Confucius Quotes - Page 5

• When I am with others, they are my teachers. I can select their good points and follow them, and select their bad points and avoid them.

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  Teacher, Select, I Can

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• Signs and symbols rule the world, not words nor laws.

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  Inspirational, Life, Law

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• If there were an honorable way to get rich, I’d do it, even if it meant being a stooge standing around with a whip. But there isn’t an honorable way, so I just do what I like.

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  Way, Rich, Honorable

  Confucius (1998). “The Analects”, Counterpoint LLC

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• What the wise seek is in themselves

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  Wise, Inspiration

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

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  Integrity, Golden Rule

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

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• To become a leader, you must first become a human being

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  Leader, Firsts, Humans

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• A wise man seeks by music to strengthen his soul: the thoughtless one uses it to stifle his fears.

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  Wise, Inspiration, Men

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• You will never know how sharp a sword is unless it's drawn from its sheath

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  Know How, Knows

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• In a country well governed, poverty is something to be ashamed of. In a country badly governed, wealth is something to be ashamed of.

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  Country, Countries Of The World, Government

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• Every journey starts with a single step.

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  Journey, Steps, Single Step

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• A lack of patience in trifling matters might lead to the disruption of great project.

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  Might, Matter, Projects

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• To be wealthy and honored in an unjust society is a disgrace.

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  Unjust Society, Justice, Honor

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• The more man meditates upon good thoughts, the better will be his world and the world at large.

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  Spiritual, Yoga, Men

  "Out of the Blue: Delight Comes Into Our Lives". Book by Mark Victor Hansen, Barbara Nichols, and Patty Hansen, 1996.

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• There is one word which may serve as a rule of practice for all one's life -reciprocity.

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  Kindness, Practice, May

  Confucius (1973). “A book of heaven and the earth: stories from the Confucian analects”, Columbia Univ Pr

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• The Gods cannot help those who do not seize opportunities.

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  Opportunity, Helping, Seize The Opportunity

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• Everyone eats and drinks; yet only few appreciate the taste of food.

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  Appreciate, Chinese, Taste

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• All people are the same; only their habits differ.

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  People, Habit

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• A blemish may be removed from a diamond by careful polishing, but evil words once spoken cannot be effaced.

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  Evil, May, Diamond

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• There are those men who say to repay evil with kindness. But I say, how then are we to repay kindness? Repay kindness with kindness, but repay evil with justice.

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  Kindness, Men, Evil

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• Tzu Chang asked Confucius about jen. Confucius said, "If you can practice these five things with all the people, you can be called jen." Tzu Chang asked what they were. Confucius said, "Courtesy, generosity, honesty, persistence, and kindness. If you are courteous, you will not be disrespected; if you are generous, you will gain everything. If you are honest, people will rely on you. If you are persistent you will get results. If you are kind, you can employ people.

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  Kindness, Honesty, Persistence

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• He who is really kind, can never be unhappy

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  Love, Life, Family

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• Man who want pretty nurse, must be patient.

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  Nursing, Men, Nurse

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• You can cheat an honest man but not make a fool out of him.

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  Honesty, Men, Fool

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• If there were one word that could act as a standard of conduct for one's entire life, perhaps it would be 'thoughtfulness.

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  Would Be, Thoughtfulness, Standards

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• Respect yourself and others will respect you.

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  Life, Respect, Self Esteem

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