Confucius Quotes - Page 14

• The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra. The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me you don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step the man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.

  Confucius

  Moving, Men, Differences

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• Be versed in ancient lore, and familiarize yourself with the modern; then may you become teachers.

  Confucius

  Teacher, Teaching, May

  Confucius (2016). “Chinese Literature”, p.13, Confucius

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

  Confucius

  Moving, Climbing, Mountain

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• Unify your attention. Do not listen with your ears, but with your mind. Do not listen with your mind but with your essence.

  Confucius

  Essence, Mind, Attention

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• A man should demand much from himself, but little from others. When you meet a man of worth, think how you may attain to his excellence. When you meet an unworthy one, then look within and examine yourself.

  Confucius

  Men, Thinking, Excellence

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• In antiquity men studied for their own sake; nowadays men study for the sake of impressing others.

  Confucius

  Men, Sake, Study

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• To lead uninstructed people to war is to throw them away.

  Confucius

  Military, War, Army

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

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• Therefore only through education does one come to be dissatisfied with his own knowledge, and only through teaching others does one come to realize the uncomfortable inadequacy of his knowledge. Being dissatisfied with his own knowledge, one then realizes that the trouble lies with himself, and realizing the uncomfortable inadequacy of his knowledger.

  Confucius

  Educational, Lying, Teaching

  "The wisdom of Confucius".

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• The superior man cannot be known in little matters, but he may be entrusted with great concerns. The small man may not be entrusted with great concerns, but he may be known in little matters.

  Confucius

  Wise, Character, Men

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• One dedicated worker is worth a thousand slaves.

  Confucius

  Slave, Dedicated, Thousand

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• A gentleman can see a question from all sides without bias.
  The small man is biased and can see a question only from one side.

  Confucius

  Men, Gentleman, Sides

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

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• The higher type of man clings to virtue, the lower type of man clings to material comfort. The higher type of man cherishes justice, the lower type of man cherishes the hope of favors to be received.

  Confucius

  Men, Justice, Comfort

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• When nature exceeds culture, we have the rustic. When culture exceeds nature, we have the pedant.

  Confucius

  Nature, Culture, Pedants

  "Lun Yü".

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• There are three friendships which are advantageous, and three which are injurious. Friendship with the upright; friendship with the sincere; and friendship with the man of much observation: these are advantageous. Friendship with the man of specious airs; friendship with the insinuatingly soft; and friendship with the glib-tongued: these are injurious.

  Confucius

  Friendship, Men, Air

  Confucius (2013). “Confucian Analects, The Great Learning & The Doctrine of the Mean”, p.311, Courier Corporation

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• There are three things to beware of through life: when a man is young, let him beware of his appetites; when he is middle-aged, of his passions; and when old, of covetousness, especially.

  Confucius

  Life, Passion, Men

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• People with virtue must speak out; People who speak are not all virtuous.

  Confucius

  Love, Inspirational, Funny

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• Your eyes are always bigger than your stomach.

  Confucius

  Eye, Bigger, Stomach

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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 give a student one-fourth of what he should know, I expect him to get the other three-fourths himself, otherwise I do not want him as a student.

  Confucius

  Giving, Three, Want

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• The superior man is firm in the right way and not merely firm.

  Confucius

  Men, Purpose, Way

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

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  Love, Inspirational, Funny

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• If your desire is for good, the people will be good.

  Confucius

  People, Desire, Be Good

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• From a grain of sand in the Pearl comes.

  Confucius

  Pearls, Sand, Grains Of Sand

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• What you do not wish upon yourself, extend not to others.

  Confucius

  Chinese, Wish

  Confucius (1996). “Le Lun Yü en français”

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• In teaching there should be no distinction of classes.

  Confucius

  Teaching, Class, Should

  Confucius (2013). “Confucian Analects, The Great Learning & The Doctrine of the Mean”, p.305, Courier Corporation

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