Confucius Quotes

• Knowledge without practice is useless. Practice without knowledge is dangerous.

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  Practice, Essentials, Useless

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• A man is great not because he hasn't failed; a man is great because failure hasn't stopped him.

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  Men

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  A great man is hard on himself; a small man is hard on others.

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  Men, Great Men, Small Man

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• I was complaining that I had no shoes till I met a man who had no feet.

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  Gratitude, Men, Shoes

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• The man who asks a question is a fool for a minute, the man who does not ask is a fool for life.

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  Love, Inspirational, Funny

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  Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

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  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• Keep it simple and focus on what matters. Don't let yourself be overwhelmed.

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  Simple, What Matters, Focus

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• The hardest thing of all is to find a black cat in a dark room, especially if there is no cat.

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  Cat, Dark, Black

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• All the darkness in the world can't put out the light of one candle.

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  Light, Darkness, World

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• Tell people - and they may forget...
  show them - they may remember...
  but involve them and they will understand.

  Confucius

  People, May, Remember

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  It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.

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  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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• Happiness is not at the top of the mountain, but in how to climb.

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  Adventure, Mountain, Climbs

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• As the water shapes itself to the vessel that contains it, so a wise man adapts himself to circumstances.

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  Inspirational, Change, Wise

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• Happiness does not consist in having what you want, but in wanting what you have

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  Doe, Finding Happiness, Want

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• The archer who misses his mark does not blame the target. He stops, corrects himself and shoots again.

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  Archer, Missing, Doe

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• Three things cannot long be hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.

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  Motivational, Wisdom, Buddhist

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• Cultivate the root; the leaves and branches will take care of themselves.

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  Roots, Branches, Care

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

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  Purpose

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• A man without a mustache is a man without a soul.

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  Men, Soul, Mustache

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• Every house guest brings you happiness. Some when they arrive, and some when they are leaving

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  House, Leaving, House Guests

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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.

  Confucius

  Wise, Wisdom, Attitude

  "Words of Wisdom to Live By". Book by Alfred Armand Montapert, 1986.

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• Attack the evil that is within yourself, rather than attacking the evil that is in others.

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  Love, Inspirational, Funny

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• An orchid in a deep forest sends out its fragrance even if no one is around to appreciate it.

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  Orchids, Appreciate, Forests

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• He who fails to prepare, prepares to fail

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  Trying, Failing

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• Don't let your past determine your destiny.

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  Past, Destiny, Determine

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