When you see a worthy person, endeavor to emulate him. When you see an unworthy person, then examine your inner self.


Confucius

  Email Quote to Friends   Link to Quote   Create Short URL  Publish Text About This Quote   Share on Facebook, Twitter, and more
  See Recommended Quotes For You

Related

When you see a good person, think of becoming like her/him. When you see someone not so good, reflec...
CONFUCIUS
You see a person when you look in the mirror that no one sees but you. Other people see a person whe...
ROY H. WILLIAMS
When you look at another person, see them as an extension of your thought or feeling. What you two t...
FRANKLIN GILLETTE
Be yourself despite what others think. When a person tries to dictate your thoughts, your opinions, ...
DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA
I like actors who, when you see them on screen, you sense a person, not just an actor.
ALEXANDER PAYNE
I came home for a little rest and relaxation. You see your house. But these people lost everything. ...
JANICE MILLER
You are your true self, when you recognize your being a child, being an adult and a elderly person a...
MAURICE SPEES
To respect yourself is a blessing.One who respects himself is honest & sincere in his effort & actio...
DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA
I like the kids to see me in person. It is one thing when you see an athlete on TV say 'stay in scho...
EDDIE DRUMMOND
When you see a person who has been given more than you in money and beauty, then look to those who h...
ANONYMOUS
When the person you love can't see your love for them beneath the painful things you say when they r...
SHANNON L. ALDER
Self-worth is more about valuing your inherent worth as a person. In other words, self-worth is abou...
DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA
Self worth is the opinion you have about yourself and the value you place on yourself. It is your be...
DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA
We can see Spirit made visible when people are kind to one another, especially when it's a really bu...
ANNE LAMOTT
When you can see without your eyes, you will then see past the disguise.
LEIF ERICSSON LEO VENESS
Being a good person begins with being a wise person. Then, when you follow your conscience, will you...
ANTONIN SCALIA
Come over here so I can examine your face with my hands and see deeper into your soul than a sighted...
JOHN GREEN
Consider your self as a strong person when you have been challenged enough...(think about it) If you...
OSCAR AULIQ-ICE
Hector is a super gifted person and an amazing organ player, ... It kind of blows your mind when you...
ANN ANDREWS
When obstacle tries to interfere with pursuing endeavor never be upset. In order to survive graceful...
DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA
Have courage to follow your inner instinct & intution.It is your inner belief which makes you a pers...
DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA
Usually, when you are an ethnic person or a trans person, in your average, everyday, unsophisticated...
B. D. WONG
Self confidence is the most attractive quality a person can have. how can anyone see how awesome you...
GUNDO MULAUDZI
Breathe in deeply to bring your mind home to your body. Then look at, or think of, the person trigge...
THICH NHAT HANH
Sometimes you see a person, and you wonder why you don't spend more time with that person, because t...
LEO F. BUSCAGLIA
Let me encourage you, if someone has wronged you, and you still get that cringing feeling on the ins...
VICTORIA OSTEEN
Dear young woman, do not place your sense of beauty and self worth, upon the plastic pedestal called...
C. JOYBELL C.
When you meet someone better than yourself, turn your thoughts to becoming his equal. When you meet ...
CONFUCIUS
When we see a natural style, we are astonished and charmed; for we expected to see an author, and we...
BLAISE PASCAL
That’s how it is when a person develops an attraction toward someone. He’s nowhere, then suddenl...
COLLEEN HOOVER
Bore -- a person who talks when you wish him to listen.
AMBROSE BIERCE
He wasn't a happy person. You could see it, you know. It was hard to get him to smile.
BILL BERDAN
Highest level of inner peace; when you are able to let go of your ego and smile in the worse situati...
NAQIBULLAH PAIMAN
I believe this; "When you have a needy person in your neighbourhood, it's an opportunity for you to ...
ISRAELMORE AYIVOR
You see a Donald Trump on TV, just like you'd see Joan Rivers on TV when she was living, and you...
PAM BONDI
Bore, n. A person who talks when you wish him to listen.
AMBROSE BIERCE
Bore, n.: A person who talks when you wish him to listen.
AMBROSE BIERCE
A person knows when they’re in darkness, even when they can’t see. -Nightblood
BRANDON SANDERSON
...the person you encounter is often more than the person you see.
CLARE VANDERPOOL
When you do a drama, you are challenged to trust your inner voice much more. Because when you put a ...
SHAWN LEVY
Goo can't be return from dead person, revive him and you will see an evil thing. WHich isn't really ...
