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Small Quotes by Confucius
- Do not wish for quick results, nor look for small advantages. If you seek quick results, you will not reach the ultimate goal. If you…
- Possessed of courage but devoid of morality, a superior man will make trouble while a small man will be a brigand.
- The superior man cannot be known in little matters, but he may be entrusted with great concerns. The small man may not be entrusted with…
- The end of the day is near when small men make long shadows.
- The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra. The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop…
- It is better to light one small candle of gratitude than to curse the darkness.
- A gentleman can withstand hardships; it is only the small man who, when submitted to them, is swept off his feet.
- A great man is hard on himself; a small man is hard on others.
- The gentleman is calm and at ease. The gentleman is dignified but not proud; the small man is proud but not dignified.
- While the gentleman cherishes benign rule, the small man cherishes his native land. While the gentleman cherishes a respect for the law, the small man…
- Think no vice so small that you may commit it, and no virtue so small that you may over look it.
- The gentleman calls attention to the good points in others; he does not call attention to their defects. The small man does just the reverse…
- Clever talk can confound the workings of virtue, just as small impatiences can confound great projects.
- The small man thinks that small acts of goodness are of no benefit, and does not do them; and that small deeds of evil do…
- The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.
- Looking at small advantages prevents great affairs from being accomplished.
- What the superior man seeks is in himself; what the small man seeks is in others.
- The proper man understands equity, the small man profits.
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