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Confucius Quotes - Page 16

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Make faithfulness and truth thy masters: have no friends unlike thyself: be not ashamed to mend thy faults.

Make faithfulness and truth thy masters: have no friends unlike thyself: be not ashamed to mend thy faults.

Integrity, No Friends, Faults

Confucius (1909). “The Sayings of Confucius”

The Three Armies can be deprived of their commanding officer, but even a common man cannot be deprived of his purpose.

Motivation, Army, Men

Confucius (1979). “Lunyu”

The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra. The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me you don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step the man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.

Moving, Men, Differences

What you do not wish upon yourself, extend not to others.

Chinese, Wish

Confucius (1996). “Le Lun Yü en français”

There are three degrees of filial piety. The highest is being a credit to our parents, the second is not disgracing them; the lowest is being able simply to support them.

Thank You, Support, Parent

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.

Hate, Behind You, Behinds

A superior man is one who is free from fear and anxieties

Men, Anxiety, Superior Man

A superior man in dealing with the world is not for anything or against anything. He follows righteousness as the standard.

Men, Profound, World

Analects ch. 4, v. 10 (translation by Wing-Tsit Chan)

Those who break down the dikes will themselves be drowned in the inundation.

Life, Breaking Down, Break

Wisdom, humanity & courage, these three are universal virtues. The way by which they are practiced are one.

Humanity, Three, Way

Not to converse with a man worthy of conversation is to waste the man. To converse with a man not worthy of conversation is to waste words. The wise waste neither men nor words.

Wise, Men, Waste

"Lun yü in Chinese, English, Malay, Tamil".

If I were travelling with two partners, one virtuous and one dishonest, both would be useful as teachers. I would perceive what's good of the first one and I would imitate him whereas I would try to correct in me the defects I may see in the second one.

Teacher, Two, Trying

It is not possible for one to teach others who cannot teach his own family.

Love, Inspirational, Funny

The proper man understands equity, the small man profits.

Education, Men, Profit

Confucius (1956). “Confucian analects”, Commodius Vicus

Knowing something is not as good as liking it. Liking something is not as good as rejoicing in it.

Happiness, Knowing, Knowing Something

A man exercising no forethought will soon experience present sorrow.

Exercise, Men, Sorrow

Do unto others as you wish others do unto you.

Wish, Do Unto Others

A man living without conflicts, as if he never lives at all.

Men, Conflict, Ifs

"The Analects". Book by Confucius,

The nobler sort of man emphasizes the good qualities in others, and does not accentuate the bad. The inferior does the reverse. . . . The nobler sort of man pays special attention to nine points. He is anxious to see clearly, to hear distinctly, to be kindly in his looks, respectful in his demeanor, conscientious in his speech, earnest in his affairs. When in doubt, he is careful to inquire; when in anger, he thinks of the consequences; when offered an opportunity for gain, he thinks only of his duty.

Opportunity, Men, Thinking

A truly great man never puts away the simplicity of a child.

Children, Father, Men

He who take cookie to bed have crummy night ahead.

Night, Bed, Cookies

The most beautiful sight in the world is a little child going confidently down the road of life after you have shown him the way.

Beautiful, Children, Parenting

The superior man will watch over himself when he is alone. He examines his heart that there may be nothing wrong there, and that he may have no cause of dissatisfaction with himself.

Heart, Character, Men

Those people who develop the ability to continuously acquire new and better forms of knowledge that they can apply to their work and to their lives will be the movers and shakers in our society for the indefinite future.

Motivational, Work, Inspiration

The wise man admires water, the kind man admires mountains. The wise man moves, the kind man rests. The wise man is happy, the kind man is firm.

Wise, Moving, Men

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