Modesty, Confucius (孔子)

君子欲訥於言而敏於行。

- 孔子

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

- Confucius (孔子, 551BC–479BC)

Knowledge·Wisdom, Confucius (孔子)

過猶不及。

- 孔子

To go beyond is as wrong as to fall short.

- Confucius (孔子, 551BC–479BC)

Study, Confucius (孔子)

Study the past if you would define the future.

- Confucius (孔子, 551BC–479BC)

Money, Confucius (孔子)

He who will not economize will have to agonize.

- Confucius (孔子, 551BC–479BC)

Life, Confucius (孔子)

When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them.

- Confucius (孔子, 551BC–479BC)

Study, Confucius (孔子)

Seek not every quality in one individual.

- Confucius (孔子, 551BC–479BC)

Knowledge·Wisdom, Confucius (孔子)

巧言令色 鮮矣仁。

- 孔子

Fine words and an insinuating appearance are seldom associated with true virtue.

- Confucius (孔子, 551BC–479BC)

Challenge, Confucius (孔子)

Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart.

- Confucius (孔子, 551BC–479BC)

Honor, Confucius (孔子)

士而懷居 不足以爲士矣。

- 孔子

The scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar.

- Confucius (孔子, 551BC–479BC)

Life, Confucius (孔子)

性相近也 習相遠也。

- 孔子

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

- Confucius (孔子, 551BC–479BC)

Knowledge·Wisdom, Confucius (孔子)

人無遠慮, 必有近憂。

- 孔子

If a man takes no thought about what is distant, he will find sorrow near at hand.

- Confucius (孔子, 551BC–479BC)

Justice, Confucius (孔子)

以直報怨, 以德報德。

- 孔子

Recompense injury with justice, and recompense kindness with kindness.

- Confucius (孔子, 551BC–479BC)

Modesty, Confucius (孔子)

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

- Confucius (孔子, 551BC–479BC)

Knowledge·Wisdom, Confucius (孔子)

唯上知與下愚不移。

- 孔子

It is only the wisest and the stupidest that cannot change.

- Confucius (孔子, 551BC–479BC)

Knowledge·Wisdom, Confucius (孔子)

The essence of knowledge is, having it, to apply it; not having it, to confess your ignorance.

- Confucius (孔子, 551BC–479BC)

Study, Confucius (孔子)

其家不可教，而能教人者，無之。

- 孔子, 大學

不能教育家人者也不可能教育其他人。

It is not possible for one to teach others who cannot teach his own family.

- Confucius (孔子, 551BC–479BC),The Great Learning (大學)

Attitude, Confucius (孔子)

知之者不如好之者，好之者不如乐之者。

- 孔子, 论语 雍也

They who know the truth are not equal to those who love it, and they who love it are not equal to those who delight in it.

- Confucius (孔子, 551BC–479BC), The Analects(論語), Yong Ye(雍也)

Virtue, Confucius (孔子)

The firm, the enduring, the simple, and the modest are near to virtue.

- Confucius (孔子, 551BC–479BC)

Life, Confucius (孔子)

They must often change who would be constant in happiness or wisdom.

- Confucius (孔子, 551BC–479BC)

Knowledge·Wisdom, Confucius (孔子)

不知爲不知,是知也。

- 孔子

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

- Confucius (孔子, 551BC–479BC)