Confucius Quotes About Life

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  • The book salesman should be honored because he brings to our attention, as a rule, the very books we need most and neglect most.

  • He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make his words good.

    Confucius, Mencius, Ssǔ shu, Wu king, Shu Ching (1861). “The Chinese Classics”, p.148
  • 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.

    Life   Men  
  • The way out is through the door. Why is it that no one will use this method?

    Life  
  • Man is born with uprightness. If one loses it, he will be lucky if he escapes with his life.

    Life   Men  
    Analects ch. 6, v. 17 (translation by Wing-Tsit Chan)
  • He who knows all the answers has not been asked all the questions.

    Life  
  • He who works for his own interests will arouse much animosity

    Love   Life  
    Confucius (2012). “The Analects”, p.18, Courier Corporation
  • The true gentleman does not preach what he practices till he has practiced what he preaches.

    Life   Learning  
  • The Master said, A gentleman, in his plans, thinks of the Way; he does not think how he is going to make a living. Even farming sometimes entails 5 times of shortage; and even learning may incidentally lead to high pay. But a gentleman's anxieties concern the progress of the Way; he has no anxiety concerning poverty.

    Life   Thinking  
    "The Analects of Confucius".
  • To see what is right and not to do it is want of courage, or of principle.

    Confucius (2013). “Confucian Analects, The Great Learning & The Doctrine of the Mean”, p.154, Courier Corporation
  • If a man in the morning hear the right way, he may die in the evening without regret.

    Life  
    James Legge, Confucius, Mencius, Shih ching (1867). “The Chinese Classics: The life and works of Mencius”, p.135
  • Death and life have their determined appointments; riches and honors depend upon heaven.

    Confucius (2014). “Confucian Analects”, p.54, Simon and Schuster
  • To practice five things under all circumstances constitutes perfect virtue; these five are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness, and kindness.

    Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
  • What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.

    Confucius (2012). “The Analects of Confucius In Plain and Simple English: BookCaps Study Guide”, BookCaps Study Guides
  • Humility is the solid foundation of all virtues.

    Life   Success  
    "Library of Universal History". Book by Israel Smith Clare, p. 539, 1899.
  • Do not worry if others do not understand you. Instead worry if you do not understand others.

    Funny   Life  
  • We can know a person by observing his behaviour, understanding the reasons for his actions and ascertaining his intentions. If we do this, how can we not know him?

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

  • 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.

  • If we don't know life, how can we know death?

  • If you devote your life to seeking revenge, first dig two graves.

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

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

    Life  
    Confucius (1992). “Confucius: The Analects”
  • When things are investigated, then true knowledge is achieved; when true knowledge is achieved, then the will becomes sincere; when the will is sincere, then the heart is set right ; when the heart is set right, then the personal life is cultivated; when the personal life is cultivated, then the family life is regulated; when the family life is regulated, then the national life is orderly; and when the national life is orderly, then there is peace in this world.

    Life   Heart  
    Confucius, Qian Sima (1938). “The wisdom of Confucius”, Modern Library
  • The expectations of life depend upon diligence; the mechanic that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools.

  • For benefits return benefits; for injuries return justice without any admixture of revenge.

    Life   Justice  
  • I want you to be everything that's you, deep at the center of your being.

    Love   Life   Success  
  • When abroad, behaveto everyone as if interviewing an honored guest; in directing the people, act as if you were assisting at a great sacrafice; DO NOT DO TO OTHERS AS YOU WOULD NOT LIKE DONE TO YOURSELF: so there will be no murmuring against you in the country, and none in the family; your public life will arouse no ill-will nor your private life any resentment.

    Life  
  • The man of wisdom is never of two minds; the man of benevolence never worries; the man of courage is never afraid.

    Life   Men  
    Confucius (1986). “The Analects”, Hippocrene Books
  • Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without.

    Life   Success   Mistake  
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    Confucius quotes about: Achievement Acting Adversity Affairs Affection Age Anger Anxiety Appearance Army Art Attitude Being Happy Benevolence Birds Blame Books Boundaries Bravery Business Caring Change Character Charity Children Compassion Country Courage Crime Culture Dance Darkness Desire Determination Difficulty Dignity Doubt Duty Earth Economy Education Effort Enemies Ethics Evil Excellence Exercise Expectations Failing Failure Faith Family Fathers Fear Feelings Focus Forgiveness Friends Friendship Funny Generosity Giving Giving Up Goals Goodness Graduation Gratitude Greatness Growth Happiness Hardship Harmony Hate Heart Heaven Helping Others Hills Home Honesty Honor House Human Nature Humanity Humility Ignorance Injury Inspiration Inspirational Inspiring Integrity Intelligence Journey Joy Judging Justice Karma Kindness Knowledge Labor Language Leadership Learning Life Lifetime Literacy Losing Love Loyalty Lying Making A Difference Martial Arts Math Military Mistakes Modesty Monday Money Moon Morality Morning Mothers Motivation Motivational Mountain Music Neighbors Not Giving Up Office Opportunity Overcoming Parents Passion Past Peace Perfection Perseverance Persistence Philosophy Planning Pleasure Politicians Positive Positive Thinking Positivity Poverty Pride Progress Prosperity Purpose Quality Reading Reflection Regret Resentment Respect Responsibility Revenge Rice Righteousness Running Sacrifice Science Self Awareness Shame Silence Simplicity Sincerity Son Sorrow Soul Spring Students Study Success Taoism Teachers Teaching Time Today True Friends True Love Truth Understanding Virtue Waiting War Warrior Water Wealth Winning Wisdom Work Worry Yoga Youth