“A superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.”
Source: The Analects
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Famous Confucius Quotes
“Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of men.”
“Faced with what is right, to leave it undone shows a lack of courage.”
Source: Lunyu
“What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.”
Source: The Analects of Confucius In Plain and Simple English: BookCaps Study Guide
“To see and listen to the wicked is already the beginning of wickedness.”
“He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make his words good.”
Source: The Chinese Classics
“The superior man acts before he speaks, and afterwards speaks according to his action.”
Source: Confucian Analects, The Great Learning & The Doctrine of the Mean
“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.”
“The superior man makes the difficulty to be overcome his first interest; success only comes later.”
“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
“It is not possible for one to teach others who cannot teach his own family.”
“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)
“If a man sets his heart on benevolence he will be free from evil.”
Source: Lunyu
“Of all that Heaven produces and nourishes, there is none so great as man.”
Source: The Ethics of Confucius
“An inch of time on the sundial is worth more than a foot of jade.”
“Not to alter one's faults is to be faulty indeed.”
Source: The Best of Confucius
“Heaven begat Virtue in me; what can man do unto me?”
Source: Delphi Collected Works of Confucius - Four Books and Five Classics of Confucianism (Illustrated)
“It cannot be when the root is neglected that what springs from it will be well ordered.”
Source: The Chinese Classics: The life and works of Mencius
“Learn, as if never overtaking your object, and yet as if apprehensive of losing it.”
Source: Delphi Collected Works of Confucius - Four Books and Five Classics of Confucianism (Illustrated)
Source: Confucian Analects, The Great Learning & The Doctrine of the Mean
“The path may not be left for an instant. If it could be left, it would not be the path.”
Source: Confucian Analects, The Great Learning & The Doctrine of the Mean
“The sun and moon shine on all without partiality.”
Source: Li Chi: Book of Rites: An Encyclopedia of Ancient Ceremonial Usages, Religious Creeds, and Social Institutions
Source: Confucian Analects, The Great Learning & The Doctrine of the Mean
“Virtue is not solitary; it is bound to have neighbors”
Source: The Analects
Source: Li Chi: Book of Rites: An Encyclopedia of Ancient Ceremonial Usages, Religious Creeds, and Social Institutions