Confucius Quotes That Will Inspire You to Live Your Best Life

1. Am I a man of great wisdom? Hardly! Even when a simple person brings me a question, my mind goes utterly blank, I just thrash it out until I’ve exhausted every possibility. The Analects

2. Don’t grieve when people fail to recognize your ability. Grieve for your lack of ability instead. The Analects

3. He who knows all the answers has not been asked all the questions.

4. he who will not economize will have to agonize

5. I am not one who was born with great wisdom. I love the ancients and diligently seek wisdom among them. The Analects

6. If a craftsman wants to do good work, he must first sharpen his tools. The Analects

7. If names be not correct, language is not in accordance with the truth of things. The Analects of Confucius

8. If names be not correct, language is not in accordance with the truth of things. If language be not in accordance with the truth of things, affairs cannot be carried on to success. When affairs cannot be carried on to success, proprieties and music do not flourish. The Analects

9. If you want to make a stand, help others make a stand, and if you want to reach your goal, help others reach their goal. Consider yourself and treat others accordingly: this is the method of Humanity. The Analects

10. It is easy to hate and it is difficult to love. This is how the whole scheme of things works. All good things are difficult to achieve; and bad things are very easy to get.

11. It is when those who are not strong enough have made some moderate amount of progress that they fail and give up... The Wisdom Of Confucius

12. Knowledge is merely brilliance in organization of ideas and not wisdom. The truly wise person goes beyond knowledge.

13. One who never anticipates deceit or expects duplicity, and yet is the first to recognize such things – is that not a sage indeed? The Analects

14. Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change.

15. The man of wisdom is never of two minds;the man of benevolence never worries;the man of courage is never afraid.

16. The Master said, A true teacher is one who, keeping the past alive, is also able to understand the present.(Analects 2.11)

17. 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!(Analects 6.11)

18. The noble-minded worry about their lack of ability, not about people’s failure to recognize their ability. The Analects

19. The way out is through the door. Why is it that no one will use this method?

20. The wise never doubt. The Humane never worry. The brave never fear. The Analects

21. Time flows away like the water in the river.

22. When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them. The Sayings of Confucius

23. Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of man.

24. Without feelings of respect, what is there to distinguish men from beasts?

25. He who conquers himself is the mightiest warrior.

26. If things far away don’t concern you, you’ll soon mourn things close at hand. The Analects

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

28. It is when those who are not strong enough have made some moderate amount of progress that they fail and give up... The Wisdom Of Confucius

29. Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.

30. No lake so still but it has its wave.No circle so perfect but that it has its blur.I would change things for you if I could; As I can't you must take them as they are.