Inspirational Quotations by Confucius

  • We take greater pains to persuade others that
    we are happy than in endeavoring to think so ourselves.
    From Issue 27
  • If you give a man a fish, you feed him for a day.
    If you teach a man how to fish, you feed him for a lifetime.
    From Issue 82
  • Our greatest glory is not in never falling,
    But in rising every time we fall.
    From Issue 103
  • For one word a man is often declared to be wise,
    and for one word he can be judged to be foolish.
    We should be careful indeed what we say.
    From Issue 132
  • Men's natures are alike;
    it is their habits that separate them.
    From Issue 171
  • The wheel of fortune turns round incessantly,
    and who can say to himself, "I shall today be uppermost."
    From Issue 215
  • The superior man acts before he speaks,
    and afterwards speaks according to his action.
    From Issue 224
  • Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.
    From Issue 276
  • Wherever you go, go with all your heart.
    From Issue 277
  • To be wronged is nothing,
    unless you continue to remember it.
    From Issue 278

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