Inspirational Quotes by Confucius · Page 3

It is better to play than do nothing.

— Confucius

he who will not economize will agonize

— Confucius

If you chase two rabbits, you catch none.

— Confucius

The sun and moon shine on all without partiality.

— Confucius

To understand yourself is the key to wisdom.

— Confucius

He who keeps danger in mind will rest safely in his seat.

— Confucius

There are three unfilial acts: the greatest of these is the failure to produce sons.

— Confucius

Do not worry if others do not understand you. Instead worry if you do not understand others.

— Confucius

When the Internet is slow, it feels like my whole brain is slow.

— Confucius

It's only in winter that the pine and cypress are known to be evergreens.

— Confucius

It is man that makes truth great, and not truth that makes man great.

— Confucius

Grieve not that men do not know you; grieve that you do not know men.

— Confucius

Do not answer the person whose questions are vile. Do not question a person whose answers are vile.

— Confucius

When superiors are fond of showing their humanity, inferiors try to outstrip one another in their practice of it.

— Confucius

If a man is not good, what has he to do with the rules of propriety? If he is not good, what…

— Confucius

If a man has no humaneness what can his propriety be like? If a man has no humaneness what can his happiness…

— Confucius

To know, is to know that you know nothing. That is the meaning of true knowledge. When you say something, say what…

— Confucius

Do not worry about not holding high position; worry rather about playing your proper role. Worry not that no one knows of…

— Confucius

The superior man is easy to serve, but difficult to please ... The inferior man is difficult to serve, but easy to please.

— Confucius

It is not the failure of others to appreciate your abilities that should trouble you, but rather your failure to appreciate theirs.

— Confucius

Being in humaneness is good. If we select other goodness and thus are far apart from humaneness, how can we be the…

— Confucius

The Man who says he can, and the man who says he can not.. Are both correct

— Confucius

In your promises cleave to what is right, And you will be able to fulfill your word.

— Confucius

Worry not that no one knows you; seek to be worth knowing.

— Confucius

A man who does not think and plan long ahead will find trouble right at his door.

— Confucius

The mirror reflects all objects without being sullied

— Confucius

You do not understand even life. How can you understand death?

— Confucius

“The superior man acts before he speaks, and afterwards speaks according to his actions.”

— Confucius

Everyone calls his son his son, whether he has talents or has not talents.

— Confucius

Therefore the superior man is watchful over himself, when he is alone.

— Confucius

Heaven begat Virtue in me; what can man do unto me?

— Confucius

Without knowing the force of words, it is impossible to know more.

— Confucius

If you don't know how to serve men, why worry about serving the gods?

— Confucius

The man who loves his job never works a day in his life.

— Confucius

Man who stand on hill with mouth open will wait long time for roast duck to drop in.

— Confucius

Cultivated people foster what is good in others, not what is bad. Petty people do the opposite.

— Confucius

The gentleman prefers to be slow in word but diligent in action.

— Confucius

To know it is not as good as to love it, and to love it is not as good as to take…

— Confucius

Happiness is not at the top of the mountain, but in how to climb.

— Confucius

Gravity is only the bark of wisdom's tree, but it preserves it.

— Confucius