Confucius > Quotes

“Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.”
― Confucius

“By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.”
― Confucius

“If you make a mistake and do not correct it, this is called a mistake.”
― Confucius

“Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.”
― Confucius

“He who knows all the answers has not been asked all the questions.”
― Confucius

“Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.”
― Confucius

“No matter how busy you may think you are, you must find time for reading, or surrender yourself to self-chosen ignorance.”
― Confucius

“Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.”
― Confucius

“Wherever you go, go with all your heart.”
― Confucius

“It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.”
― Confucius

“Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves.”
― Confucius

“Silence is a true friend who never betrays.”
― Confucius

“It is not the failure of others to appreciate your abilities that should trouble you, but rather your failure to appreciate theirs.”
― Confucius

“The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.”
― Confucius, Confucius: The Analects

“To be wronged is nothing, unless you continue to remember it.”
― Confucius

“The man of wisdom is never of two minds;
the man of benevolence never worries;
the man of courage is never afraid.”
― Confucius

“I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.”
― Confucius

“What the superior man seeks is in himself; what the small man seeks is in others.”
― Confucius

“You cannot open a book without learning something.”
― Confucius

“The way out is through the door. Why is it that no one will use this method?”
― Confucius

“Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change.”
― Confucius

“The funniest people are the saddest once”
― Confucius

“The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials.”
― Confucius

“The man who asks a question is a fool for a minute, the man who does not ask is a fool for life.”
― Confucius

“Study the past if you would define the future.”
― Confucius

“And remember, no matter where you go, there you are.”
― Confucius

“Attack the evil that is within yourself, rather than attacking the evil that is in others.”
― Confucius

“If what one has to say is not better than silence, then one should keep silent.”
― Confucius

“When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.”
― Confucius

“Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses.”
― Confucius

“Do unto others what you want done unto you.”
― Confucius

“Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.”
― Confucius

“A lion chased me up a tree, and I greatly enjoyed the view from the top.”
― Confucius

“Music produces a kind of pleasure which human nature cannot do without.”
― Confucius

“When you see a good person, think of becoming like her/him. When you see someone not so good, reflect on your own weak points.”
― Confucius

“The hardest thing of all is to find a black cat in a dark room, especially if there is no cat.”
― Confucius

“Give a bowl of rice to a man and you will feed him for a day. Teach him how to grow his own rice and you will save his life.”
― Confucius

“Respect yourself and others will respect you.”
― Confucius, Sayings of Confucius

“Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without.”
― Confucius

“To put the world in order, we must first put the nation in order; to put the nation in order, we must first put the family in order; to put the family in order; we must first cultivate our personal life; we must first set our hearts right.”
― Confucius

“To know that we know what we know, and that we do not know what we do not know, that is true knowledge. ”
― Confucius

“To see what is right and not do it is the worst cowardice.”
― Confucius

“Don’t complain about the snow on your neighbor’s roof when your own doorstep is unclean.”
― Confucius

“Time flows away like the water in the river. ”
― Confucius

“In a country well governed, poverty is something to be ashamed of. In a country badly governed, wealth is something to be ashamed of.”
― Confucius

“The superior man thinks always of virtue; the common man thinks of comfort.”
― Confucius

“If your plan is for one year plant rice. If your plan is for ten years plant trees. If your plan is for one hundred years educate children. ”
― Confucius

“Consideration for others is the basis of a good life, a good society.”
― Confucius

“Shall I teach you what knowledge?
When you know a thing, say that you know it;
when you do not know a thing,
admit that you do not know it.
That is knowledge”
― Confucius

“Have no friends not equal to yourself.”
― Confucius