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Confucius Inspirational Quotes (541)

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He is the truly courageous man who never desponds.
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It is not the failure of others to appreciate your abilities that should trouble you, but rather your failure to appreciate theirs.
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The Master said, I set my heart on the Way, base myself on virtue, lean upon benevolence for support and take my recreation in the arts.
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It is easy to hate and it is difficult to love. This is how the whole scheme of things works. All good things are difficult to achieve and bad things are very easy to get.
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A knight whose heart is set upon the Way, but who is ashamed of wearing shabby clothes and eating coarse food, is not worth calling into counsel.
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Confucius say... politician is one who shakes your hand before elections and your confidence after.
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Reading without thinking will confuse you.Thinking without reading will place you in danger.
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To give oneself ernestly to securing righteousness and justice among the people, and while respecting the gods and demons, to keep aloof from them, that may be called wisdom.
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Men's natures are alike it is their habits that separate them.
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The superior man is intelligently, not blindly, faithful.
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She who is born with beauty is born with a sorrow for many a man.
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The good man does not grieve that other people do not recognize his merits. His only anxiety is lest he should fail to recognize theirs.
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If doing what ought to be done be made the first business and success a secondary consideration--is not this the way to exalt virtue?
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The superior man cannot be known in little matters, but he may be entrusted with great concerns. The small man may not be entrusted with great concerns, but he may be known in little matters.
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Do not use a cannon to kill a mosquito.
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If either wealth or poverty are come by honesty, there is no shame.
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There is one single thread binding my way together...the way of the Master consists in doing one's best...that is all.
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If a man in the morning hear the right way, he may die in the evening without regret.
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He Who Knows And Knows That He Knows Is A Wise Man - Follow Him He Who Knows Not And Knows Not That He Knows Not Is A Fool - Shun Him
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It is better to live in peace than in bitterness and strife
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I am not an originator but a transmitter.
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If there were one word that could act as a standard of conduct for one's entire life, perhaps it would be 'thoughtfulness.
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Things that are done, it is needless to speak about...things that are past, it is needless to blame.
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In speaking, it is best to be clear and say just enough to convey the meaning.
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