Confucius Quotes - Page 4

• Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.

  Confucius

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Return good for good; return evil with justice.

  Confucius

  Evil, Justice, Return

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• A man who lacks reliability is utterly useless.

  Confucius

  Men, Reliability, Useless

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• A lion chased me up a tree, and I greatly enjoyed the view from the top.

  Confucius

  Views, Tree, Lions

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• Silence is a true friend who never betrays.

  Confucius

  Friendship, True Friend, Good Friend

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• You judge yourself by what you think you can achieve, others judge you by what have achieved.

  Confucius

  Thinking, Judging, Achievement

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• Table your mistakes, learn from them, then move on.

  Confucius

  Mistake, Moving, Tables

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• To put the world in order, we must first put the nation in order; to put the nation in order, we must first put the family in order; to put the family in order; we must first cultivate our personal life; we must first set our hearts right.

  Confucius

  Inspirational, Life, Change

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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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• An inconvenience is an unrecognized opportunity.

  Confucius

  Opportunity, Inconvenience

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• When you see a good man, try to emulate his example, and when you see a bad man, search yourself for his faults.

  Confucius

  Wisdom, Fun, Men

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

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• Let our reason, and not our senses, be the rule of our conduct; for reason will teach us to think wisely, to speak prudently, and to behave worthily.

  Confucius

  Thinking, Speak, Reason

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• Success depends upon previous preparation, and without such preparation there is sure to be failure.

  Confucius

  Success, Congratulations, Failure

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• Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.

  Confucius

  Love, Inspirational, Life

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• You do not understand even life. How can you understand death?

  Confucius

  Life, Death, Understanding

  Confucius (1992). “Confucius: The Analects”

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• Rotten wood cannot be carved.

  Confucius

  Rotten, Statistics, Woods

  Confucius (2014). “The Analects”, p.1, Penguin

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• Consideration for others is the basis of a good life, a good society.

  Confucius

  Good Life, Consideration, Bases

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• When strict with oneself, one rarely fails.

  Confucius

  Criticism, Failing, Strict

  Confucius (1950). “The Best of Confucius”

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

  Confucius

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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• To know what is the right thing to do and not do it is the greatest cowardice.

  Confucius

  Cowardice, Things To Do, Knows

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• One joy dispels a hundred cares.

  Confucius

  Peace, Healing, Joy

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• The superior person is calm and composed; the lesser person is continuously worried and distressed.

  Confucius

  Calm, Worried, Persons

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• Don't worry if people don't recognize your merits; worry that you may not recognize theirs.

  Confucius

  People, Worry, May

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

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• Those who cannot forgive others break the bridge over which they themselves must pass.

  Confucius

  Relationship, Forgiveness, Faith

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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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