Confucius Quotes
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The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home.
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What is most needed for learning is a humble mind.
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Lead the people with administrative injunctions and put them in their place with penal law, and they will avoid punishments but will be without a sense of shame. Lead them with excellence and put them in their place through roles and ritual practices, and in addition to developing a sense of shame, they will order themselves harmoniously.
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What you dislike in your superiors, avoid doing to your inferiors. What you dislike in your inferiors, avoid doing when working for your superiors. What you hate in those who are in front of you, do not do to those behind you.
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Learn as if you were not reaching your goal and as though you were scared of missing it.
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When I walk along with two others, from at least one I will be able to learn.
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You can cheat an honest man but not make a fool out of him.
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We are so busy doing the urgent that we don't have time to do the important.
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The way out is through the door. Why is it that no one will use this method?
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The nobler sort of man emphasizes the good qualities in others, and does not accentuate the bad. The inferior does.
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Never tire to study. And to teach to others.
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Study the past if you want to define the future.
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Who contains himself goes seldom wrong.
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The superior man is slow in his words and earnest in his conduct.
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It is better to light one small candle of gratitude than to curse the darkness.
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When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.
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When you are laboring for others, let it be with the same zeal as if it were for yourself.
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Excess and deficiency are equally at fault.
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A man who reviews the old so as to find out the new is qualified to teach others.
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The Master said, “The gentleman understands what is right, whereas the petty man understands profit.” (Analects 4.16)
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By the ruler's cultivation of his own character there is set up the example of the course which all should pursue.
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Study as though you cannot catch up to it, and as though you fear you are going to lose it.
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The noble-minded are calm and steady. Little people are forever fussing and fretting.
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Women and people of low birth are very hard to deal with. If you are friendly to them, they get out of hand, and if you keep your distance, they resent it.