Confucius Quotes
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Do not worry if others do not understand you. Instead worry if you do not understand others.
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Everything has its beauty but not everyone sees it. To see it a person only needs to imagine how it could be worse.
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Fine words and an insinuating appearance are seldom associated with true virtue.
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I followed my heart without breaking any rules.
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It is the way of the superior man to prefer the concealment of his virtue, while it daily becomes more illustrious, and it is the way of the mean man to seek notoriety, while he daily goes more and more to ruin.
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When a person should be spoken with, and you don't speak with them, you lose them. When a person shouldn't be spoken with and you speak to them, you waste your breath. The wise do not lose people, nor do they waste their breath.
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A true gentleman makes demands upon himself but not upon others.
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He who exercises government by means of his virtue may be compared to the north polar star, which keeps its place and all the stars turn towards it.
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Learning without thought is labour lost.
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There is nothing more visible than what is secret, and nothing more manifest than what is minute.
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Great as heaven and earth are, men still find some things in them with which to be dissatisfied. Thus it is that, were the superior man to speak of his way in all its greatness, nothing in the world would be found able to embrace it, and were he to speak of it in its minuteness, nothing in the world would be found able to split it.
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The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential... these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence.
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If I do not participate in the sacrifice, it is as if I did not sacrifice at all.
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Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.
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The man of wisdom is never of two minds; the man of benevolence never worries; the man of courage is never afraid.
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To become a leader, you must first become a human being.
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Ability will never catch up with the demand for it.
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It doesn't make a difference how gradually you go so long as you don't stop.
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When anger rises, think of the consequences.
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See a person's means ... Observe his motives. Examine that in which he rests. How can a person conceal his character?
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Respect the gods and the devils but keep them at a distance.
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A lion chased me up a tree, and I greatly enjoyed the view from the top.
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Respect yourself and others will respect you.
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When nature exceeds culture, we have the rustic. When culture exceeds nature, we have the pedant.