Inspiration Quote by Confucius

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

— Confucius

“The superior man acts before he speaks, and afterwards speaks according to his actions.”

— 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 undergoes three changes. Looked at from a distance, he appears stern; when approached, he is mild; when he is heard to…

— 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 superior man does what is proper to the station in which he is; he does not desire to go beyond this.

— Confucius

The spirit of the individual is determined by his dominating thought habits.

— Bruce Lee

The highest kind of man is the one who does before talking and practices what he professes.

— 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

Any man shall speak the better when he knows what others have said, and sometimes the consciousness of his inward knowledge gives a confidence…

— Owen Feltham

He who exerts his mind to the utmost knows his nature

— Mencius

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

— Confucius