Confucius Quotes
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When we see persons of worth, we should think of equaling them; when we see persons of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves.
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If you reflect within yourself and find nothing to be ashamed of, how could you have anxiety or fear.
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Respect yourself and others will respect you.
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It is man that makes truth great, and not truth that makes man great.
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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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The only people who cannot change are the most wise and the most stupid.
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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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If a man has no humaneness what can his propriety be like? If a man has no humaneness what can his happiness be like?
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I do not want a friend who smiles when I smile, who weeps when I weep; for my shadow in the pool can do better than that.
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I followed my heart without breaking any rules.
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The Gods cannot help those who do not seize opportunities.
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When you are ignorant about something, to know that you are ignorant about it - that is knowledge.
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If I give a student one-fourth of what he should know, I expect him to get the other three-fourths himself, otherwise I do not want him as a student.
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The way of Heaven and Earth may be completely declared in one sentence: They are without any doubleness, and so they produce things in a manner that is unfathomable.
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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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I will not be concerned at other men's not knowing me;I will be concerned at my own want of ability.
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A man is great not because he hasn't failed; a man is great because failure hasn't stopped him.
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Baseball is wrong, man with four balls cannot walk.
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It is true that we shall not be able to reach perfection, but in our struggle toward it we shall strengthen our characters and give stability to our ideas, so that, whilst ever advancing calmly in the same direction, we shall be rendered capable of applying the faculties with which we have been gifted to the best possible account.
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The Master said, A gentleman, in his plans, thinks of the Way; he does not think how he is going to make a living. Even farming sometimes entails 5 times of shortage; and even learning may incidentally lead to high pay. But a gentleman's anxieties concern the progress of the Way; he has no anxiety concerning poverty.
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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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Success depends upon previous preparation, and without such preparation there is sure to be failure.
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The superior man does what is proper to the station in which he is; he does not desire to go beyond this. In a position of wealth and honor, he does what is proper to a position of wealth and honor. In a poor and low position, he does what is proper to a poor and low position.
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Of all that Heaven produces and nourishes, there is none so great as man.