Confucius Quotes, Friendship Quotes, Mistake Quotes

First and foremost, be faithful to your superiors, keep all promises, refuse the friendship of all who are not like you; and if you have made a mistake, do not be afraid of admitting the fact and amending your ways.

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Love of goodness without love of learning degenerates into simple-mindedness. Love of knowledge without love of learning degenerates into utter lack of principle. Love of faithfulness without love of learning degenerates into injurious disregard of consequences. Love of uprightness without love of learning degenerates into harshness. Love of courage without love of learning degenerates into insubordination. Love of strong character without love of learning degenerates into mere recklessness.

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Don't be concerned about others not appreciating you. Be concerned about your not appreciating others.

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The superior man does what is proper to the station in which he is; he does not desire to go beyond this.

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Looking at small advantages prevents great affairs from being accomplished.

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That a man lives is because he is straight. That a man who dupes others survives is because he has been fortunate enough to be spared.

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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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Don't worry that other people don't know you; worry that you don't know other people.

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From the loving example of one family a whole State may become loving, and from its courtesies, courteous; while from the ambition and perverseness of the one man the whole State may be thrown into rebellious disorder. Such is the nature of influence.

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Excess and deficiency are equally at fault.

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If a man sets his heart on benevolence he will be free from evil.

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The Essence of Knowledge is, having it, to use it.

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The Master said, “If your conduct is determined solely by considerations of profit you will arouse great resentment.

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Learning without thought is labour lost.

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Shall I tell you what knowledge is? It is to know both what one knows and what one does not know.

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When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.

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The ideal teacher guides his students but does not pull them along; he urges them to go forward and does not suppress them; he opens the way but does not take them to the place.

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Base yourself in loyalty and trust. Don't be companion with those who are not your moral equal. When you make a mistake, don't hesitate to correct it.

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Slater soaks into the mind as water into low and marshy places, where it becomes stagnant and offensive.

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A true gentleman makes demands upon himself but not upon others.

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