112 Best Confucius Quotes

Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall. - Confucius
Confucius Motivational Success Positive Failure
The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential... these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence. – Confucius
Confucius Motivation Potential Achievement
Respect yourself and others will respect you. – Confucius
Confucius Self-Respect Dignity Relationships
Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall. – Confucius
Confucius Resilience Failure Success
Real knowledge is to know the extent of one’s ignorance. – Confucius
Confucius Humility Learning Wisdom
The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential... these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence. – Confucius
Confucius Motivation Potential Achievement
To lead uninstructed people to war is to throw them away. – Confucius
Confucius Leadership Responsibility Ethics
He who exercises government by means of his virtue may be compared to the north polar star, which keeps its place and all the stars turn towards it. – Confucius
Confucius Leadership Virtue Influence
Education breeds confidence. Confidence breeds hope. Hope breeds peace. – Confucius
Confucius Education Progress Society
By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest. – Confucius
Confucius Wisdom Growth Reflection
The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home. – Confucius
Confucius Family Society Foundation
Virtue is not left to stand alone. He who practices it will have neighbors. – Confucius
Confucius Morality Community Influence
Man who runs in front of car gets tired. Man who runs behind car gets exhausted. – Confucius
Confucius Humor Absurdity Wordplay
Woman who flies airplane upside down has crack-up. – Confucius
Confucius Humor Puns Aviation
Man who eats many prunes gets good run for money. – Confucius
Confucius Humor Bathroom Humor Wordplay
Man who drive like hell, bound to get there. – Confucius
Confucius Humor Driving Irony
Man who stands on toilet is high on pot. – Confucius
Confucius Humor Drug Reference Wordplay
Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated. – Confucius
Confucius Simplicity Modern Life Clarity
The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones. – Confucius
Confucius Persistence Progress Patience
When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps. – Confucius
Confucius Strategy Adaptability Problem-Solving
To see what is right and not do it is want of courage. – Confucius
Confucius Integrity Courage Ethics
He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make his words good. – Confucius
Confucius Humility Communication Leadership
Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous. – Confucius
Confucius Critical Thinking Education Wisdom
Study the past if you would define the future. – Confucius
Confucius History Progress Foresight
Have no friends not equal to yourself. – Confucius
Confucius Friendship Standards Character
Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without. – Confucius
Confucius Relationships Perfectionism Value
Man who sink in quicksand will soon reach bottom. – Confucius
Confucius Humor Obviousness Wordplay
Wife who put husband in doghouse soon find him in cathouse. – Confucius
Confucius Humor Marriage Irony
Man who tell one too many light bulb jokes soon burn out. – Confucius
Confucius Humor Puns Repetition
The superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions. – Confucius
Confucius Humility Action Integrity
Virtue is more to man than either water or fire. I have seen men die from treading on water and fire, but I have never seen a man die from treading the course of virtue. – Confucius
Confucius Morality Life Principle
When you see a worthy person, endeavor to emulate him. When you see an unworthy person, then examine your inner self. – Confucius
Confucius Self-Reflection Improvement Wisdom
Man who live in glass house should change clothes in basement. – Confucius
Confucius Humor Obviousness Practicality
Man who fish in other man's well often catch crabs. – Confucius
Confucius Humor Wordplay Consequences
Man who run through airport turnstile sideways going to Bangkok. – Confucius
Confucius Humor Travel Wordplay
In a country well governed, poverty is something to be ashamed of. In a country badly governed, wealth is something to be ashamed of. – Confucius
Confucius Governance Social Justice Ethics
The more man meditates upon good thoughts, the better will be his world and the world at large. – Confucius
Confucius Positivity Influence Society
By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest. – Confucius
Confucius Wisdom Growth Reflection
Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance. – Confucius
Confucius Humility Learning Wisdom
Man who eat many prunes get good run for money. – Confucius
Confucius Humor Bathroom Humor Wordplay
Man who drive like hell bound to get there. – Confucius
Confucius Humor Driving Irony
The superior man understands what is right; the inferior man understands what will sell. – Confucius
Confucius Integrity Ethics Values
He who learns but does not think is lost. He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger. – Confucius
Confucius Learning Critical Thinking Wisdom
Silence is a true friend who never betrays. – Confucius
Confucius Silence Wisdom Friendship
The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials. – Confucius
Confucius Growth Adversity Self-Improvement
When anger rises, think of the consequences. – Confucius
Confucius Emotional Control Patience Reflection
To be wronged is nothing unless you continue to remember it. – Confucius
Confucius Forgiveness Letting Go Peace
The superior man is distressed by his want of ability, not by his want of recognition. – Confucius
Confucius Humility Self-Improvement Character
What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others. – Confucius
Confucius Golden Rule Ethics Empathy
The wise find pleasure in water; the virtuous find pleasure in hills. – Confucius
Confucius Nature Wisdom Virtue
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