DEYTH BANGER
When a person gives you hate, give him love. Simple, you have won!
SHAHAFYEFET
When you go to the table, you see a person who has no interest in the Akron Public Schools -- no sta...
KAREN DINKINS
You want to see an angry person? Let me hear a cell phone go off.
JIM LEHRER
When you start to really know someone, all his physical characteristics start to disappear. You begi...
LISA UNGER
You can see your real face only when you stop deceiving yourself! Until then, you will always see so...
MEHMET MURAT ILDAN
Kids don't see me as an oldies person when I go out on stage. They see me as an energy force.
DICK DALE
I never understood who all those people are behind the actors! When you see them on the red carpet o...
LUPITA NYONG'O
Any person capable of angering you becomes your master; he can anger you only when you permit yours...
EPICTETUS
When you observe yourself you must not condemn or approve what you see. If you tell a lie there is n...
BARRY LONG
Your true personality is not the outer you but the inner you; not the person you present to the worl...
ETC WANYANWU
When I look at a person, I see a person - not a rank, not a class, not a title.
CRISS JAMI
The film Punch - Drunk Love is how you see the world when you're in love. You don't see some...
EMILY WATSON
If you want to be a prosperous person, then your number one desire should be to please Him
SUNDAY ADELAJA
That's how you know you love someone, I guess, when you can't experience anything without wishing th...
KAUI HART HEMMINGS
I hate stories in which a person has an occupation and you never see him working at it, like all tho...
TOM WOLFE
Before you condemn someone else for a wrongful act, check your behavior and see if you too, have com...
ELLEN J. BARRIER
if it’s within your power to give another person great joy at little or no expense to yourself— ...
PENNY REID
It's about self-examination, an opportunity to see what kind of person he is and act on it,
DAN TAYLOR
It is very much like a drug high. When you're madly in love, you think this person is more special t...
HELEN FISHER
Insecurity is debilitating. It cripples your motivation and breaks your spirit. The condition is NOT...
CARLOS WALLACE
Having inner peace means high self esteem & person of self respect. These person take responsibility...
DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA
He looked like the sort of person who would tell you that he did not have an umbrella to lend you wh...
LEMONY SNICKET
If you give someone something and you never see the person again then it was worth every penny.
ANDONI GARCIA
When you have experienced the depth of your inner self, the idea of enlightenment is no longer a goa...
GARY HOPKINS
When you make the finding yourself - even if you're the last person on Earth to see the light - ...
CARL SAGAN
A woman was in love with an ugly guy. Her friend asked her, “Why him?” Then, the woman replied i...
NAZZII PUNK YOGESH
Accept yourself with grace & conviction. When you accept yourself with grace & conviction means you ...
DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA
An obstacle is something you see when you take your eyes off the goal.
UNKNOWN
When you're a writer you no longer see things with the freshness of the normal person. There are alw...
BRIAN MOORE
It's not only imagination, it's the distortion of the vision. You suddenly think, This perso...
OLIVIER MARTINEZ
You lose your repute the moment when you compare yourself with unworthy people.
VIKRANT PARSAI
To attain inner peace you must actually give your life, not just your possessions. When you at last ...
PEACE PILGRIM
To attain inner peace you must actually give your life, not just your possessions. When you at last ...
PEACE PILGRIM
When you begin any new endeavor, you should reassess your life
SUNDAY ADELAJA
Kindness is weak when you use it in a self-serving manner. Self-serving kindness is thin - people ca...
TRAVIS BRADBERRY
When waiting for a text from the person you love it feels as though a second is an hour but when you...
GERMANGIRL24
When You find that person you call your truest friend, know that at that moment you are the luckiest...
LAVESA GLOVER
When you're different, sometimes you don't see the millions of people who accept you for what you ar...
JODI PICOULT
When you see the members of your household as faultless (nirdosh) and see only your own faults, then...
DADA BHAGWAN
When you've learned to both see and not see the resemblance, then you see the uniqueness.
BARBARA KATZ ROTHMAN
When you make the finding yourself - even if you're the last person on Earth to see the light - you'...
CARL SAGAN
When you make the finding yourself - even if you're the last person on Earth to see the light - you'...
CARL EDWARD SAGAN
When you make the finding yourself even if you're the last person on Earth to see the light you'll n...
CARL SAGAN
Your inner thoughts trouble you, you louder self softens you, your inner weakness defies you, your s...
JASMINA SIDEROVSKI
Dismantle your friend to see how he behaves. If he smiles with a beautiful grin, then take him back,...
