Confucius Quotes
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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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Do not wish for quick results, nor look for small advantages. If you seek quick results, you will not reach the ultimate goal. If you are led astray by small advantages, you will never accomplish great things.
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You can cheat an honest man but not make a fool out of him.
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Listen widely to remove your doubts and be careful when speaking about the rest and your mistakes will be few. See much and get rid of what is dangerous and be careful in acting on the rest and your causes for regret will be few. Speaking without fault, acting without causing regret: 'upgrading' consists in this.
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It is the law of nature that woman should be held under the dominance of man.
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What is most needed for learning is a humble mind.
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It is not possible for one to teach others who cannot teach his own family.
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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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When I walk along with two others, from at least one I will be able to learn.
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It is better to light one small candle of gratitude than to curse the darkness.
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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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The way out is through the door. Why is it that no one will use this method?
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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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The nobler sort of man emphasizes the good qualities in others, and does not accentuate the bad. The inferior does.
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I was complaining that I had no shoes till I met a man who had no feet.
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Never tire to study. And to teach to others.
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The superior man is slow in his words and earnest in his conduct.
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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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One dedicated worker is worth a thousand slaves.
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Excess and deficiency are equally at fault.
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The noble-minded are calm and steady. Little people are forever fussing and fretting.
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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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The good man does not grieve that other people do not recognize his merits. His only anxiety is lest he should fail to recognize theirs.
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Virtuous people often revenge themselves for the constraints to which they submit by the boredom which they inspire.