Confucius Quotes

I say that virtue is really all about enjoying yourself, living fully; but of course it is far from obvious what living fully actually means.

I don't care about a golfer. I don't care about getting better as a golfer. I want to be better as a person.

Those who follow the part of themselves which is great are great men; those who follow the part which is little are little men.

Our ideals are our better selves.

Not in the clamor of the crowded street, not in the shouts and plaudits of the throng, but in ourselves, are triumph and defeat.

Ask me not what I have, but what I am.

All is worthwhile if the soul is not small.

Seek not good from without: seek it within yourselves, or you will never find it.

The best thing we can do is develop our own.

Happiness comes only when we push our brains and hearts to the farthest reaches of which we are capable.

Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me.

It is not what talents or genius a man has, but how he is to his talents, that constitutes friendship and character. The man thatstands by himself, the universe stands by him also.

If you think the cause of your problem is 'out there,' you'll try to solve it from the outside. Take the shortcut: solve it from within.

Do not try to be humble: learn humility.

Look within, for within is the wellspring of virtue, which will not cease flowing, if you cease not from digging.

Man shall find his anchorage in self-recognition.

I will not be concerned at other men's not knowing me; I will be concerned at my own want of ability.

Life is the most versatile thing under the sun; and in the pursuit of life and character the author who works in a groove works in blinkers.

I am turning into the person I knew I would.

Revolution begins with the self, in the self.

The ultimate aim of the ego is not to see something, but to be something.

Man should be ever better than he seems.

I went to find myself and save myself by being an agent.

Becoming a leader is synonymous with becoming yourself. It is precisely that simple, and it is also that difficult.

The thing is, at the end of the day you still have to face yourself.