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Confucius Quotes - Page 7

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Respect yourself and others will respect you.

Respect yourself and others will respect you.

Life, Respect, Self Esteem

Do not worry about not holding high position; worry rather about playing your proper role. Worry not that no one knows of you; seek to be worth knowing.

Love, Inspirational, Funny

"The Best of Confucius".

When people are educated, the distinction between classes disappears.

Class, People, Disappear

By gaining the people, the kingdom is gained; by losing the people, the kingdom is lost.

People, Kingdoms, Losing

Confucius (2016). “Delphi Collected Works of Confucius - Four Books and Five Classics of Confucianism (Illustrated)”, p.20, Delphi Classics

Don't worry that other people don't know you; worry that you don't know other people.

People, Worry, Knows

The superior man... does not set his mind either for or against anything, he will pursue whatever is right. The superior man thinks of virtue, the common man of comfort.

Men, Thinking, Mind

A wise man seeks by music to strengthen his soul: the thoughtless one uses it to stifle his fears.

Wise, Inspiration, Men

To be fond of learning is near to wisdom.

Confucius (2016). “Delphi Collected Works of Confucius - Four Books and Five Classics of Confucianism (Illustrated)”, p.1073, Delphi Classics

Good people strengthen themselves ceaselessly

People, Good People

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.

Women, Distance, Hands

Confucius (1998). “论语”

Those who know the TRUTH are not equal to those who love it.

Truth, Knowledge, Confucianism

Confucius (2012). “The Analects of Confucius In Plain and Simple English: BookCaps Study Guide”, BookCaps Study Guides

Without that innate sense of human worth, a man cannot long endure adversity, nor can he long enjoy prosperity.

Adversity, Happy Life, Men

The superior man acts before he speaks, and afterwards speaks according to his action.

Love, Inspirational, Funny

Confucius (2013). “Confucian Analects, The Great Learning & The Doctrine of the Mean”, p.150, Courier Corporation

Balance is the perfect state of still water. Let that be our model. It remains quiet within and is not disturbed on the surface.

Perfect, Water, Balance

Tzu Chang asked Confucius about jen. Confucius said, "If you can practice these five things with all the people, you can be called jen." Tzu Chang asked what they were. Confucius said, "Courtesy, generosity, honesty, persistence, and kindness. If you are courteous, you will not be disrespected; if you are generous, you will gain everything. If you are honest, people will rely on you. If you are persistent you will get results. If you are kind, you can employ people.

Kindness, Honesty, Persistence

The noble-minded are calm and steady. Little people are forever fussing and fretting.

People, Forever, Littles

Confucius (1998). “The Analects”, Counterpoint LLC

Future generation is the most important thing.

Important, Generations, Future Generation

The superior man thinks always of virtue; the common man thinks of comfort.

Inspirational, Men, Thinking

The green reed which bends in the wind is stronger than the mighty oak which breaks in a storm.

Wind, Storm, Stronger

Be versed in ancient lore, and familiarize yourself with the modern; then may you become teachers.

Teacher, Teaching, May

Confucius (2016). “Chinese Literature”, p.13, Confucius

There has never been a man mean and at the same time virtuous.

Mean, Men, Virtuous

Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without.

Life, Success, Mistake

He Who Knows And Knows That He Knows Is A Wise Man - Follow Him; He Who Knows Not And Knows Not That He Knows Not Is A Fool - Shun Him

Wise, Men, Foolish Man

Shall I tell you what knowledge is? It is to know both what one knows and what one does not know.

Doe, Knows

Confucius (1950). “The Best of Confucius”

To think twice is quite enough.

Thinking, Enough, Think Twice

Confucius, Qian Sima (1938). “The wisdom of Confucius”, Modern Library

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