Confucius Quotes

To see what is right and not to do it is want of courage.
- Confucius

Old age, believe me, is a good and pleasant thing. It is true you are gently shouldered off the stage, but then you are given such a comfortable front stall as spectator.
- Confucius

Ignorance is the night of the mind, but a night without moon and star.
- Confucius

I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.
- Confucius

He who will not economize will have to agonize.
- Confucius

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.
- Confucius

Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without.
- Confucius

Death and life have their determined appointments; riches and honors depend upon heaven And remember, no matter where you go, there you are?
- Confucius

Hold faithfulness and sincerity as first principles.
- Confucius

He with whom neither slander that gradually soaks into the mind, nor statements that startle like a wound in the flesh, are successful may be called intelligent indeed.
- Confucius