Confucius Quotes - Page 17

• Do unto others as you wish others do unto you.

  Confucius

  Wish, Do Unto Others

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• The people may be made to follow a path of action but they may not be made to understand it.

  Confucius

  Love, Inspirational, Funny

  c.479 BC The Analects.

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• The superior man, extensively studying all learning, and keeping himself under the restraint of the rules of propriety, may thus likewise not overstep what is right.

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  Men, May, Study

  Confucius (2013). “Confucian Analects, The Great Learning & The Doctrine of the Mean”, p.193, Courier Corporation

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• Make faithfulness and truth thy masters: have no friends unlike thyself: be not ashamed to mend thy faults.

  Confucius

  Integrity, No Friends, Faults

  Confucius (1909). “The Sayings of Confucius”

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• The end of the day is near when small men make long shadows.

  Confucius

  Men, Long, The End Of The Day

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• When you are laboring for others, let it be with the same zeal as if it were for yourself.

  Confucius

  Philosophical, Zealous, Zeal

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• It is better to live in peace than in bitterness and strife

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  Bitterness, Strife

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• If a man remembers what is right at the sign of profit, is ready to lay down his life in the face of danger, and does not forget sentiments he has repeated all his life when he has been in straitened circumstances for a long time, he may be said to be a complete man.

  Confucius

  Men, Long, Doe

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• If I do not participate in the sacrifice, it is as if I did not sacrifice at all.

  Confucius

  Sacrifice, Ifs

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• The wise man admires water, the kind man admires mountains. The wise man moves, the kind man rests. The wise man is happy, the kind man is firm.

  Confucius

  Wise, Moving, Men

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

  Confucius

  Happiness, Mean, Men

  Confucius “The Analects”, W. W. Norton & Company

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• If there were an honorable way to get rich, I’d do it, even if it meant being a stooge standing around with a whip. But there isn’t an honorable way, so I just do what I like.

  Confucius

  Way, Rich, Honorable

  Confucius (1998). “The Analects”, Counterpoint LLC

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• A superior man in dealing with the world is not for anything or against anything. He follows righteousness as the standard.

  Confucius

  Men, Profound, World

  Analects ch. 4, v. 10 (translation by Wing-Tsit Chan)

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• The superior man, when resting in safety, does not forget that danger may come. When in a state of security he does not forget the possibility of ruin. When all is orderly, he does not forget that disorder may come. Thus his person is not endangered, and his States and all their clans are preserved.

  Confucius

  Men, Safety, Chinese

  "The Analects". Book by Confucius,

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• It is not possible for one to teach others who cannot teach his own family.

  Confucius

  Love, Inspirational, Funny

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• If I were travelling with two partners, one virtuous and one dishonest, both would be useful as teachers. I would perceive what's good of the first one and I would imitate him whereas I would try to correct in me the defects I may see in the second one.

  Confucius

  Teacher, Two, Trying

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• When the Superior Man eats he does not try to stuff himself; at rest he does not seek perfect comfort; he is diligent in his work and careful in speech. He avails himself to people of the Tao and thereby corrects himself. This is the kind of person of whom you can say, "he loves learning."

  Confucius

  Men, People, Perfect

  "The Analects". Book by Confucius,

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• Those people who develop the ability to continuously acquire new and better forms of knowledge that they can apply to their work and to their lives will be the movers and shakers in our society for the indefinite future.

  Confucius

  Motivational, Work, Inspiration

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• Don't do unto others what you don't want others to do unto you.

  Confucius

  Want, Do Unto Others

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• To study and not think is a waste. To think and not study is dangerous.

  Confucius

  Learning, Knowledge, Thinking

  "The Analects". Book by Confucius,

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• Study the past if you would define the future. I am not one who was born in the possession of knowledge; I am one who is fond of antiquity, and earnest in seeking it there. Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous.

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  Educational, Past, Study

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

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  Men, Talking, Practice

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• When the perfect order prevails, the world is like a home shared by all. Leaders are capable and virtuous. Everyone loves and respects their own parents and children as well as the parents and children of others. The old are cared for, adults have jobs, children are nourished and educated. There is a means of support for all those who are disabled or find themselves alone in the world. Everyone has an appropriate role to play in the family and society. Devotion to public duty leaves no place for idleness. Scheming for ill gain is unknown. Sharing displaces selfishness and materialism.

  Confucius

  Inspirational, Motivational, Jobs

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• The nobler sort of man emphasizes the good qualities in others, and does not accentuate the bad. The inferior does the reverse. . . . The nobler sort of man pays special attention to nine points. He is anxious to see clearly, to hear distinctly, to be kindly in his looks, respectful in his demeanor, conscientious in his speech, earnest in his affairs. When in doubt, he is careful to inquire; when in anger, he thinks of the consequences; when offered an opportunity for gain, he thinks only of his duty.

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  Opportunity, Men, Thinking

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• Wisdom, humanity & courage, these three are universal virtues. The way by which they are practiced are one.

  Confucius

  Humanity, Three, Way

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