Five things constitute perfect virtue: gravity, magnanimity, earnestness, sincerity and kindness

Quote by Confucius

Topics: Truth Quotes

To love a thing means wanting it to live.

To love a thing means wanting it to live.

Failure is not an option.

Failure is not an option.

When you meet someone better than yourself, turn your thoughts to becoming his equal. When...

When you meet someone better than yourself, turn your thoughts to becoming his equal. When...

They must often change, who would be constant in happiness or wisdom.

They must often change, who would be constant in happiness or wisdom.

Hold faithfulness and sincerity as first principles

Hold faithfulness and sincerity as first principles

They must often change, who would be constant in happiness or wisdom.

They must often change, who would be constant in happiness or wisdom.

Look at the means which a man employs, consider his motives, observe his pleasures. A...

Look at the means which a man employs, consider his motives, observe his pleasures. A...

Can there be a love which does not make demands on its object?

Can there be a love which does not make demands on its object?

The parents age must be remembered, both for joy and anxiety.

The parents age must be remembered, both for joy and anxiety.

I have never seen a man as fond of virtue as of women.

I have never seen a man as fond of virtue as of women.

Ability will never catch up with the demand for it.

Ability will never catch up with the demand for it.

To be wrong is nothing unless you continue to remember it

To be wrong is nothing unless you continue to remember it

Have no friends not equal to yourself.

Have no friends not equal to yourself.

When anger rises, think of the consequences.

When anger rises, think of the consequences.

Go before the people with your example, and be laborious in their affairs.

Go before the people with your example, and be laborious in their affairs.

The cautious seldom err.

The cautious seldom err.

Learning without thought is labor lost; and thought without learning is perilous.

Learning without thought is labor lost; and thought without learning is perilous.

The more man meditates upon good thoughts, the better will be his world and the...

The more man meditates upon good thoughts, the better will be his world and the...

Faced with what is right, to leave it undone shows a lack of courage.

Faced with what is right, to leave it undone shows a lack of courage.

If you look into your own heart, and you find nothing wrong there, what is...

If you look into your own heart, and you find nothing wrong there, what is...