunch; strong”)
  2. order; rank
  3. used in 樹行子／树行子 (“row of trees”)
  4. used in 行行 (“bold; staunch; strong”)
3 健 jiàn
  1. healthy
  2. to invigorate
  3. to strengthen
  4. to be good at
  5. to be strong in
4 君子 jūnzǐ
  1. nobleman
  2. person of noble character
=5 以 yǐ old variant of 以 yǐ
=5 以 yǐ old variant of 以 yǐ
=5 以 Yǐ abbr. for Israel 以色列 Yǐsèliè
=5 以 yǐ
  1. to use
  2. by means of
  3. according to
  4. in order to
  5. because of
  6. at (a certain date or place)
6 自强不息 zìqiángbùxī
  1. to strive unremittingly
  2. self-improvement
7 地势 dìshì
  1. terrain
  2. topography relief
=8 坤 kūn
  1. one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦 bāguà, symbolizing earth
  2. female principle
  3. ☷
  4. ancient Chinese compass point: 225° (southwest)
=8 坤 kūn variant of 坤 kūn
9 君子 jūnzǐ
  1. nobleman
  2. person of noble character
=10 以 yǐ old variant of 以 yǐ
=10 以 yǐ old variant of 以 yǐ
=10 以 Yǐ abbr. for Israel 以色列 Yǐsèliè
=10 以 yǐ
  1. to use
  2. by means of
  3. according to
  4. in order to
  5. because of
  6. at (a certain date or place)
11 厚德载物 hòudézàiwù with great virtue one can take charge of the world (idiom)