Quotes by Confucius

• A superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions
   
• Ability will never catch up with the demand for it
   
• Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without
   
• By nature, men are nearly alike; by practice, they get to be wide apart
   
• By three methods we may learn wisdom:
  First, by reflection, which is noblest;
  Second, by imitation, which is easiest;
  and
  third by experience, which is the bitterest
   
• Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life
   
• Do not impose on others what you yourself do not desire
   
• Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it
   
• He who learns but does not think, is lost! He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger
   
• He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make his words good
   
• Heaven means to be one with God
   
• Hold faithfulness and sincerity as first principles
   
• I hear, I know. I see, I remember. I do, I understand
   
• I want you to be everything that's you, deep at the center of your being
   
• If we don't know life, how can we know death?
   
• If you think in terms of a year, plant a seed; if in terms of ten years, plant trees; if in terms of 100 years, teach the people
   
• It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop
   
• It is easy to hate and it is difficult to love... All good things are difficult to achieve; and bad things are very easy to get
   
• Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall
   
• Respect yourself and others will respect you
   
• Silence is a true friend who never betrays
   
• Things that are done, it is needless to speak about.things that are past, it is needless to blame
   
• To be wronged is nothing unless you continue to remember it
   
• To see and listen to the wicked is already the beginning of wickedness
   
• We should feel sorrow, but not sink under its oppression
   
• When anger rises, think of the consequences
   
• When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps
   
• When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them
   
• Wherever you go, go with all your heart
   
• Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of men

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