“If you make a mistake and do not correct it, this is called a mistake.”
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Famous Confucius Quotes
Source: Lunyu
“Attack the evil that is within yourself, rather than attacking the evil that is in others.”
“The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.”
“Looking at small advantages prevents great affairs from being accomplished.”
Source: The Analects of Confucius In Plain and Simple English: BookCaps Study Guide
“By nature, men are nearly alike; by practice, they get to be wide apart.”
Source: Confucian Analects, The Great Learning & The Doctrine of the Mean
“People with virtue must speak out; People who speak are not all virtuous.”
“Hold faithfulness and sincerity as first principles.”
Source: Confucian Analects, The Great Learning & The Doctrine of the Mean
“Without knowing the force of words, it is impossible to know more.”
Source: The Analects
“Be not ashamed of mistakes and thus make them crimes.”
Source: The Chinese classics with a translation, critical and exegetical notes: prolegomena and copious indexes
“The man who asks a question is a fool for a minute, the man who does not ask is a fool for life.”
Source: Confucian Analects, The Great Learning & The Doctrine of the Mean
“Worry not that no one knows you; seek to be worth knowing.”
Source: The Best of Confucius
“The scholar does not consider gold and jade to be precious treasures, but loyalty and good faith.”
“The gem cannot be polished without friction nor man without trials.”
“Men's natures are alike; it is their habits that separate them.”
“It is only the very wisest and the very stupidest who never change.”
“The perfecting of one's self is the fundamental base of all progress and all moral development.”
“A man who does not think and plan long ahead will find trouble right at his door.”
Source: The wisdom of Confucius
“The people may be made to follow a path of action but they may not be made to understand it.”
“Man who stand on hill with mouth open will wait long time for roast duck to drop in.”
“Sincerity is the way of heaven.”
Source: Confucian Analects: The Great Learning, and The Doctrine of the Mean
“It is man that makes truth great, and not truth that makes man great.”
“When music and courtesy are better understood and appreciated, there will be no war.”
“He who merely knows right principles is not equal to him who loves them.”
Source: Confucian Analects, The Great Learning & The Doctrine of the Mean
“Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.”
“Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.”
“Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.”
“I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.”
“It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.”