Confucius Quotes And Sayings

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“If you think in terms of a year, plant a seed; if in terms of ten years, plant trees; if in terms of 100 years, teach the people.”
– Confucius

“Ignorance is the night of the mind, but a night without moon and star.”
– Confucius

“In a country well governed, poverty is something to be ashamed of. In a country badly governed, wealth is something to be ashamed of.”
– Confucius

“Instead of being concerned that you have no office, be concerned to think how you may fit yourself for office. Instead of being concerned that you are not known, seek to be worthy of being known.”
– Confucius

“Is virtue a thing remote? I wish to be virtuous, and lo! Virtue is at hand.”
– Confucius

“It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.”
– Confucius

“It is easy to hate and it is difficult to love. This is how the whole scheme of things works. All good things are difficult to achieve; and bad things are very easy to get.”
– Confucius

“It is more shameful to distrust our friends than to be deceived by them.”
– Confucius

“Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous.”
– Confucius

“Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.”
– Confucius

“Look at the means which a man employs, consider his motives, observe his pleasures. A man simply cannot conceal himself!”
– Confucius

“Men‘s natures are alike, it is their habits that carry them far apart.”
– Confucius

“Never contract friendship with a man that is not better than thyself.”
– Confucius

“Never give a sword to a man who can’t dance.”
– Confucius

“Old age, believe me, is a good and pleasant thing. It is true you are gently shouldered off the stage, but then you are given such a comfortable front stall as spectator.”
– Confucius

“Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change.”
– Confucius

“Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.”
– Confucius

“Real knowledge is to know the extent of one’s ignorance.”
– Confucius

“Recompense injury with justice, and recompense kindness with kindness.”
– Confucius

“Respect yourself and others will respect you.”
– Confucius

“Silence is a true friend who never betrays.”
– Confucius

“Speak the truth, do not yield to anger; give, if thou art asked for little; by these three steps thou wilt go near the gods.”
– Confucius

“Study the past, if you would divine the future.”
– Confucius

“Success depends upon previous preparation, and without such preparation there is sure to be failure.”
– Confucius

“The book salesman should be honored because he brings to our attention, as a rule, the very books we need most and neglect most.”
– Confucius

“The cautious seldom err.”
– Confucius

“The determined scholar and the man of virtue will not seek to live at the expense of injuring their virtue. They will even sacrifice their lives to preserve their virtue complete.”
– Confucius

“The expectations of life depend upon diligence; the mechanic that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools.”
– Confucius

“The faults of a superior person are like the sun and moon. They have their faults, and everyone sees them; they change and everyone looks up to them.”
– Confucius

“The firm, the enduring, the simple, and the modest are near to virtue.”
– Confucius

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