Appointments Quote by Confucius

The superior man is quiet and calm, waiting for the opportunities of Heaven.

— Confucius

A superior man is one who is free from fear and anxieties

— 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

The superior man is satisfied and composed; the mean man is always full of distress.

— Confucius

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

A servant of the Lord stands bodily before men, but mentally he is knocking at the gates of heaven with prayer.

— John Climacus

The superior man has a dignified ease without pride. The mean man has pride without a dignified ease.

— Confucius

The superior man will watch over himself when he is alone. He examines his heart that there may be nothing wrong there, and that…

— Confucius

The mass of men lead lives of shallow happiness; the superior man exults in his gloom.

— Garrison Keillor

The superior man is the providence of the inferior. He is eyes for the blind, strength for the weak, and a shield for the…

— Robert Green Ingersoll

A gentleman has his eyes on all those present; he is tender toward the bashful, gentle toward the distant, and merciful toward the absent.

— Lawrence G. Lovasik

A man too careful of danger liveth in continual torment, But a cheerful expecter of the best hath a fountain of joy within him.

— Martin Farquhar Tupper