MICHAEL BASSEY JOHNSON
If you do base your life on how many touchdowns you score, how many championships you win, then when...
TIM TEBOW
Most people, when they are looking for a spouse, are looking for a finished statue when they should ...
KATHY KELLER
When you're fighting with a stunt person, your intent is to miss.
VICTORIA PRATT
Never will you see your wrong, when you always see that you’re right.
GILLIS TRIPLETT
You are not an ugly person all the time; you are not an ugly person ordinarily; you are not an ugly ...
JAMAICA KINCAID
When you look away from a homeless person, you diminish their humanity and your own.
BRENé BROWN
The term spirit might have evolved in a mystical fashion, but in today’s civilized and thinking so...
ABHIJIT NASKAR
Oh, don't you see? There must be a limit to the mistakes one person can make, and when I get to the ...
L.M. MONTGOMERY
When you see a fly flitting around your hair or your potato salad, you might see an annoyance. But i...
MICHAEL DICKINSON
I guess when you see somebody in the hallway or on the field or something, it's nice to know that th...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY
An obstacle is something you see when you take your eyes off the goals you are trying to reach.
SOURCE UNKNOWN
You are a VIP, a very important person so take care with self care. If not you, who? If not now, whe...
TONI HAWKINS
Timing is everything. Some days you might not see any in an hour. Then there are times when you coul...
BEA BONE
You know you're in love when you love an imperfect person perfectly!
RUBY RACHELLE HARDEE

More Confucius

Look at the means which a man employs, consider his motives, observe his pleasures. A man simply can...
CONFUCIUS
The superior man makes the difficulty to be overcome his first interest; success only comes later.
CONFUCIUS
Virtuous people often revenge themselves for the constraints to which they submit by the boredom whi...
CONFUCIUS
Instead of being concerned that you have no office, be concerned to think how you may fit yourself f...
CONFUCIUS
The book salesman should be honored because he brings to our attention, as a rule, the very books we...
CONFUCIUS
He who acts with a constant view to his own advantage will be much murmured against.
CONFUCIUS
How to play music may be known. At the commencement of the piece, all the parts should sound togethe...
CONFUCIUS
When you know a thing, to hold that you know it, and when you do not know a thing, to allow that you...
CONFUCIUS
Do not impose on others what you yourself do not desire.
CONFUCIUS
Look not at what is contrary to propriety; listen not to what is contrary to propriety; speak not wh...
CONFUCIUS
When we see persons of worth, we should think of equaling them; when we see persons of a contrary ch...
CONFUCIUS
I will not be concerned at other men's not knowing me; I will be concerned at my own want of abi...
CONFUCIUS
To see what is right and not to do it is want of courage, or of principle.
CONFUCIUS
They must often change, who would be constant in happiness or wisdom.
CONFUCIUS
Heaven means to be one with God.
CONFUCIUS
If you look into your own heart, and you find nothing wrong there, what is there to worry about? Wha...
CONFUCIUS
It is more shameful to distrust our friends than to be deceived by them.
CONFUCIUS
Never give a sword to a man who can't dance.
CONFUCIUS
By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, ...
CONFUCIUS
I want you to be everything that's you, deep at the center of your being.
CONFUCIUS
Ability will never catch up with the demand for it.
CONFUCIUS
When you are laboring for others let it be with the same zeal as if it were for yourself.
CONFUCIUS
Never contract friendship with a man that is not better than thyself.
CONFUCIUS
Old age, believe me, is a good and pleasant thing. It is true you are gently shouldered off the stag...
CONFUCIUS
The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential... these are the keys ...
CONFUCIUS
Humility is the solid foundation of all virtues.
CONFUCIUS
The faults of a superior person are like the sun and moon. They have their faults, and everyone sees...
CONFUCIUS
The superior man does not, even for the space of a single meal, act contrary to virtue. In moments o...
CONFUCIUS
To rule a country of a thousand chariots, there must be reverent attention to business, and sincerit...
CONFUCIUS
The man who asks a question is a fool for a minute, the man who does not ask is a fool for life.
CONFUCIUS
To be wronged is nothing, unless you continue to remember it.
CONFUCIUS
If you make a mistake and do not correct it, this is called a mistake.
CONFUCIUS
When things are investigated, then true knowledge is achieved; when true knowledge is achieved, then...
CONFUCIUS
The Master said, “The gentleman understands what is right, whereas the petty man understands profi...
