“Death and life have their determined appointments; riches and honors depend upon heaven.”
Source: Confucian Analects
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Famous Confucius Quotes
“Never contract friendship with a man that is not better than thyself.”
“They must often change, who would be constant in happiness or wisdom.”
“The superior man thinks always of virtue; the common man thinks of comfort.”
“Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous.”
Source: Confucian Analects
Source: Confucian Analects, The Great Learning & The Doctrine of the Mean
“Virtue is not left to stand alone. He who practices it will have neighbors.”
Source: The Analects
“A gentleman would be ashamed should his deeds not match his words.”
Source: The Analects
Source: Confucian Analects, The Great Learning & The Doctrine of the Mean
“The firm, the enduring, the simple, and the modest are near to virtue.”
Source: The Analects of Confucius In Plain and Simple English: BookCaps Study Guide
“Go before the people with your example, and be laborious in their affairs.”
Source: Confucian Analects, The Great Learning & The Doctrine of the Mean
“The superior man makes the difficulty to be overcome his first interest; success only comes later.”
“The object of the superior man is truth.”
Source: The Ethics of Confucius
“To go beyond is as wrong as to fall short.”
Source: The Analects of Confucius In Plain and Simple English: BookCaps Study Guide
“To see what is right and not to do it is want of courage, or of principle.”
Source: Confucian Analects, The Great Learning & The Doctrine of the Mean
Source: THE SAYINGS OF CONFUCIUS
“Who heeds not the future will find sorrow at hand”
Source: The Analects
“If a man be under the influence of anger his conduct will not be correct.”
Source: Delphi Collected Works of Confucius - Four Books and Five Classics of Confucianism (Illustrated)
“Heaven gives long life to the just and the intelligent.”
Source: The Chinese classics with a translation, critical and exegetical notes: prolegomena and copious indexes
“To be truly happy and contented, you must let go of what it means to be happy or content.”
“It is not possible for one to teach others who cannot teach his own family.”
“A good man will certainly also possess courage; but a brave man is not necessarily good.”
Source: The Analects
Source: 论语
“A man who has committed a mistake and does not correct it is committing another mistake.”
Source: The wisdom of Confucius
“How should I know anything about another world when I know so little of this?”
Source: 论语
“Ceremonies are the first thing to be attended to in the practice of government.”
Source: Delphi Collected Works of Confucius - Four Books and Five Classics of Confucianism (Illustrated)