Confucius Quotes

It is more shameful to distrust our friends than to be deceived by them.
Confucius

Friendship, Friends, Deceived

To be wronged is nothing unless you continue to remember it.
Confucius

Nothing, Remember, Unless

An oppressive government is more to be feared than a tiger.
Confucius

Government, Tiger, Feared

Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change.
Confucius

Change, Men, Wisest

If you think in terms of a year, plant a seed; if in terms of ten years, plant trees; if in terms of 100 years, teach the people.
Confucius

Year, Teach, Trees

Wherever you go, go with all your heart.
Confucius

Heart, Wherever

When anger rises, think of the consequences.
Confucius

To practice five things under all circumstances constitutes perfect virtue; these five are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness, and kindness.
Confucius

Kindness, Perfect, Soul

What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.
Confucius

Yourself, Done, Others

The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home.
Confucius

Home, Strength, Integrity

I hear, I know. I see, I remember. I do, I understand.
Confucius

Remember, Understand, Hear

I will not be concerned at other men's not knowing me;I will be concerned at my own want of ability.
Confucius

Men, Knowing, Ability

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

You cannot open a book without learning something.
Confucius

Learning, Book, Cannot

Study the past, if you would divine the future.
Confucius

Future, Past, Study

Never give a sword to a man who can't dance.
Confucius

Give, Dance, Sword

The superior man is distressed by the limitations of his ability; he is not distressed by the fact that men do not recognize the ability that he has.
Confucius

Men, Fact, Ability

Speak the truth, do not yield to anger; give, if thou art asked for little; by these three steps thou wilt go near the gods.
Confucius

Truth, Art, Anger

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

Good, Words, Find

To see and listen to the wicked is already the beginning of wickedness.
Confucius

Beginning, Listen, Wicked

Death and life have their determined appointments; riches and honors depend upon heaven.
Confucius

Life, Death, Heaven

They must often change, who would be constant in happiness or wisdom.
Confucius

Change, Happiness, Wisdom

We should feel sorrow, but not sink under its oppression.
Confucius

Sympathy, Sorrow, Oppression

Look at the means which a man employs, consider his motives, observe his pleasures. A man simply cannot conceal himself!
Confucius

Cannot, Means, Himself

Never contract friendship with a man that is not better than thyself.
Confucius

Friendship, Contract, Thyself

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Biography

Nationality: Chinese

Type: Philosopher

Born: 551 BC

Died: 479 BC

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