Confucius Quotes

When a wise man points at the moon the imbecile examines the finger.

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• It takes a wise man to recognize a wise man.

  

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• The wise man does not lay up his own treasures. The more he gives to others, the more he has for his own.

  

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• Inflation is when you pay fifteen dollars for the ten-dollar haircut you used to get for five dollars when you had hair.

  

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• The wise man does not grow old, but ripens.

  

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• Had I known that the Germans would not succeed in producing an atomic bomb, I would not have lifted a finger.

  

  Albert Einstein
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• Online leadership is about leveraging digital platforms such as blogs, YouTube, Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, and other networks to build a loyal following of people who want to learn more about and benefit from your experiences and expertise.

  

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• Lord, confound this surly sister, blight her brow with blotch and blister, cramp her larynx, lung and liver, in her guts a galling give her.

  

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• Aaron Spelling always had his finger on the pulse of pop culture, he knew what the public wanted to see. He was one of the most loyal men in this business and believed in me at a time in my career when no one else would.

  

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• I have insecurities of course, but I don't hang out with anyone who points them out to me.

  

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• We didn't get any stops. We are trying to get better defensively but we got beat by 30 points, so obviously we are not getting better defensively. ... Obviously if you get beat by 30 points then the coach can question your effort.

  

  Allen Iverson
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• Two points that are very important points to remember and ask: Is it real and does it work?

  

  Edward T. Hall
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• The choice to follow love through to its completion is the choice to seek completion within ourselves. The point at which we shut down on others is the point at which we shut down on life. We heal as we heal others, and we heal others by extending our perceptions past their weaknesses. Until we have seen someone’s darkness, we don’t really know who that person is. Until we have forgiven someone’s darkness, we don’t really know what love is. Forgiving others is the only way to forgive ourselves, and forgiveness is our greatest need.

  

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• It's a tall order, without a doubt. But that's the key to this series is how you're going to slow down the guy that makes this offense generate points and close out on the guys that are getting wide-open shots.

  

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• Don't lay a finger on me eyebrows or I'll sue you f...

  

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• Welcome to 'Who's Line Is It Anyway' the show where everything's made up and the points don't matter. That's right the points are just like Canada.

  

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• The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he is willing, in great crises, to give even his life - knowing that under certain conditions it is not worthwhile to live.

  

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• When a bad shot points a bad gun at you, your best plan is to stand still and take your chance. In such a case the chance is not a bad one.

  

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• We are again playing a team above us on the points ladder.

  

  Ian Foster
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• The Wise Man is square but not sharp, honest but not not malign, straight but not severe, bright but not dazzling.

  

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• To aim and hit, you need one eye only, and one good finger.

  

  Moshe Dayan
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• Farm policy, although it's complex, can be explained. What it can't be is believed. No cheating spouse, no teen with a wrecked family car, no mayor of Washington, D.C., videotaped in flagrante delicto has ever come up with anything as farfetched as U.S. farm policy.

  

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• History will help to remedy intellectual faults such as excessive concentration on one line of thought, absence of understanding for other points of view, belief in simple solutions, lack of balance of mind, absence of an imaginative understanding.

  

  Geoffrey Elton
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• Nothing worth having is easy to get.

  

  Andy Ogle
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• When a wise man points at the moon the imbecile examines the finger.

  

  Confucius
  • Wise Man
  • Points
  • Finger