Inspiration Quote by Confucius — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

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

“Silence is the true friend that never betrays.”

“What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.”

“If your desire is for good, the people will be good.”

“The Master said, “What a worthy man was Yan Hui! Living in a narrow alley, subsisting upon meager bits of rice and water—other people could not have borne such hardship, and yet it never spoiled Hui’s joy. What a worthy man was Hui!”

“I am not bothered by the fact that I am unknown. I am bothered when I do not know others.”

“I am a man of fixed and unbending principles, the first of which is to be flexible at all times.”

“The Superior Man is aware of Righteousness, the inferior man is aware of advantage.”

“We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.”

“Without leaps of imagination, or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities. Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning.”

“Don't smother each other. No one can grow in the shade.”

“Absence makes the heart grow fonder.”