Chinese Quotes

133 quotes in this collection

"You cannot open a book without learning something."

-- Confucius

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

-- Confucius

"He who fails to prepare, prepares to fail."

-- Confucius

"The archer who misses his mark does not blame the target. He stops, corrects himself and shoots again."

-- Confucius

"The hardest thing of all is to find a black cat in a dark room, especially if there is no cat."

-- Confucius

"Tell people - and they may forget... show them - they may remember... but involve them and they will understand."

-- Confucius

"Happiness does not consist in having what you want, but in wanting what you have."

-- Confucius

"Keep it simple and focus on what matters. Don't let yourself be overwhelmed."

-- Confucius

"If I am walking with two other men, each of them will serve as my teacher."

-- Confucius

"Knowledge without practice is useless. Practice without knowledge is dangerous."

-- Confucius

"Don't worry that no one knows you, but seek to be worthy of being known."

-- Confucius

"If your plan is for ten years plant trees. If your plan is for one hundred years educate children."

-- Confucius

"If what one has to say is not better than silence, then one should keep silent."

-- Confucius

"You have two lives. The second begins when you realise you only have one."

-- Confucius

"A healthy man wants a thousand things, a sick man only wants one."

-- Confucius

"Time flows away like the water in the river."

-- Confucius

"He who chases two rabbits, catches none."

-- Confucius

"The superior man understands what is right; the inferior man understands what will sell."

-- Confucius

"A great man is hard on himself; a small man is hard on others."

-- Confucius

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

-- Confucius

"Men's natures are alike, it is their habits that carry them far apart."

-- Confucius

"An oppressive government is more to be feared than a tiger."

-- Confucius

"Be not ashamed of mistakes and thus make them crimes."

-- Confucius

"The man who asks a question is a fool for a minute, the man who does not ask is a fool for life."

-- Confucius
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