CONFUCIUS
The Master said, “If your conduct is determined solely by considerations of profit you will arouse...
CONFUCIUS
A superior man in dealing with the world is not for anything or against anything. He follows righteo...
CONFUCIUS
To be wealthy and honored in an unjust society is a disgrace.
CONFUCIUS
Study the past if you would define the future.
CONFUCIUS
Learn as if you were not reaching your goal and as though you were scared of missing it
CONFUCIUS
The Master said, “A true teacher is one who, keeping the past alive, is also able to understand th...
CONFUCIUS
The funniest people are the saddest ones
CONFUCIUS
The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.
CONFUCIUS
To conceal resentment against a person, and appear friendly with him;— Tso Ch'iu-ming was ashamed ...
CONFUCIUS
A conversa impregnada de vaidade e o pretensiosismo são raramente compatíveis com a virtude.
CONFUCIUS
Fine words and an insinuating appearance are seldom associated with true virtue.
CONFUCIUS
Zuviel ist gerade so falsch wie zuwenig.
CONFUCIUS
Die Wahrheit hat keinen Erfolg.
CONFUCIUS
There are some with whom we may study in common, but we shall find them unable to go along with us t...
CONFUCIUS
A youth is to be regarded with respect. How do we know that his future will not be equal to our pres...
CONFUCIUS
What can a man do with music who is not benevolent?
CONFUCIUS
I used to take on trust a man's deeds after having listened to his words. Now having listened to a m...
CONFUCIUS
Coarse rice to eat, water to drink, my bended arm for a pillow - therein is happiness. Wealth and ra...
CONFUCIUS
Care not for want of place; care for thy readiness to fill one. Care not for being unknown, but seek...
CONFUCIUS
To be poor without murmuring is difficult. To be rich without being proud is easy.
CONFUCIUS
Tsze-Kung asked, “Is there one word with which to act in accordance throughout a lifetime?” The ...
CONFUCIUS
If names be not correct, language is not in accordance with the truth of things.
CONFUCIUS
The expectations of life depend upon diligence the mechanic that would perfect his work must first s...
CONFUCIUS
The scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar.
CONFUCIUS
Not to discuss with a man worthy of conversation is to waste the man. To discuss with a man not wort...
CONFUCIUS
If there were an honorable way to get rich, I’d do it, even if it meant being a stooge standing ar...
CONFUCIUS
The superior man has a dignified ease without pride. The mean man has pride without a dignified ease...
CONFUCIUS
Be strict with yourself but least reproachful of others and complaint is kept afar.
CONFUCIUS
Lead the people with administrative injunctions and put them in their place with penal law, and they...
CONFUCIUS
Fix your mind on truth, hold firm to virtue, rely on loving kindness, and find your recreation in th...
CONFUCIUS
When the wind blows,the grass bends.
CONFUCIUS
He Who Knows And Knows That He Knows Is A Wise Man - Follow Him;
He Who Knows Not And Knows Not...
CONFUCIUS
The noble-minded are calm and steady. Little people are forever fussing and fretting.
CONFUCIUS
Never give a sword to a man who can't dance.
CONFUCIUS
Hold faithfulness and sincerity as first principles.
CONFUCIUS
Music produces a kind of pleasure which human nature cannot do without.
CONFUCIUS
Respect yourself and others will respect you.
CONFUCIUS
Faithfulness and sincerity are the highest things.
CONFUCIUS
The real fault is to have faults and not amend them.
CONFUCIUS
Not to alter one's faults is to be faulty indeed.
CONFUCIUS
When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them.
CONFUCIUS
To be wronged is nothing unless you continue to remember it.
CONFUCIUS
Study the past if you would divine the future.
CONFUCIUS
In a country well governed poverty is something to be ashamed of. In a country badly governed wealth...
CONFUCIUS
A man who does not think and plan long ahead will find trouble right at his door.
CONFUCIUS
Do not be desirous of having things done quickly. Do not look at small advantages. Desire to have th...
CONFUCIUS
Ignorance is the night of the mind, but a night without moon or star.
CONFUCIUS
Consideration for others is the basic of a good life, a good society.
CONFUCIUS
Learn as though you would never be able to master it; hold it as though you would be in fear of losi...
CONFUCIUS
I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.
CONFUCIUS
If you lead the people with correctness, who will dare not be correct?
CONFUCIUS
Mankind differs from the animals only by a little and most people throw that away.
CONFUCIUS
We take greater pains to persuade others we are happy than in trying to think so ourselves.
