Confucius Quotes

Virtue is an inner strength. It expands your nature.

Whatever any one does or says, I must be good; just as if the emerald were always saying this: "Whatever any one does or says, I must still be emerald, and keep my color.

A man should be upright, not be kept upright.

Virtue must be valuable, if men and women of all degrees pretend to have it.

The strength of a man's virtue should not be measured by his special exertions, but by his habitual acts.

Even in decline, a virtuous man increases the beauty of his behavior. A burning stick, though turned to the ground, has its flame drawn upwards.

Moral courage is higher and a rarer virtue than physical courage.

Virtue is insufficient temptation.

Virtue is a positive quality developed by taking a firm stand for the right in temptation, or by the suffering endured in consequence of wrongdoing.

The just man walks in his integrity

Without courage there cannot be truth, and without truth there can be no other virtue.

Give up money, give up fame, give up science, give the earth itself and all it contains, rather than do an immoral act.

Do not feel lonely on the road of righteousness Because of the fewness of the walkers on it.

To live a life of virtue, you have to become consistent, even when it isn't convenient, comfortable, or easy.

Courage is the ability to do the right thing, all the time, no matter how painful or uncomfortable it might be.

Honesty: The ability to resist small temptations.

A man has honor if he holds himself to an ideal of conduct though it is inconvenient, unprofitable, or dangerous to do so.

The ordeal of virtue is to resist all temptation to evil.

Character is that quality of mind which makes truth-telling instinctive rather than strange.

Nothing in our times has become so unattractive as virtue.

Virtue is the truest nobility.

The virtues, like the Muses, are always seen in groups. A good principle was never found solitary in any breast.

Virtue consists, not in abstaining from vice, but in not desiring it.

I always admired virtue - but I could never imitate it.