Quotes from Confucius
A ruthless man extends his ruthlessness from those he does not love to those he loves.
- Confucius
Without goodness a man cannot endure adversity for long, nor can he enjoy prosperity for long. The good man is naturally at ease with goodness. The wise man cultivates goodness for its advantage.
- Confucius
When you see a good man, think of emulating him; when you see a bad man, examine your own heart.
- Confucius
A man who does not forget an agreement is resolved and honorable man.
- Confucius
There are three things against which the wise man guards: lust when young, quarrels when strong, and covetousness when old.
- Confucius
Virtue is more to man than either water or fire. I have seen men die from treading on water and fire, but I have never seen a man die from treading the course of virtue.
- Confucius
The superior man is firm in the right way and not merely firm.
- Confucius
When a man's knowledge is sufficient to attain, and his virtue is not sufficient to enable him to hold, whatever he may have gained, he will lose again.
- Confucius
A man of humanity is one who, in seeking to establish himself, finds a foothold for others and who, in desiring attaining himself, helps others to attain.
- Confucius
Sincerity is that whereby self-completion is effected, and its way is that by which man must direct himself.
- Confucius
The man of upright life is obeyed before he speaks.
- Confucius
The man of noble mind seeks to achieve the good in others and not their evil. The little-minded man is the reverse of this.
- Confucius