Confucius Quotes

Virtue is bold, and goodness never fearful.

There never was a truly great man that was not at the same time truly virtuous.

A good man, is a good man, whether in this church, or out of it.

It is not easy to do something good, but it is extremely difficult to do something bad.

Being good is just a matter of temperament in the end.

Goodness is beauty in the best estate.

Elegance is inferior to virtue.

That which is striking and beautiful is not always good, but that which is good is always beautiful.

No one can be good for long if goodness is not in demand.

All the gold which is under or upon the earth is not enough to give in exchange for virtue.

His faith perhaps in some nice tenets might be wrong; his life, I'm sure, was always in the right.

Wisdom has its root in goodness, not goodness its root in wisdom.

A good man can be stupid and still be good. But a bad man must have brains.

Put more trust in nobility of character than in an oath.

Wicked people are always surprised to find ability in those that are good.

It is a grand mistake to think of being great without goodness and I pronounce it as certain that there was never a truly great man that was not at the same time truly virtuous.

Virtue, perhaps, is nothing more than politeness of soul.

People must have righteous principals in the first, and then they will not fail to perform virtuous actions.

Virtue is harmony.

There is no true gracefulness which is not epitomized goodness.

Being a 'good man' is something you do, not something you are.

It is no easy task to be good.

Be thou good thyself, and let people speak evil of thee; it is better than to be wicked, and that they should consider thee as good.

If you want to be good, all you've got to do is be good.

Birth is nothing where virtue is not