Confucius Quotes - Page 5

• The person of benevolence never worries.

  Confucius

  Worry, Benevolence, Persons

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• Between friends, frequent reproofs make the friendship distant.

  Confucius

  Lost Friendship, Lost Friend, Reproof

  Confucius (2005). “The Ethics of Confucius”, p.128, Cosimo, Inc.

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• It is better not to proceed at all than to proceed without purpose.

  Confucius

  Purpose

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• Exemplary persons are steadfast in the face of adversity, while petty persons are engulfed by it.

  Confucius

  Adversity, Faces, Steadfast

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• Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change.

  Confucius

  Life, Change, Wise

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

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• Never do to others what you would not like them to do to you.

  Confucius

  Integrity, Golden Rule

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

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• If you try to do too much, you will not achieve anything.

  Confucius

  Success, Wisdom, Goal

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• When a wise man points at the moon the imbecile examines the finger.

  Confucius

  Wise, Moon, Men

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• Study the past if you want to define the future.

  Confucius

  Past, Want, Study

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• The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.

  Confucius

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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• Return good for good; return evil with justice.

  Confucius

  Evil, Justice, Return

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• The ideal teacher guides his students but does not pull them along; he urges them to go forward and does not suppress them; he opens the way but does not take them to the place.

  Confucius

  Teacher, Doe, Way

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• A man who lacks reliability is utterly useless.

  Confucius

  Men, Reliability, Useless

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• Please stop waiting for a better and more appropriate time to become happy and focus on the moment you live in. Happiness is not an arrival, it is the journey itself. Many people seek for happiness above the height of human beings, some below. Yet, happiness is exactly at the exact height of human beings.

  Confucius

  Journey, People, Focus

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• A man who does not think and plan long ahead will find trouble right at his door.

  Confucius

  Love, Inspirational, Funny

  Confucius, Qian Sima (1938). “The wisdom of Confucius”, Modern Library

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• Respect yourself and others will respect you.

  Confucius

  Life, Respect, Self Esteem

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• Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without.

  Confucius

  Life, Success, Mistake

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• Do not use a cannon to kill a mosquito.

  Confucius

  Love, Inspirational, Funny

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• A hammer shatters glass but it also forges steel.

  Confucius

  Glasses, Hammers, Steel

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• The love to Wisdom is getting closer to the own bright path.

  Confucius

  Path

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• What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.

  Confucius

  Inspirational, Life, Happiness

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

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• Do not worry about not holding high position; worry rather about playing your proper role. Worry not that no one knows of you; seek to be worth knowing.

  Confucius

  Love, Inspirational, Funny

  "The Best of Confucius".

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• Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses.

  Confucius

  Inspirational, Thank You, Kindness

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• Silence is a true friend who never betrays.

  Confucius

  Friendship, True Friend, Good Friend

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• The superior man loves his soul; the inferior man loves his property.

  Confucius

  Men, Soul, Superior Man

  "A Little Book of Aphorisms". Book by Frederick B. Wilcox, p. 185, 1947.

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