Confucius

Quotes from Confucius.

The faults of a superior person are like the sun and moon. They have their faults, and everyone sees them; they change and everyone looks up to them.
- Confucius

When you are laboring for others let it be with the same zeal as if it were for yourself.
- Confucius

The cautious seldom err.
- Confucius

Old age, believe me, is a good and pleasant thing. It is true you are gently shouldered off the stage, but then you are given such a comfortable front stall as spectator.
- Confucius

Heaven means to be one with God.
- Confucius

A gentleman would be ashamed should his deeds not match his words.
- Confucius

Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous.
- Confucius

Ability will never catch up with the demand for it.
- Confucius

The object of the superior man is truth.
- Confucius

The firm, the enduring, the simple, and the modest are near to virtue.
- Confucius