CONFUCIUS
Have no friends not equal to yourself.
CONFUCIUS
Man who stand on hill with mouth open will wait long time for roast duck to drop in.
CONFUCIUS
They must change who would be constant in happiness and wisdom.
CONFUCIUS
To put the world in order, we must first put the nation in order; to put the nation in order, we mus...
CONFUCIUS
Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change.
CONFUCIUS
He who conquers himself is the mightiest warrior.
CONFUCIUS
To be fond of learning is near to wisdom; to practice with vigor is near to benevolence; and to be c...
CONFUCIUS
When we see men of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves.
CONFUCIUS
To see what is right, and not do it, is want of courage, or of principle.
CONFUCIUS
When prosperity comes, do not use all of it.
CONFUCIUS
It is not possible for one to teach others who cannot teach his own family.
CONFUCIUS
The parents age must be remembered, both for joy and anxiety.
CONFUCIUS
I am not concerned that I am not known, I seek to be worthy to be known.
CONFUCIUS
A man who has committed a mistake and doesn't correct it is committing another mistake.
CONFUCIUS
Humility is the solid foundation of all the virtues.
CONFUCIUS
To see and listen to the wicked is already the beginning of wickedness.
CONFUCIUS
The wheel of fortune turns round incessantly, and who can say to himself, I shall today be uppermost...
CONFUCIUS
Love thy neighbor as thyself: Do not to others what thou wouldn't not wish be done to thyself: Forgi...
CONFUCIUS
A fool despises good counsel, but a wise man takes it to heart.
CONFUCIUS
Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.
CONFUCIUS
Acquire new knowledge whilst thinking over the old, and you may become a teacher of others.
CONFUCIUS
To know is to know that you know nothing. That is the meaning of true knowledge.
CONFUCIUS
The essence of knowledge is, having it, to apply it; not having it, to confess your ignorance.
CONFUCIUS
When you know a thing, to hold that you know it; and when you do not know a thing, to allow that you...
CONFUCIUS
Recompense injury with justice, and recompense kindness with kindness.
CONFUCIUS
Is there any one maxim which ought to be acted upon throughout one's whole life? Surely the maxim of...
CONFUCIUS
Life is really simple, but men insist on making it complicated.
CONFUCIUS
When nature exceeds culture, we have the rustic. When culture exceeds nature then we the pedant.
CONFUCIUS
What the superior person seeks is in themselves. What the mean person seeks is in others.
CONFUCIUS
Don't complain about the snow on your neighbor's roof when your own doorstep is unclean.
CONFUCIUS
Sincerity and truth are the basis of every virtue.
CONFUCIUS
Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves.
CONFUCIUS
He who wishes to secure the good of others has already secured his own.
CONFUCIUS
It is better to light one small candle than to curse the darkness.
CONFUCIUS
To go too far is as bad as to fall short.
CONFUCIUS
What you do not want others to do to you, do not do to others.
CONFUCIUS
Of neighborhoods, benevolence is the most beautiful. How can the man be considered wise who when he ...
CONFUCIUS
To be with God.
CONFUCIUS
The perfecting of one's self is the fundamental base of all progress and all moral development.
CONFUCIUS
With coarse rice to eat, with water to drink, and my bent arm for a pillow -- I have still joy in th...
CONFUCIUS
The father who does not teach his son his duties is equally guilty with the son who neglects them.
CONFUCIUS
I want you to be everything that's you, deep at the center of your being.
CONFUCIUS
Boldness, without the rules of propriety, becomes insubordination.
CONFUCIUS
To know what is right and not do it is the worst cowardice.
CONFUCIUS
If you look into your own heart, you find nothing wrong there, what is there to fear?
CONFUCIUS
Silence is the true friend that never betrays.
CONFUCIUS
To be able to practice five things everywhere under heaven constitutes perfect virtue. They are grav...
CONFUCIUS
Choose a job you like and you will never have to work a day of your life.
CONFUCIUS
The superior man thinks only of virtue; the common man thinks only of comfort.
CONFUCIUS
Sincerity and truth are the basis of every virtue
CONFUCIUS
To see what is right, and not do it, is want of courage, or of principle.
CONFUCIUS
Virtue is not left to stand alone. He who practices it will have neighbors.
CONFUCIUS
By three methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection, which is noblest; second, by imitation, ...
CONFUCIUS
Virtue is not left to stand alone. He who practices it will have neighbors.
CONFUCIUS
Make fair agreements and stick to them
CONFUCIUS
Learning without thought is labor lost.
