Confucius

• A man is great not because he hasn't failed; a man is great because failure hasn't stopped him.
• A youth, when at home, should be filial and, abroad, respectful to his elders. He should be earnest and truthful. He should overflow in love to all and cultivate the friendship of the good. When he has time and opportunity, after the performance of these things, he should employ them in polite studies.
• Ability will never catch up with the demand for it.
• Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves.
• Being in humaneness is good. If we select other goodness and thus are far apart from humaneness, how can we be the wise?
• By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.
• Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.
• Death and life have their determined appointments; riches and honors depend upon heaven.
• Education breeds confidence. Confidence breeds hope. Hope breeds peace.
• Everything has beauty but not everyone sees it.
• Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.
• Everything has its beauty, but not everyone sees it.
• Fine words and an insinuating appearance are seldom associated with true virtue
• He who wishes to secure the good of others, has already secured his own.
• I am not bothered by the fact that I am unknown. I am bothered when I do not know others.
• I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.
• I want you to be everything that's you, deep at the center of your being.
• I will not be concerned at other men's not knowing me; I will be concerned at my own want of ability.
• If you chase two rabbits, you catch none.
• If you look into your own heart, and you find nothing wrong there, what is there to worry about? What is there to fear?
• It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.
• It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop.
• It is more shameful to distrust our friends than to be deceived by them.
• Learning without reflection is a waste, reflection without learning is dangerous.
• Life is really simple, but men insist on making it complicated.
• Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.
• Never do to others what you would not like them to do to you.
• Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
• Reviewing what you have learned and learning anew, you are fit to be a teacher.
• Silence is the true friend that never betrays.
• Sincerity is the way of Heaven. The attainment of sincerity is the way of men.
• Study the past, if you would divine the future.
• The Superior Man is aware of Righteousness, the inferior man is aware of advantage.
• The cautious seldom err.
• The man who asks a question is a fool for a minute, the man who does not ask is a fool for life.
• The more man meditates upon good thoughts, the better will be his world and the world at large.
• The more you know yourself, the more you forgive yourself.
• The superior man acts before he speaks, and afterwards speaks according to his action.
• The superior man is modest in his speech but exceeds in his actions.
• The superior man is satisfied and composed; the mean man is always full of distress.
• The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential... these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence.
• There are three methods to gaining wisdom. The first is reflection, which is the highest. The second is limitation, which is the easiest. The third is experience, which is the bitterest.
• They must often change, who would be constant in happiness or wisdom.
• To be wrong is nothing unless you continue to remember it.
• To be wronged is nothing unless you continue to remember it.
• To give oneself earnestly to the duties due to men, and, while respecting spiritual beings, to keep aloof from them, may be called wisdom.
• To study and not think is a waste. To think and not study is dangerous.
• What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.
• When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.
• When you meet someone better than yourself, turn your thoughts to becoming his equal. When you meet someone not as good as you are, look within and examine your own self.
• When you see a good person, think of becoming like him. When you see someone not so good, reflect on your own weak points.
• When you see a man of worth, think of how you may emulate him. When you see one who is unworthy, examine yourself.
• Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart.
• Wherever you go, go with all your heart.
• Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of men.