Confucius Quotes

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

“America acknowledged the greatness of Confucius through a trio of ancient lawgivers—Moses flanked by Confucius to his right and Solon on his left—on the monument to “Justice, the Guardian of Liberty” displayed on the eastern pediment of the U.S. Supreme Court Building in Washington, D.C.”

“The Master said, "I have not seen a person who loved virtue, or onewho hated what was not virtuous. He who loved virtue, would esteemnothing above it. He who hated what is not virtuous, would practicevirtue in such a way that he would not allow anything that is notvirtuous to approach his person."Is any one able for one day to apply his strength to virtue? I havenot seen the case in which his strength would be insufficient."Should there possibly be any such case, I have not seen it.”

“Respect yourself and others will respect you.”

“The scholar does not consider gold and jade to be precious treasures, but loyalty and good faith.”

“The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.”

“If names be not correct, language is not in accordance with the truth of things.”

“It is when those who are not strong enough have made some moderate amount of progress that they fail and give up...”

“A youth is to be regarded with respect. How do we know that his future will not be equal to our present?”

“Study the past, if you would divine the future.”