It is not the failure of others to appreciate your abilities that should trouble you, but rather your failure to appreciate theirs.
CONFUCIUSAct with kindness but do not expect gratitude.
More Confucius Quotes
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We should keep the dead before our eyes, and honor them as though still living.
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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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The funniest people are the saddest ones.
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Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.
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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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A true teacher is one who, keeping the past alive, is also able to understand the present.
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You cannot open a book without learning something.
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Silence is a true friend who never betrays.
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To be wronged is nothing, unless you continue to remember it.
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The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their proper name.
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The noble-minded are calm and steady. Little people are forever fussing and fretting.
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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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If you don’t want to do something,don’t impose on others.
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Act with kindness but do not expect gratitude.
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When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them.
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He who conquers himself is the mightiest warrior.
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Real knowledge is to know the extent of one’s ignorance.
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Learn as if you were not reaching your goal and as though you were scared of missing it.
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Wherever you go, go with all your heart.
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Education breeds confidence. Confidence breeds hope. Hope breeds peace.
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If names be not correct, language is not in accordance with the truth of things.
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A man without a mustache is a man without a soul.
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I followed my heart without breaking any rules.
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Hold faithfulness and sincerity as first principles.
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If you look into your own heart, and you find nothing wrong there, what is there to worry about? What is there to fear?
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Ignorance is the night of the mind, but a night without moon or star.
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