CONFUCIUS
Can there be a love which does not make demands on its object? -Confucius.
CONFUCIUS
The gentleman understands rightousness, the petty man understands interest. .
CONFUCIUS
Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart. -Confucius.
CONFUCIUS
Gravity is only the bark of wisdom; but it preserves it.
CONFUCIUS
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
CONFUCIUS
Think no vice so small that you may commit it, and no virtue so small that you may over look it.
CONFUCIUS
The superior man is firm in the right way, and not merely firm.
CONFUCIUS
Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall.
CONFUCIUS
Worry not that no one knows of you; seek to be worth knowing.
CONFUCIUS
With coarse rice to eat, with water to drink, and my bended arm for a pillow-I have still joy in the...
CONFUCIUS
Man who stand on hill with mouth open will wait long time for roast duck to drop in.
CONFUCIUS
Do not worry about holding high position; worry rather about playing your proper role.
CONFUCIUS
Learn as though you would never be able to master it; hold it as though you would be in fear of los...
CONFUCIUS
The expectations of life depend upon diligence; the mechanic that would perfect his work must first...
CONFUCIUS
To see and listen to the wicked is already the beginning of wickedness.
CONFUCIUS
The superior man thinks always of virtue; the common man thinks of comfort.
CONFUCIUS
To practice five things under all circumstances constitutes perfect virtue; these five are gravity,...
CONFUCIUS
Think no vice so small that you may commit it, and no virtue so small that you may over look it.
CONFUCIUS
If a man remembers what is right at the sign of profit, is ready to lay down his life in the face ...
CONFUCIUS
If you lead on the people with correctness, who will dare not to be correct?
CONFUCIUS
Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses.
CONFUCIUS
The commander of the forces of a large State may be carried off, but the will of even a common man ...
CONFUCIUS
The scholar who cherishes the love of comfort, is not fit to be deemed a scholar.
CONFUCIUS
Is virtue a thing remote? I wish to be virtuous, and lo! virtue is at hand.
CONFUCIUS
To see the right and not to do it is cowardice.
CONFUCIUS
He who requires much from himself and little from others, will keep himself from being the object of...
CONFUCIUS
It is better to play than do nothing
CONFUCIUS
Forget injuries; never forget kindness.
CONFUCIUS
Ignorance is the night of the mind, a night without moon or star
CONFUCIUS
When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them
CONFUCIUS
When anger rises, think of the consequences
CONFUCIUS
Tsze-Kung asked, "Is there one word which may serve as a rule of practice for all one's life?" The ...
CONFUCIUS
Real knowledge is to know the extent of ones ignorance.
CONFUCIUS
The cautious seldom err.
CONFUCIUS
If you don't know how to live, why wonder about death?.
CONFUCIUS
There are 3 elements essential in the matters of the State, Food, Military equipment, and Confidence...
CONFUCIUS
Without knowing the force of words, it is impossible to know men.
CONFUCIUS
When we see men of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves.
CONFUCIUS
If you think in terms of a year, plant a seed; if in terms of ten years, plant trees; if in terms of...
CONFUCIUS
Don't complain about the snow on your neighbor's roof when your own doorstep is unclean.
CONFUCIUS
The expectations of life depend upon diligence; the mechanic that would perfect his work must first...
CONFUCIUS
A man who has committed a mistake and doesn't correct it is committing another mistake.
CONFUCIUS
To know what is right and not to do it is the worst cowardice.
CONFUCIUS
A picture is a poem without words.
CONFUCIUS
Worry not that no one knows of you; seek to be worth knowing.
CONFUCIUS
By three methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection which is noblest; second, by imitation,...
CONFUCIUS
Virtue is not solitary; it is bound to have neighbors
CONFUCIUS
It is man that makes truth great, not truth that makes man great.
CONFUCIUS
If I am walking with two other men, each of them will serve as my teacher. I will pick out the goo...
CONFUCIUS
Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses
CONFUCIUS
When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps...
CONFUCIUS
Heaven means to be one with God. - Confucius,
CONFUCIUS
If I ever reach heaven I expect to find three wonders there: first, to meet some I had not thought t...
CONFUCIUS
To be able under all circumstances to practice five things constitutes perfect virtue; these five ...
CONFUCIUS
There is the love of knowing without the love of learning; the beclouding here leads to dissipation...
CONFUCIUS
Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous.
CONFUCIUS
People with virtue must speak out; People who speak are not all virtuous.
CONFUCIUS