Confucius Quotes Page 8
Best 231 Quotes by Confucius – Page 8 of 8
“Without feelings of respect, what is there to distinguish men from beasts?”
“Without knowing the force of words, it is impossible to know men.”
“Words are the voice of the heart.”
“Worry not that no one knows of you; seek to be worth knowing.”
“Writing cannot express all words, words cannot encompass all ideas.”
“You are what you think.”
“You cannot open a book without learning something.”
“You will never know how sharp a sword is unless it's drawn from its sheath.”
“Your life is what your thoughts make it.”
Sayings of Confucius Quotes
“Care not for want of place; care for thy readiness to fill one.”
The Analects of Confucius Quotes
“A man whose strength gives out collapses along the course. In your case you set the limits beforehand.”
“Am I a man of great wisdom? Hardly! Even when a simple person brings me a question, my mind goes utterly blank, I just thrash it out until I’ve exhausted every possibility.”
“Artful speech and an ingratiating demeanour rarely accompany virtue.”
“If you expect great things of yourself and demand little of others, you’ll keep resentment far away.”
“Lord Chi Wen thought three times before taking any action. When the Master heard this, he said: Twice is plenty enough.”
“The noble-minded encourage what is beautiful in people and discourage what is ugly in them. Little people do just the opposite.”
“The nobler type of man is broad-minded and not prejudiced. The inferior man is prejudiced and not broad-minded.”
“To be poor without murmuring is difficult. To be rich without being proud is easy.”
“When everyone hates a person, you should investigate thoroughly, and when everyone loves a person, you should also investigate thoroughly.”
The Great Learning Quotes
“Things have their roots and branches. Affairs have their beginnings and their ends. To know what is first and what is last will lead one near the Way.”
The Wisdom of Confucius Quotes
“It is when those who are not strong enough have made some moderate amount of progress that they fail and give up.”
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