People with virtue must speak out; People who speak are not all virtuous.

Quote by Confucius

Topics: Virtue Quotes

Dont complain about the snow on your neighbors roof when your own doorstep is unclean.

Dont complain about the snow on your neighbors roof when your own doorstep is unclean.

The superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.

The superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.

If we don't know life, how can we know death?

If we don't know life, how can we know death?

Never give a sword to a man who cant dance.

Never give a sword to a man who cant dance.

To be wrong is nothing unless you continue to remember it

To be wrong is nothing unless you continue to remember it

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

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

We should feel sorrow, but not sink under its oppression.

We should feel sorrow, but not sink under its oppression.

The firm, the enduring, the simple, and the modest are near to virtue.

The firm, the enduring, the simple, and the modest are near to virtue.

The book salesman should be honored because he brings to our attention, as a rule,...

The book salesman should be honored because he brings to our attention, as a rule,...

The essence of knowledge is, having it, to apply it; not having it, to confess...

The essence of knowledge is, having it, to apply it; not having it, to confess...

There are three methods to gaining wisdom. The first is reflection, which is the highest....

There are three methods to gaining wisdom. The first is reflection, which is the highest....

Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change.

Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change.

If you think in terms of a year, plant a seed; if in terms of...

If you think in terms of a year, plant a seed; if in terms of...

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...

It is only the wisest and the stupidest that cannot change.

It is only the wisest and the stupidest that cannot change.

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

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

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...

To be in one's own heart in kindly sympathy with all things; this is the...

To be in one's own heart in kindly sympathy with all things; this is the...

Life is to be lived. If you have to support yourself, you had bloody well...

Life is to be lived. If you have to support yourself, you had bloody well...

To live in hearts we leave behind Is not to die.

To live in hearts we leave behind Is not to die.