Inspirational Quotes by Confucius · Page 6

Learning without thought is labour lost.

— Confucius

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

— Confucius

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

— Confucius

Man shoot at nothing, sure to hit it.

— Confucius

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

— Confucius

You turn the handle the way it goes, not the way it ought to go

— Confucius

He who fails to prepare, prepares to fail

— Confucius

Even in killing men, observe the rules of propriety.

— Confucius

Looking at small advantages prevents great affairs from being accomplished.

— Confucius

“On a deux vies et la deuxième commence le jour ou l'on se rend compte qu'on n'en a qu'une.”

— Confucius

The gem cannot be polished without friction nor man without trials.

— Confucius

Be not ashamed of mistakes and thus make them crimes.

— Confucius

If you lead the people with correctness, who will dare not be correct?

— Confucius

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

— Confucius

A youth is to be regarded with respect. How do we know that his future will not be equal to our present?

— Confucius

Men of principle are sure to be bold, but those who are bold may not always be men of principle.

— Confucius

The wise are free from perplexities; the virtuous from anxiety; and the bold from fear.

— Confucius

A journey of a thousand miles begin with a single step

— Confucius

Straight-forwardness, without the rules of propriety, becomes rudeness.

— Confucius

Do not use a cannon to kill a mosquito.

— Confucius

To put the world right in order, we must first put the nation in order; to put the nation in order, we…

— Confucius

Study the past if you want to define the future.

— Confucius

Desire to have things done quickly prevents their being done thoroughly.

— Confucius

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

— Confucius

To think twice is quite enough.

— Confucius