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

Quote by Confucius

Topics: Virtue Quotes

Without feelings of respect, what is there to distinguish men from beasts?

Without feelings of respect, what is there to distinguish men from beasts?

He who requires much from himself and little from others, will keep himself from being...

He who requires much from himself and little from others, will keep himself from being...

Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.

Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.

Silence is a friend who will never betray

Silence is a friend who will never betray

Do not impose on others what you yourself do not desire.

Do not impose on others what you yourself do not desire.

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

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

If a man take no thought about what is distant, he will find sorrow near...

If a man take no thought about what is distant, he will find sorrow near...

It is difficult to inspire others to accomplish what you haven't been willing to try

It is difficult to inspire others to accomplish what you haven't been willing to try

Tsze-Kung asked, Is there one word which may serve as a rule of practice for...

Tsze-Kung asked, Is there one word which may serve as a rule of practice for...

Virtuous people often revenge themselves for the constraints to which they submit by the boredom...

Virtuous people often revenge themselves for the constraints to which they submit by the boredom...

Good friends are like stars.... You don't always see them, but you know they are...

Good friends are like stars.... You don't always see them, but you know they are...

You cannot open a book without learning something.

You cannot open a book without learning something.

To be wronged is nothing unless you continue to remember it.

To be wronged is nothing unless you continue to remember it.

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

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

He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make his words good.

He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make his words good.

When prosperity comes, do not use all of it.

When prosperity comes, do not use all of it.

Wealth and rank are what people desire, but unless they are obtained in the right...

Wealth and rank are what people desire, but unless they are obtained in the right...

Never contract friendship with a man that is not better than thyself.

Never contract friendship with a man that is not better than thyself.

My mother groan'd, my father wept Into the dangerous world I leapt, Helpless, naked, piping...

My mother groan'd, my father wept Into the dangerous world I leapt, Helpless, naked, piping...

Friends, both the imaginary ones you build for yourself out of phrases taken from a...

Friends, both the imaginary ones you build for yourself out of phrases taken from a...