Confucius Quotes

To a good man nothing that happens is evil.

If you ask: What is the good of education? The answer is easy: Education makes good men and good men act nobly.

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.

The rewards of virtue alone abide secure.

The very spring and root of honesty and virtue lie in good education.

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

In the common run of mankind, for one that is wise and good you find ten of a contrary character.

When you can't have anything else, you can have virtue.

For he that is a good man, is three quarters of his way towards the being a good Christian, wheresoever he lives, or whatsoever he is called.

If fortune makes a wicked man prosperous and a good man poor, there is no need to wonder. For the wicked regard wealth as everything, the good as nothing. And the good fortune of the bad cannot take away their badness, while virtue alone will be enough for the good.

Excellence or virtue in a man will be the disposition which renders him a good man and also which will cause him to perform his function well.

The truly good and wise man will bear all kinds of fortune in a seemly way, and will always act in the noblest manner that the circumstances allow.

Virtue does not come from wealth, but wealth, and every other good thing which men have comes from virtue.

These three qualities I recommend to you; tenacity, goodness, and intelligence. They are as valuable today as they were in the time of the ancient Greeks, Romans and during the renaissance. They will help make you good professionals.

It is true that wealth won't make a man virtuous, but I notice there ain't anybody who wants to be poor just for the purpose of being good.

Content not thyself that thou art virtuous in the general; for one link being wanting, the chain is defective.

These virtues are formed in man by his doing the actions ... The good of man is a working of the soul in the way of excellence in a complete life.

License they mean when they cry Liberty; For who loves that, must first be wise and good.

Moral excellence is the bright consummate flower of all progress.

It cannot, indeed, be denied, that a good man is more worthy of love than a bad one.

The life of a good man is at the same time the most eloquent lesson of virtue and the most severe reproof of vice.

Living a good life leads to enduring happiness. Goodness in and of itself is the practice AND the reward.

You must never forget that greatness does not guarantee happiness but goodness always does

The noble soul occupies itself with wisdom and friendship.

You may fill your heads with knowledge or skillfully train your hands, but unless it is based upon high, upright character, upon a true heart, it will amount to nothing. You will be no better than the most ignorant.