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State Quotes by Confucius
- Behave when away from home as though you were in the presence of an honored guest. Employ the people as though you were assisting at…
- Balance is the perfect state of still water. Let that be our model. It remains quiet within and is not disturbed on the surface.
- The commander of the forces of a large State may be carried off, but the will of even a common man cannot be taken from…
- There are 3 elements essential in the matters of the State, Food, Military equipment, and Confidence of the people in the ruler. Of these 3,…
- From the loving example of one family a whole State may become loving, and from its courtesies, courteous; while from the ambition and perverseness of…
- The superior man, when resting in safety, does not forget that danger may come. When in a state of security he does not forget the…
More State Quotes
- A constitution is the arrangement of magistracies in a state. — Aristotle
- The young are permanently in a state resembling intoxication. — Aristotle
- Inferiors revolt in order that they may be equal, and equals that they may be superior. Such is the state of mind… — Aristotle
- The state comes into existence for the sake of life and continues to exist for the sake of good life. — Aristotle
- Excellence, then, is a state concerned with choice, lying in a mean, relative to us, this being determined by reason and in… — Aristotle
- Yet, so far from laboring to know the forbidden tree of worldly pleasures and its various fruits, man gives himself up to… — Johann Arndt
- Health is the state about which medicine has nothing to say. — Wystan Hugh Auden
- The most important aspect of the relationship between the president and the secretary of state is that they both understand who is… — Dean Acheson