Confucius Quotes, Quotations, and Sayings

128 Famous Quotes by Confucius
“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.”
Children Quotes
“Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.”
Ignorance Quotes
“Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses”
Kindness Quotes
“Make fair agreements and stick to them”
Agreement Quotes
“When anger rises, think of the consequences”
Anger Quotes
“You don't love someone for their looks, or their clothes, or for their fancy car, but because they sing a song only you can hear.”
Appearance Quotes
“Everything has its beauty, but not everyone sees it”
Beauty Quotes
“Tsze-Kung asked, "Is there one word which may serve as a rule of practice for all one's life?" The Master said, "Is not Reciprocity such a word? What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others”
Behavior Quotes
“He who wished to secure the good of others, has already secured his own.”
Charity Quotes
“Choose a job you love and you will never have to work a day in your life.”
Choice Quotes
“When anger rises, think of the consequences”
Consequences Quotes
“In a country well governed, poverty is something to be ashamed of. In a country badly governed, wealth is something to be ashamed of.”
Country Quotes
“When music and courtesy are better understood and appreciated, there will be no war”
Courtesy Quotes
“To see the right and not to do it is cowardice.”
Cowardice Quotes
“The first woman was created from the rib of a man. She was not made from his head to top him, nor from his feet to be trampled on by him, but out of his side to be equal to him.”
Equality Quotes
“A superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.”
Excellence Quotes
“The expectations of life depend upon diligence; the mechanic that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools.”
Expectation Quotes
“When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them”
Faults Quotes
“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.”
Fulfilment Quotes
“An oppressive government is more to be feared than a tiger.”
Government Quotes
“Wherever you go, go with all your heart.”
Heart Quotes
“If I ever reach heaven I expect to find three wonders there: first, to meet some I had not thought to see there; second, to miss some I had expected to see there; and third, the greatest wonder of all, to find myself there”
Heaven Quotes
“Ignorance is the night of the mind, a night without moon or star”
Ignorance Quotes
“The essence of knowledge is, having it, to apply it; not having it, to confess your ignorance.”
Ignorance Quotes
“When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.”
Inspiration Quotes