Confucian Quotes:

There is one God. The Jews and the Christians have no monopoly on God. I'm speaking about the same God the Hindus talk about, the same God the Muslims talk about, the same God that the Taoists and the Confucians talk about.

- Marianne Williamson

source: Source: scottlondon.com

topic: Christian, Monopoly, Confucian

To put the world in order, we must first put the nation in order; to put the nation in order, we must first put the family in order; to put the family in order; we must first cultivate our personal life; we must first set our hearts right.

- Confucius

topic: Inspirational, Life, Change, Making A Difference In The World, Inspirational Family

A superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.

- Confucius

topic: Love, Inspirational, Funny, Superior Man, Confucianism

Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses.

- Confucius

topic: Inspirational, Kindness, Yoga, Kindness And Compassion, Kindness Generosity

Respect yourself and others will respect you.

- Confucius

topic: Life, Respect, Self Esteem, Be Respectful, Respect Women

To see what is right and not to do it is want of courage, or of principle.

- Confucius

source: Confucius (2013). “Confucian Analects, The Great Learning & The Doctrine of the Mean”, p.154, Courier Corporation

topic: Love, Inspirational, Funny, Moral Virtues, Chinese Philosopher

Study the past if you would define the future. --CONFUCIUS

- Steve Berry

source: Steve Berry (2010). “The Emperor's Tomb (with bonus short story The Balkan Escape): A Novel”, p.7, Ballantine Books

topic: Past, Study, Just Keep Moving Forward, Moving Forward In Life, Past Future

They must often change, who would be constant in happiness or wisdom.

- Confucius

topic: Love, Inspirational, Funny, Wheel Of Life, Chinese Philosophy

He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make his words good.

- Confucius

topic: Inspirational, Life, Success, Chinese Philosopher, Chinese Philosophy

What the superior man seeks is in himself; what the small man seeks is in others.

- Confucius

topic: Character, Men, Chinese, Superior Man, Confucianism

Wherever you go, go with all your heart.

- Confucius

topic: Inspirational, Happiness, Graduation, Live For Yourself, Soft Heart

Men's natures are alike; it is their habits that separate them.

- Confucius

topic: Love, Inspirational, Funny, Daily Habits, Confucianism

Fine words and an insinuating appearance are seldom associated with true virtue.

- Confucius

topic: Vices, Appearance, Virtue, Confucianism, Confucian

Is virtue a thing remote? I wish to be virtuous, and lo! Virtue is at hand.

- Confucius

source: Confucius (2012). “The Analects of Confucius In Plain and Simple English: BookCaps Study Guide”, p.57, BookCaps Study Guides

topic: Hands, Wish, Confucianism, Confucian

The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. Watch your step.

- Thomas S. Monson

topic: Inspirational, Life, Travel, Solo Travel, Soul Life

It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.

- Confucius

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Positive, Life Wisdom, Perserverance

Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves.

- Confucius

topic: Revenge, Journey, Two, Modern Warfare 2, Chinese Philosopher

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

- Confucius

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Positive, Math Education, Inspirational Education

The people may be made to follow a path of action but they may not be made to understand it.

- Confucius

topic: People, Acting, May, Confucian

When anger rises, think of the consequences.

- Confucius

topic: Inspirational, Forgiveness, Yoga, Inspirational Forgiveness, Letting Go Of Anger

The superior man, when resting in safety, does not forget that danger may come.

- Confucius

source: Confucius, Jing Shi (1968). “The Sacred Books of China: The Texts of Confucianism”

topic: Men, Safety, Doe, Superior Man, Alertness

Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without.

- Confucius

topic: Life, Success, Mistake, Diamond Rings, Caregiving

Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.

- Confucius

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Positive, Natural Things, Definition Of Beauty

Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous.

- Confucius

topic: Education, Wise, Clever, Independent Thinking, Independent Thought

Choose a career you love and you will never have to go to work.

- Denis Waitley

topic: Careers, Inspirational Determination, Inspirational Father, Inspirational Hard Work, Inspirational Passion

Ignorance is the night of the mind, but a night without moon or star.

- Confucius

topic: Stars, Learning, Ignorance, Knowledge And Ignorance, Moon Night

Hold faithfulness and sincerity as first principles.

- Confucius

topic: Love, Inspirational, Funny, Superior Man, Confucian

By nature, men are nearly alike; by practice, they get to be wide apart.

- Confucius

topic: Love, Inspirational, Funny, Propriety, Superior Man

Be not ashamed of mistakes and thus make them crimes.

- Confucius

topic: Inspirational, Success, Motivation, Confucian

Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.

