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“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.”
― Confucious

“Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.”
― Oliver Goldsmith, The Citizen of the World, Or, Letters from a Chinese Philosopher, Residing in London, to His Friends in the Country, by Dr. Goldsmith

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“Don't do unto others what you don't want done unto you.”
― 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

“It is more shameful to distrust our friends than to be deceived by them.”
― Confucius

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

“Education breeds confidence. Confidence breeds hope. Hope breeds peace.”
― Confucius

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

“Tzu Chang asked Confucius about jen. Confucius said, "If you can practice these five things with all the people, you can be called jen."

Tzu Chang asked what they were.

Confucius said, "Courtesy, generosity, honesty, persistence, and kindness.
If you are courteous, you will not be disrespected;
if you are generous, you will gain everything.
If you are honest, people will rely on you.
If you are persistent you will get results.
If you are kind, you can employ people.”
― Confucius

“The nobler sort of man emphasizes the good qualities in others, and does not accentuate the bad. The inferior does.”
― Confucius

“Never give a sword to a man who can't dance.”
― Confucius, The Analects

“roads were made for journeys not destinations”
― Confucius

“Worry not that no one knows you; seek to be worth knowing.”
― Confucius

“The noble-minded are calm and steady. Little people are forever fussing and fretting.”
― Confucius, Analects Of Confucius

“If you don't want to do something,don't impose on others”
― Confucius

“You will never know how sharp a sword is unless it's drawn from its sheath”
― Confucius

“We take greater pains to persuade others that we are happy than in endeavoring to think so ourselves”
― Confucius

“Lead the people with administrative injunctions and put them in their place with penal law, and they will avoid punishments but will be without a sense of shame. Lead them with excellence and put them in their place through roles and ritual practices, and in addition to developing a sense of shame, they will order themselves harmoniously”
― Confucius, The Analects

“If there were one word that could act as a standard of conduct for one's entire life, perhaps it would be 'thoughtfulness.”
― Confucius