Confucius Quotes

Humility is the mother of all virtues: the humble in spirit progress and are blessed because they willingly submit to higher powers and try to live in harmony with natural laws and universal principles. Courage is the father of all virtues; we need great courage to lead our lives by correct principles and to have integrity in the moment of choice.

Attend well to your character, and your reputation will look out for itself.

Every one of us ... knows better than he practices, and recognizes a better law than he obeys.

Nothing of character is really permanent but virtue and personal worth.

Is virtue a thing remote? I wish to be virtuous, and lo! Virtue is at hand.

Adhere To - Faith, Unity, Sacrifice. Avoid - Back-biting, Falsehood and Crookedness. Admire - Frankness, Honesty, and Large-heartedness. Control - Tongue, Temper, and Tossing of the mind. Cultivate - Cosmic Love, Forgiveness and Patience. Hate - Lust, Anger, and Pride.

Character isn't inherited. One builds it daily by how one thinks and acts.

Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them.

My father and mother had tremendous integrity, and obviously that affected me.

We come nearest to the great when we are great in humility.

It is fortunate to be of high birth, but it is no less so to be of such character that people do not care to know whether you are or are not.

I can make a lord, but only God can make a gentleman.

If I take care of my character, my reputation will take care of me.

Recommend to your children virtue; that alone can make them happy, not gold.

Good actions ennoble us, and we are the sons of our deeds.

Anyone can be heroic from time to time, but a gentleman is something you have to be all the time.

If only for the sake of elegance, I try to remain morally pure.

You're always concerned for your character. You should be.

I stress character, character, character.

The foundation stones for a balanced success are honesty, character, integrity, faith, love and loyalty.

Knowledge will give you power, but character respect.

Though I be poor, I'm honest.

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

I don't want to be interesting. I want to be good.

You come before me this morning with clean hands and clean collars. I want you to have clean tongues, clean manners, clean morals and clean characters.