Confucius Quotes

When a nation or family is about to flourish, there are sure to be happy omens; and when it is about to perish, there are sure to be unlucky omens.

The most beautiful sight in the world is a little child going confidently down the road of life after you have shown him the way.

Learn, as if never overtaking your object, and yet as if apprehensive of losing it.

Love others as you would love yourself, judge others as you would judge yourself, cherish others as you would cherish yourself. When you wish for others as you wish for yourself and when you protect others as you would protect yourself, that's when you can say it's true love.

Those who know the TRUTH are not equal to those who love it.

Virtue is not solitary; it is bound to have neighbors

Let mourning stop when one's grief is fully expressed.

The gem cannot be polished without friction nor man without trials.

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

A great man is hard on himself; a small man is hard on others.

Faced with what is right, to leave it undone shows a lack of courage.

If your plan is for one year plant rice. If your plan is for ten years plant trees. If your plan is for one hundred years educate children.