Confucius Quotes, Strong Quotes, Giving Up Quotes

The person who is not strong enough gives up at the halfway point - but you are limiting yourself before even starting.

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The superior person gathers his weapons together in order to provide against the unforeseen.

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Friendship with the upright, with the truthful and with the well informed is beneficial. Friendship with those who flatter, with those who are meek and who compromise with principles, and with those who talk cleverly is harmful.

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Never do to others what you would not like them to do to you.

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If I give a student one-fourth of what he should know, I expect him to get the other three-fourths himself, otherwise I do not want him as a student.

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One who has accumulated virtue will certainly also possess eloquence; but he who has eloquence doe not necessarily possess virtue.

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roads were made for journeys not destinations

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If you devote your life to seeking revenge, first dig two graves.

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Some may study side by side, and yet be asunder when they come to the logic of things.

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It is goodness that gives to a neighborhood its beauty. One who is free to choose, yet does not prefer to dwell among the good - how can he be accorded the name of wise?

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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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Look not at what is contrary to propriety; listen not to what is contrary to propriety; speak not what is contrary to propriety; make no movement which is contrary to propriety.

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The way of the superior man may be compared to what takes place in traveling, when to go to a distance we must first traverse the space that is near, and in ascending a height, when we must begin from the lower ground.

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Tzu Chang asked Confucius about jen. Confucius said, "If you can practice these five things with all the people, you can be called jen." Tzu Chang asked what they were. Confucius said, "Courtesy, generosity, honesty, persistence, and kindness. If you are courteous, you will not be disrespected; if you are generous, you will gain everything. If you are honest, people will rely on you. If you are persistent you will get results. If you are kind, you can employ people.

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Many seek happiness higher than men; others beneath him. But happiness is the same height as man.

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Chi Wen Tzu always thought three times before taking action. Twice would have been quite enough.

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To go beyond is as wrong as to fall short.

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Those people who develop the ability to continuously acquire new and better forms of knowledge that they can apply to their work and to their lives will be the movers and shakers in our society for the indefinite future.

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The wise men of antiquity, when they wished to make the whole world peaceful and happy, first put their own States into proper order. Before putting their States into proper order, they regulated their own families. Before regulating their families, they regulated themselves. Before regulating themselves, they tried to be sincere in their thoughts. Before being sincere in their thoughts, they tried to see things exactly as they really were.

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All things are already complete in oneself.

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