If I am walking with two other men, each of them will serve as my teacher. I will pick out the good points of the one and imitate them, and the bad points of the other and correct them in myself.
Confucius
The man of virtue makes the difficulty to be overcome his first business, and success only a subsequent consideration.
Confucius
Everything has its beauty but not everyone sees it.
Confucius
It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop.
Confucius
The firm, the enduring, the simple, and the modest are near to virtue.
Confucius
I do not want a friend Who smiles when I smile Who weeps when I weep For my shadow in the pool Can do better than that.
Confucius
Looking at small advantages prevents great affairs from being accomplished.
Confucius
The people may be made to follow a path of action, but they may not be made to understand it.
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
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