- Confucius

topic: Love, Inspirational, Life, Daily Work, Young Entrepreneurs

Study the past if you would define the future. I am not one who was born in the possession of knowledge; I am one who is fond of antiquity, and earnest in seeking it there. Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous.

- Confucius

topic: Educational, Past, Study, Confucianism, Chinese Philosophy

He who exercises government by means of his virtue may be compared to the north polar star, which keeps its place and all the stars turn towards it.

- Confucius

source: Confucius (2013). “Confucian Analects, The Great Learning & The Doctrine of the Mean”, p.145, Courier Corporation

topic: Stars, Mean, Exercise, Chinese Philosophy, Confucian

Virtue is more to man than either water or fire. I have seen men die from treading on water and fire, but I have never seen a man die from treading the course of virtue.

- Confucius

source: Confucius (2009). “The Confucian Analects, the Great Learning & the Doctrine of the Mean”, p.304, Cosimo, Inc.

topic: Integrity, Men, Fire, Water And Fire, Confucian

I have not seen a person who loved virtue, or one who hated what was not virtuous. He who loved virtue would esteem nothing above it.

- Confucius

topic: Virtue, Hated, Virtuous, Confucianism, Confucian

If a man withdraws his mind from the love of beauty, and applies it as sincerely to the love of the virtuous; if, in serving his parents, he can exert his utmost strength; if, in serving his prince, he can devote his life; if in his intercourse with his friends, his words are sincere - although men say that he has not learned, I will certainly say that he has.

- Confucius

source: Confucius (2012). “The Analects of Confucius In Plain and Simple English: BookCaps Study Guide”, p.7, BookCaps Study Guides

topic: Men, Parent, Mind, Confucian

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

topic: Successful, Intelligent, Chinese, Confucian

Things that are done, it is needless to speak about...things that are past, it is needless to blame.

- Confucius

topic: Wise, Past, Done, Confucian

If a man takes no thought about what is distant, he will find sorrow near at hand.

- Confucius

topic: Wise, Men, Hands, Eastern Philosophy, Confucian

In the Confucian tradition is a simple formula that appeals to me deeply: 'If there is righteousness in the heart, there will be beauty in the character. If there is beauty in the character, there will be harmony in the home. If there is harmony in the home, there will be order in the nation. If there is order in the nation, there will be peace in the world.' I urge everyone to reflect deeply on these words, as simple as they are profound.

- Eknath Easwaran

topic: Character, Home, Heart, Confucian

In everything, no matter what it may be, uniformity is undesirable. Leaving something incomplete makes it interesting, and gives one the feeling that there is room for growth

- Yoshida Kenko

topic: Interesting, Giving, Feelings, Uniformity, Confucian

A Confucian or Jewish love of learning would gain minorities far more than any affirmative action laws we might pass.

- Richard Lamm

source: "Two Wands" by Gov. Dick Lamm, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 18, 2010.

topic: Law, Minorities, Might, Confucian

Take the serious side of Disney, the Confucian side of Disney. It's in having taken an ethoswhere you have the values of courage and tenderness asserted in a way that everybody can understand. You have got an absolute genius there. You have got a greater correlation of nature than you have had since the time of Alexander the Great.

- Ezra Pound

topic: Taken, Genius, Serious, Confucian

The Confucian concept and Chinese ideograms for 'woman' and for 'slave' are the same.

- Robin Morgan

topic: Women, Chinese, Slave, Confucian

That's a mistake I think that a lot of Western observers make is to assume that Korean nationalism is hundreds if not thousands of years old. When in fact nationalism is incompatible with Korean Confucian tradition.

- Brian Reynolds Myers

source: "North Korea racist, not communist, says author". Interview with Mark Colvin, www.abc.net.au. February 17, 2010.

topic: Mistake, Thinking, Years, Confucian

Traditional Chinese art looked at the Earth from a Confucian mountain top; Japanese art looked closely around screens; Italian Renaissance art surveyed conquered nature through the window or door-frame of a palace. For the Cro-Magnons, space is a metaphysical arena of continually intermittent appearances and disappearances.

- John Berger

source: "Past present" by John Berger, www.theguardian.com. October 12, 2002.

topic: Art, Italian, Space, Japanese Art, Italian Renaissance

I consider myself a Hindu, Christian, Moslem, Jew, Buddhist and Confucian.

- Mahatma Gandhi

topic: Christian, Buddhist, Diversity, Confucian

Taoist chanting, Confucian chanting, Christian chanting, Buddhist chanting don't matter. Chanting Coca Cola, Coca Cola, Coca Cola … can be just as good if you keep a clear mind. But if you don't keep a clear mind, and are only following your thinking as you mouth the words, even the Buddha cannot help you.

- Seungsahn

topic: Christian, Buddhist, Thinking, Clear Minds, Confucian