68 Confucius Quotes
551 BC – 479 BC
A collection of Confucius quotes to inspire and motivate you. He was a Chinese teacher, and philosopher. His wisdom still applies to this day and he has inspired millions worldwide.
- Recompense injury with justice, and recompense kindness with kindness. Confucius
Kindness - The more man meditates upon good thoughts, the better will be his world and the world at large. Confucius
Inspirational Quotes - Everything has its beauty, but not everyone sees it. Confucius
Beauty - Don’t complain about the snow on your neighbour’s roof when your own doorstep is unclean. Confucius
Quote of The Day - If you are the smartest person in the room, then you are in the wrong room. Confucius
Funny - Our greatest glory is not in never failing. . .but in raising every time we fall. Confucius
Failure - They must often change, who would be constant in happiness or wisdom. Confucius
Quotes about Change - If you enjoy what you do, you’ll never work another day in your life. Confucius
Motivational Quotes for Work - Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves. Confucius
Funny Quotes about Life - Music produces a kind of pleasure which human nature cannot do without. Confucius
Music - Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses. Confucius
Best Motivational Quotes - Faced with what is right, to leave it undone shows a lack of courage. Confucius
Courage - Wherever you go, go with all your heart. Confucius
Words of Encouragement - Those who know the truth are not equal to those who love it. Confucius
Truth - He who believes he can and he who believes he can’t are both usually right. Confucius
Believe - To be able to practice five things everywhere under heaven constitutes perfect virtue: gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness, and kindness. Confucius
Generosity - Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change. Confucius
Wise - Heaven means to be one with God. Confucius
God - By nature, men are nearly alike; by practice, they get to be wide apart. Confucius
Practice - They must often change who would be constant in happiness or wisdom. Confucius
Happiness - Words are the voice of the heart. Confucius
Top Ten Quotes - What the superior man seeks is in himself; what the small man seeks is in others. Confucius
Meaningful - You can force the people to obey; you cannot force them to understand. Confucius
Inspiring Others - In a country well governed, poverty is something to be ashamed of. In a country badly governed, wealth is something to be ashamed of. Confucius
Wealth - It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop. Confucius
Moving Forward - The superior man acts before he speaks, and afterwards speaks according to his actions. Confucius
Action - If you expect great things of yourself and demand little of others, you’ll keep resentment far away. Confucius
Quotes to Live By - The noble-minded are calm and steady. Little people are forever fussing and fretting. Confucius
Cool - Fine words and an insinuating appearance are seldom associated with true virtue. Confucius
Bold - Learn as if you were not reaching your goal and as though you were scared of missing it. Confucius
Learning - When anger rises, think of the consequences. Confucius
Anger - When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don’t adjust the goals; adjust the action steps. Confucius
Goals - Knowledge is merely brilliance in organization of ideas and not wisdom. The truly wise person goes beyond knowledge. Confucius
Knowledge - A superior man in dealing with the world is not for anything or against anything. He follows righteousness as the standard. Confucius
Poems about Life - He who searches for evil, must first look at his own reflection. Confucius
Inspirational Sayings - Not to discuss with a man worthy of conversation is to waste the man. To discuss with a man not worthy of conversation is to waste words. The wise waste neither men nor words. Confucius
Communication - Writing cannot express all words, words cannot encompass all ideas. Confucius
Feelings - The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials. Confucius
Challenges - Real knowledge is to know the extent of one’s ignorance. Confucius
Encouraging Poems - The man who asks a question is a fool for a minute, the man who does not ask is a fool for life. Confucius
Questioning - Success depends upon previous preparation, and without such preparation, there is sure to be failure. Confucius
Success - Do not impose on others what you yourself do not desire. Confucius
Proverbs - The scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar. Confucius
Comfort Zone - Settle one difficulty, and you keep a hundred away. Confucius
Overcoming - Don’t worry if you have no position: worry about making yourself worthy of one. Confucius
Worry - Poor food and water for dinner, a bent arm for a pillow – that is where joy resides. For me, wealth and renown without honor are nothing but drifting clouds. Confucius
Joy - Looking at small advantages prevents great affairs from being accomplished. Confucius
Accomplishment - How can you love people without encouraging them? And how can you be loyal to people without educating them. Confucius
Encouraging - All people are the same; only their habits differ. Confucius
Habit - When respect is shown according to what is proper, one keeps far from shame and disgrace. Confucius
Respect - Learn advidly. Question it repeatedly. Analyze it carefully. Then put what you have learned into practice intelligently. Confucius
Motivational Poems - We have two lives, and the second begins when we realize we only have one. Confucius
Quotes about Life - Act with kindness but do not expect gratitude. Confucius
Gratitude - Study the past if you would define the future. Confucius
Future - It is not the failure of others to appreciate your abilities that should trouble you, but rather your failure to appreciate theirs. Confucius
Appreciation - I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand. Confucius
Support - The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones. Confucius
Mountains - Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated. Confucius
Simplicity - When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don’t adjust the goals, adjust the action steps. Confucius
Graduation - One joy dispels a hundred cares. Confucius
Appreciation Poems - Even four harnessed horses cannot bring imprudent words back into the mouth. Confucius
Funny Quotes about Life - When you know a thing, to hold that you know it; and when you do not know a thing, to allow that you do not know it – this is knowledge. Confucius
Mindset - Anyone can find the switch after the lights are on. Confucius
Funny Poems - Walking among three people, I find my teacher among them. I choose that which is good in them and follow it, and that which is bad and change it. Confucius
Teacher - If you make a mistake and do not correct it, this is called a mistake. Confucius
Mistake - Be strict with yourself but least reproachful of others and complaint is kept afar. Confucius
Complaining - No matter how busy you may think you are you must find time for reading, or surrender yourself to self-chosen ignorance. Confucius
Books - To be wronged is nothing, unless you continue to remember it. Confucius
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