Confucius Quotes

It is not from ourselves that we learn to be better than we are.

I'm a good man, and I'm gonna become a better man.

I've got to be the best person that Tyrann can be.

One's character is reflected in their choices after all. I'm glad to have been making ones that make my heart soar.

I think the biggest thing with me is that I just pride myself on being the best human being I can be.

For character too is a process and an unfolding. . . among our valued friends is there not someone or other who is a little too self confident and disdainful. . . .

I'm a good person, but with many defects.

A man has to live with himself, and he should see to it that he always has good company.

I still look at myself and want to improve.

I think people change, but the media, they never allowed me to change. They never allowed me to be a better person.

A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself; and a mean man, by one lower than himself. The one produces aspiration; the other ambition, which is the way in which a vulgar man aspires.

The day people around me stop questioning my character is the day my character begins to grow vulnerable.

Do not think of your faults, still less of other's faults; look for what is good and strong, and try to imitate it. Your faults will drop off, like dead leaves, when their time comes.

This is the very perfection of a man, to find out his own imperfections.

When characters change on screen, it makes you feel better about yourself. You think, 'Oh I change too, I'm constantly becoming a better person.'

Be yourself, but always your better self.

I was a solipsist and a narcissist and much too arrogant. I have a lot more compassion now, but it took a long time.

I don't think evil people or negative people are inherently interesting all the time. People who are good people getting better at being themselves - to me, that's something that's really interesting to watch.

Respect for self is the beginning of cultivating virtue in men and women.

I think happiness comes from self-acceptance. We all try different things, and we find some comfortable sense of who we are. We look at our parents and learn and grow and move on. We change.

I used to suffer from excessive pride. Well, I got over that one.

My future's about trying to be a better man.

In my old age I've come to find that if you respect other people, you feel better about yourself.

In the choice of companions be careful to seek the society of those only whose example is worthy of your imitation.

We can all become better than we are.