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Virtuous Quotes by Confucius
- If I am virtuous and worthy, for whom should I not maintain a proper concern?
- There are three marks of a superior man: being virtuous, he is free from anxiety; being wise, he is free from perplexity; being brave, he…
- When the perfect order prevails, the world is like a home shared by all. Leaders are capable and virtuous. Everyone loves and respects their own…
- The wise find pleasure in water; the virtuous find pleasure in hills. The wise are active; the virtuous are tranquil. The wise are joyful; the…
- The superior man honors his virtuous nature, and maintains constant inquiry and study, seeking to carry it out to its breadth and greatness, so as…
- I have not seen a person who loved virtue, or one who hated what was not virtuous. He who loved virtue would esteem nothing above…
- Is virtue a thing remote? I wish to be virtuous, and lo! Virtue is at hand.
- The virtuous man is driven by responsibility, the non-virtuous man is driven by profit.
- The wise are free from perplexities; the virtuous from anxiety; and the bold from fear.
- The virtuous will be sure to speak uprightly; but those whose speech is upright may not be virtuous.
- Virtuous people often revenge themselves for the constraints to which they submit by the boredom which they inspire.
- People with virtue must speak out; People who speak are not all virtuous.
- The way of the superior person is threefold; virtuous, they are free from anxieties; wise they are free from perplexities; and bold they are free…
- Let a ruler base his government upon virtuous principles, and he will be like the pole-star, which remains steadfast in its place, while all the…
More Virtuous Quotes
- What the statesman is most anxious to produce is a certain moral character in his fellow citizens, namely a disposition to virtue… — Aristotle
- Nothing is more unpleasant than a virtuous person with a mean mind. — Walter Bagehot
- Powerful states can maintain themselves only by crime, little states are virtuous only by weakness. — Mikhail Bakunin
- The most virtuous women have something within them, something that is never chaste. — Honore de Balzac
- He who is void of virtuous attachments in private life is, or very soon will be, void of all regard for his… — Samuel Adams
- In our view, successful reform is not an event. It is a sustainable process that will build on its own successes -… — Abdallah II
- Be virtuous and you will be vicious. — Samuel Butler
- Real self-esteem has to be earned. I also believe in virtuous circles, like, nothing is fun until you are good at it.… — Amy Chua