What the superior man seeks is in himself; what the small man seeks is in others.
CONFUCIUSIf names be not correct, language is not in accordance with the truth of things.
More Confucius Quotes
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Don’t complain about the snow on your neighbor’s roof when your own doorstep is unclean.
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A youth is to be regarded with respect. How do we know that his future will not be equal to our present?
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Without knowing the force of words, it is impossible to know more.
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The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials.
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Never give a sword to a man who can’t dance.
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If you are the smartest person in the room, then you are in the wrong room.
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He who searches for evil, must first look at his own reflection.
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Consideration for others is the basis of a good life, a good society.
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Education breeds confidence. Confidence breeds hope. Hope breeds peace.
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When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them.
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Ignorance is the night of the mind, but a night without moon or star.
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Act with kindness but do not expect gratitude.
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The man who asks a question is a fool for a minute, the man who does not ask is a fool for life.
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Worry not that no one knows you; seek to be worth knowing.
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Settle one difficulty, and you keep a hundred away.
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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.
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To be wronged is nothing, unless you continue to remember it.
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Behind every smile there’s teeth.
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To see what is right and not do it is the worst cowardice.
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The scholar does not consider gold and jade to be precious treasures, but loyalty and good faith.
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If what one has to say is not better than silence, then one should keep silent.
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We should keep the dead before our eyes, and honor them as though still living.
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It is more shameful to distrust our friends than to be deceived by them.
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Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses.
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He who conquers himself is the mightiest warrior.
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I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.
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