Confucius Quotes - Page 28

• With a heavy load and a long journey

  Confucius

  Journey, Long, Chinese

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• Look not at what is contrary to propriety; listen not to what is contrary to propriety; speak not what is contrary to propriety; make no movement which is contrary to propriety.

  Confucius

  Looks, Movement, Speak

  Confucius (2016). “The Analects”, p.63, Open Road Media

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• With coarse rice to eat, with water to drink, and my bent arm for a pillow - I have still joy in the midst of all these things.

  Confucius

  Inspirational, Water, Joy

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• I am not an originator but a transmitter.

  Confucius

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• Listen much, keep silent when in doubt, and always take heed of the tongue; thou wilt make few mistakes. See much, beware of pitfalls, and always give heed to thy walk; thou wilt have little to rue. If thy words are seldom wrong, thy deeds leave little to rue, pay will follow.

  Confucius

  Mistake, Giving, Doubt

  Confucius (1909). “The Sayings of Confucius”

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• I used to listen to what others said, and expect them to act accordingly. But nowadays, I listen to what they say, and then observe what they do.

  Confucius

  Used, Said

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• Waste begets self-will; thrift begets meanness: but better be mean than self-willed.

  Confucius

  Mean, Self, Waste

  Confucius (1909). “The Sayings of Confucius”

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• Earnest in practicing the ordinary virtues, and careful in speaking about them, if, in his practice, he has anything defective, the superior man dares not but exert himself; and if, in his words, he has any excess, he dares not allow himself such license.

  Confucius

  Character, Men, Practice

  Confucius (2016). “Delphi Collected Works of Confucius - Four Books and Five Classics of Confucianism (Illustrated)”, p.28, Delphi Classics

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• Never tire to study. And to teach to others

  Confucius

  Study, Tire, Teach

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• A man who reviews the old so as to find out the new is qualified to teach others.

  Confucius

  Men, Reviews, Teach

  Analects ch. 2, v. 11 (translation by Wing-Tsit Chan)

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• Sir, in carrying on your government, why should you use killing at all? Let your evinced desires be for what is good, and the people will be good. The relation between superiors and inferiors is like that between the wind and the grass. The grass must bend, when the wind blows across it.

  Confucius

  Blow, Government, Wind

  Confucius, James Legge (1893). “Confucian Analects: The Great Learning, and The Doctrine of the Mean”, p.105, Courier Corporation

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• When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them.

  Confucius

  Mistake, Educational, Failure

  Confucius (2013). “Confucian Analects, The Great Learning & The Doctrine of the Mean”, p.141, Courier Corporation

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• If my mind be not engaged in worship, it is as though I worshipped not.

  Confucius

  Mind, Worship, Engaged

  "The Works of Confucius".

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• That a man lives is because he is straight. That a man who dupes others survives is because he has been fortunate enough to be spared.

  Confucius

  Men, Dupes, Life Is

  Confucius (1992). “Confucius: The Analects”

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• What the great learning teaches, is to illustrate illustrious virtue; to renovate the people; and to rest in the highest excellence.

  Confucius

  People, Excellence, Virtue

  Confucius (2013). “Confucian Analects, The Great Learning & The Doctrine of the Mean”, p.356, Courier Corporation

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• If you would govern a state of a thousand chariots (a small-to-middle-size state), you must pay strict attention to business, be true to your word, be economical in expenditure and love the people.

  Confucius

  People, And Love, Attention

  "The Analects". Book by Confucius,

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• If language is not rectified, words do not correspond to meaning, and if words do not correspond to meaning, our deeds cannot be accomplished.

  Confucius

  Deeds, Language, Accomplished

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• If you don't know how to serve men, why worry about serving the gods?

  Confucius

  Men, Worry, Confucianism

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• If I am building a mountain and stop before the last basketful of earth is placed on the summit, I have failed.

  Confucius

  Life, Mountain, Earth

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• There are cases in which the blade springs, but the plant does not go on to flower. There are cases where it flowers, but no fruit is subsequently produced.

  Confucius

  Spring, Flower, Immaturity

  Confucius (2012). “The Analects of Confucius In Plain and Simple English: BookCaps Study Guide”, BookCaps Study Guides

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• All men are born good.

  Confucius

  Men, Goodness, Born

  Confucius (1907). “The Sayings of Confucius”

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• Don't be concerned about others not appreciating you. Be concerned about your not appreciating others.

  Confucius

  Love, Inspirational, Funny

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• One who can move mountains start with the little stones.

  Confucius

  Moving, Climbing, Mountain

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• Eat at your own as you would the table of a king.

  Confucius

  Kings, Food, Tables

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• A gentleman can withstand hardships; it is only the small man who, when submitted to them, is swept off his feet.

  Confucius

  Hate, Men, Feet

  Confucius, Arthur Waley (1949). “The Analects of Confucius”, Routledge

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