Confucius

“Never give a sword to a man who can't dance.”

“The funniest people are the saddest ones”

“The demands that good people make are upon themselves;Those that bad people make are upon others.”

“The superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.”

“Without an acquaintance with the rules of propriety, it is impossible for the character to be established”

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

“Study the past if you would define the future.”

“Tzu Chang asked Confucius about jen. Confucius said, "If you can practice these five things with all the people, you can be called jen."Tzu Chang asked what they were.Confucius said, "Courtesy, generosity, honesty, persistence, and kindness.If you are courteous, you will not be disrespected; if you are generous, you will gain everything. If you are honest, people will rely on you. If you are persistent you will get results. If you are kind, you can employ people.”

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

“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.”

“One joy dispels a hundred cares.”

“The noble-minded are calm and steady. Little people are forever fussing and fretting.”

“If there were an honorable way to get rich, I’d do it, even if it meant being a stooge standing around with a whip. But there isn’t an honorable way, so I just do what I like.”

“If you look into your own heart, and you find nothing wrong there, what is there to worry about? What is there to fear?”

“In his dealings with the world, the gentleman is not invariably for or against anything. He is on the side of what is moral.”

“That a man lives is because he is straight. That a man who dupes others survives is because he has been fortunate enough to be spared.”

“عندما يصبح الأسياد فقراء فإنهم يحافظون على فضيلتهم، أما عندما يصبح الرجال العاديون فقراء فإنهم يتصرفون بشكل معاكس للفضيلة”

“If you did not do so for the sake of riches,You must have done so for the sake of novelty.”

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

“At fifteen I set my heart upon learning. At thirty, I had planted my feet firm upon the ground. At forty, I no longer suffered from perplexities. At fifty, I knew what were the biddings of Heaven. At sixty, I heard them with docile ear. At seventy, I could follow the dictates of my own heart; for what I desired no longer overstepped the boundaries of right.”

“Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses.”

“If there were one word that could act as a standard of conduct for one's entire life, perhaps it would be 'thoughtfulness.”

“The cautious seldom err.”

“Humankind differs from the animals only by a little and most people throw that away.”

“The green reed which bends in the wind is stronger than the mighty oak which breaks in a storm.”

“The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their proper name.”

“People with virtue must speak out; People who speak are not all virtuous.”

“When you see a good person, think of becoming like her/him. When you see someone not so good, reflect on your own weak points.”

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

“Ada yang mengukur hidup mereka dari hari dan tahun. Yang lain dengan denyut jantung, gairah, dan air mata. Tetapi ukuran sejati di bawah mentari adalah apa yang telah engkau lakukan dalam hidup ini untuk orang lain.”

“Fix your mind on truth, hold firm to virtue, rely on loving kindness, and find your recreation in the Arts.”

“Virtue is never left to stand alone. He who has it will have neighbors.”

“If your plan is for one year plant rice. If your plan is for ten years plant trees. If your plan is for one hundred years educate children. ”

“A man of humanity is one who, in seeking to establish himself, finds a foothold for others and who, in desiring attaining himself, helps others to attain.”

“The book salesman should be honored because he brings to our attention, as a rule, the very books we need most and neglect most.”

“Looking at small advantages prevents great affairs from being accomplished.”

“Kebanggaan kita yang terbesar adalah bukang tidak pernah gagal, tetapi bangkit kembali setiap kali kita jatuh.”

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

“Have no friends not equal to yourself.”

“Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.”

“Attack the evil that is within yourself, rather than attacking the evil that is in others.”

“Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without.”

“To be wronged is nothing, unless you continue to remember it.”

“Settle one difficulty, and you keep a hundred away.”

“The superior man, when resting in safety, does not forget that danger may come. When in a state of security he does not forget the possibility of ruin. When all is orderly, he does not forget that disorder may come. Thus his person is not endangered, and his States and all their clans are preserved.”

“Time flows away like the water in the river. ”

“The nobler sort of man emphasizes the good qualities in others, and does not accentuate the bad. The inferior does.”

“Faced with what is right, to leave it undone shows a lack of courage.”

“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.”

“Never contract friendship with a man that is not better than thyself. ”