Kung Fu-tzu Confucius Quotes (120 Quotes)

He who remembers from day to day what he has yet to learn, and from month to month what he has learned already, may be said to have a love of learning.

Clever talk can confound the workings of virtue, just as small impatiences can confound great projects.

Humility is the solid foundation of all the virtues.

Men of principles are always bold, but those who are bold are not always men of principle.

Men's natures are alike It is their habits that carry them far apart.

The gentleman has nine cares. In seeing he is careful to see clearly in hearing he is careful to hear distinctly in his looks he is careful to be kind, in his manner to be respectful, in his words to be sincere, in his work to be diligent. When in doubt he is careful to ask for information when angry he has a care for the consequences and when he sees a chance for gain, he thinks carefully whether the pursuits of it would be right.

I am not concerned that I am not known, I seek to be worthy to be known.

We don't know yet about life, how can we know about death.

A country of a thousand war-chariots cannot be administered unless the ruler attends strictly to business, punctually observes his promises, is economical in expenditure, loves the people, and uses the labor of the peasantry only at the proper times of year.

Virtue is more to man than either water or fire. I have seen men die from treading on water and fire, but I have never seen a man die from treading the course of virtue.

When prosperity comes, do not use all of it.

The perfecting of one's self is the fundamental base of all progress and all moral development.

A good man is not mine to see. Could I see a man possessed of constancy, that would satisfy me.

The superior man will watch over himself when he is alone. He examines his heart that there may be nothing wrong there, and that he may have no cause of dissatisfaction with himself.

Just as lavishness leads easily to presumption, so does frugality to meanness. But meanness is a far less serious fault than presumption.

A good man does not worry about not being known by others, but rather is concerned about not knowing them.

From the Emperor down to the masses of the people, All must consider the cultivation of the person the root of everything else.

Do not worry about not holding high position worry rather about playing your proper role.

Without knowing the force of words, it is impossible to know men.

Silence is a friend who will never betray.