Quotes By Author: Confucius

“If you want to make a stand, help others make a stand, and if you want to reach your goal, help others reach their goal. Consider yourself and treat others accordingly: this is the method of Humanity.”

“If a craftsman wants to do good work, he must first sharpen his tools.”

“Don’t grieve when people fail to recognize your ability. Grieve for your lack of ability instead.”

“The noble-minded worry about their lack of ability, not about people’s failure to recognize their ability.”

“If things far away don’t concern you, you’ll soon mourn things close at hand.”

“Am I a man of great wisdom? Hardly! Even when a simple person brings me a question, my mind goes utterly blank, I just thrash it out until I’ve exhausted every possibility.”

“I am not one who was born with great wisdom. I love the ancients and diligently seek wisdom among them.”

“One who never anticipates deceit or expects duplicity, and yet is the first to recognize such things – is that not a sage indeed?”

“The wise never doubt. The Humane never worry. The brave never fear.”

“If names be not correct, language is not in accordance with the truth of things. If language be not in accordance with the truth of things, affairs cannot be carried on to success. When affairs cannot be carried on to success, proprieties and music do not flourish.”

“If names be not correct, language is not in accordance with the truth of things.”

“Nothing is more visible than things hidden; Nothing is more manifest than things minute; Therefore, the superior man should be aware of his aloneness”

“It is when those who are not strong enough have made some moderate amount of progress that they fail and give up…”

“When the wind blows,the grass bends.”

“Never give a sword to a man who can’t dance.”