Education Quotes by Confucius · Page 2

Never tire to study. And to teach to others

— Confucius

“Learning without thinking is useless. Thinking without learning is dangerous.”

— Confucius

It is not possible for one to teach others who cannot teach his own family.

— Confucius

I transmit but do not create. I place my trust in the teachings of antiquity.

— Confucius

Learning without thought is labour lost.

— Confucius

The really faithful lover of learning holds fast to the Good Way till death.

— Confucius

The proper man understands equity, the small man profits.

— Confucius

Learning without thought is labour lost; thought without learning is perilous.

— Confucius

Study as if you have not reached your goal - hold it as if you were afraid of losing what you have.

— Confucius

A man who reviews the old so as to find out the new is qualified to teach others.

— Confucius

Past scholars studied to improve themselves; Today's scholars study to impress others.

— Confucius

Some may study side by side, and yet be asunder when they come to the logic of things.

— Confucius

He who remembers from day to day what he has yet to learn, and from month to month what he has learned…

— Confucius

Study without reflection is a waste of time; reflection without study is dangerous.

— Confucius

Learning without thought is labor lost; and thought without learning is perilous.

— Confucius

In old days men studied for the sake of self-improvement; nowadays men study in order to impress other people.

— Confucius

“Study the past if you would define the future.”

— Confucius

Learn, as if never overtaking your object, and yet as if apprehensive of losing it.

— Confucius

The Master said, If out of the three hundred songs I had to take one phrase to cover all my teachings, I…

— Confucius

Give a bowl of rice to a man and you will feed him for a day. Teach him how to grow his…

— Confucius

To be fond of learning is near to wisdom; to practice with vigor is near to benevolence; and to be conscious of…

— Confucius

The true gentleman does not preach what he practices till he has practiced what he preaches.

— Confucius

The Master said, "A true teacher is one who, keeping the past alive, is also able to understand the present."

— Confucius

If I give a student one-fourth of what he should know, I expect him to get the other three-fourths himself, otherwise I…

— Confucius

The master said, 'Quietly to store up knowledge in my mind, to learn without flagging, to teach without growing weary, these present…

— Confucius

Study as though you cannot catch up to it, and as though you fear you are going to lose it.

— Confucius

The Master said, “A true teacher is one who, keeping the past alive, is also able to understand the present.” (Analects 2.11)

— Confucius

“Learn advidly. Question it repeatedly. Analyze it carefully. Then put what you have learned into practice intelligently.”

— Confucius

“Walking among three people, I find my teacher among them. I choose that which is good in them and follow it, and…

— Confucius

Every truth has four corners: as a teacher I give you one corner, and it is for you to find the other…

— Confucius