Confucius was an exceptional teacher and philosopher that founded Confucianism which can be described as a way to govern your life. Confucianism is founded on the notion that human beings can improve their life through personal development and create the life they truly desire.
Below are some bits of wisdom Confucius spoke to life:
1. “Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of men.” – Confucius
2. “I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.” – Confucius
3. “Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.” – Confucius
4. “Wherever you go, go with all your heart.” – Confucius
5. “It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.” – Confucius
6. “The man who asks a question is a fool for a minute, the man who does not ask is a fool for life.”- Confucius
7. “The journey with a 1000 miles begins with one step.”- Confucius
8. “All people are the same; only their habits differ.”- Confucius
9. “If you are the smartest person in the room, then you are in the wrong room.”- Confucius
10. “Worry not that no one knows you; seek to be worth knowing.”- Confucius
11. “One joy dispels a hundred cares.”- Confucius
12. “Roads were made for journeys not destinations.”- Confucius
13. “No matter how busy you make think you are you must find time for reading, or surrender yourself to self-chosen ignorance.”- Confucius
14. “The superior man acts before he speaks, and afterwards speaks according to his action.”- Confucius
15. “Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.”- Confucius
16. “Education breeds confidence. Confidence breeds hope. Hope breeds peace.”- Confucius
17. “When anger rises, think of the consequences.”- Confucius
18. “Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without.”- Confucius
19. “The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential… these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence.”- Confucius
20. “When we see persons of worth, we should think of equaling them; when we see persons of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves.”- Confucius
21. “What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.”- Confucius
22. “A gentleman would be ashamed should his deeds not match his words.”- Confucius
23. “Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.”- Confucius
24. “When you know a thing, to hold that you know it; and when you do not know a thing, to allow that you do not know it – this is knowledge.”- Confucius
25. “Imagination is more important than knowledge.”- Confucius
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