Famous Quotes

Confucius

"By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest." 

"Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it." 

"Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart." 

"It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop." 

"If you make a mistake and do not correct it, this is called a mistake." 

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

"Silence is a true friend who never betrays."  

"Attack the evil that is within yourself, rather than attacking the evil that is in others."  

"What the superior man seeks is in himself; what the small man seeks is in others."

"The man who asks a question is a fool for a minute, the man who does not ask is a fool for life."

"It is not the failure of others to appreciate your abilities that should trouble you, but rather your failure to appreciate theirs."

"The hardest thing of all is to find a black cat in a dark room, especially if there is no cat."

"Give a bowl of rice to a man and you will feed him for a day. Teach him how to grow his own rice and you will save his life."

"Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change."

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

"Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance."

"If what one has to say is not better than silence, then one should keep silent."

"When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps."

"Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without."

"If your plan is for one year plant rice. If your plan is for ten years plant trees. If your plan is for one hundred years educate children. "

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

"To see what is right and not do it is the worst cowardice."

"Education breeds confidence. Confidence breeds hope. Hope breeds peace."

"The superior man thinks always of virtue; the common man thinks of comfort."

"Don't complain about the snow on your neighbor's roof when your own doorstep is unclean."