The superior man thinks always of virtue; the common man thinks of comfort

Quote by Confucius

Topics: Truth Quotes

The superior man acts before he speaks, and afterwards speaks according to his action.

The superior man acts before he speaks, and afterwards speaks according to his action.

Never hesitate to ask a lesser person.

Never hesitate to ask a lesser person.

If names are not correct, language will not be in accordance with the truth of...

If names are not correct, language will not be in accordance with the truth of...

Everything has its beauty, but not everyone sees it

Everything has its beauty, but not everyone sees it

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

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

To love a thing means wanting it to live

To love a thing means wanting it to live

Death and life have their determined appointments; riches and honours depend upon heaven.

Death and life have their determined appointments; riches and honours depend upon heaven.

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?

To be wrong is nothing unless you continue to remember it

To be wrong is nothing unless you continue to remember it

Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without.

Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without.

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...

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

Learning without thought is labor lost; and 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.

Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

To see and listen to the wicked is already the beginning of wickedness.

To see and listen to the wicked is already the beginning of wickedness.

It is not possible for one to teach others who cannot teach his own family.

It is not possible for one to teach others who cannot teach his own family.

Make fair agreements and stick to them

Make fair agreements and stick to them

Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in...

Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in...

It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live...

It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live...

Today, more than ever before, life must be characterized by a sense of Universal responsibility,...

Today, more than ever before, life must be characterized by a sense of Universal responsibility,...