Inspirational Quote by Confucius

The superior man acts before he speaks, and afterwards speaks according to his action.

— Confucius

The superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.

— Confucius

A superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.

— Confucius

The superior man sets his person at rest before he moves; he composes his mind before he speaks.

— Confucius

The superior man, even when he is not moving, has a feeling of reverence, and while he speaks not, he has the feeling of…

— Confucius

“When told to do something, he tended to “obey not the order which he had actually been given by a superior, but rather the…

— Ben Macintyre

“Every man I meet is my superior in some way. In that, I learn of him.”

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

The superior man... does not set his mind either for or against anything, he will pursue whatever is right. The superior man thinks of…

— Confucius

“The original in man is that which articulates him from the very outset upon something other than himself.”

— Charles Olson

“Man acts as though he were the sharper and the master of language, while in fact language remains the master of man.”

— Heidegger, Martin

“A man act according to his thoughts.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

The superior man governs men, according to their nature, with what is proper to them, and as soon as they change what is wrong,…

— Confucius