Confucius

If either wealth or poverty are come by honesty, there is no shame.

I followed my heart without breaking any rules.

To study and constantly, is this not a pleasure? To have friends come from far away places, is this not a joy? If people do not recognize your worth, but this does not worry you, are you not a true gentleman?

The scholar does not consider gold and jade to be precious treasures, but loyalty and good faith.

The Man who says he can, and the man who says he can not.. Are both correct

roads were made for journeys not destinations

We should keep the dead before our eyes, and honor them as though still living

Faithfulness and sincerity are the highest things.

Give a man a fish, feed home for a day. Teach a man to fish, feed for a lifetime.

Don't use cannon to kill musquito.

If I understand Change, I shall make no great mistake in Life

The Master said, “A true gentleman is one who has set his heart upon the Way. A fellow who is ashamed merely of shabby clothing or modest meals is not even worth conversing with.” (Analects 4.9)

The Master said, "A true teacher is one who, keeping the past alive, is also able to understand the present."

The Master said, “If your conduct is determined solely by considerations of profit you will arouse great resentment.

Even four harnessed horses cannot bring imprudent words back into the mouth.

What can a man do with music who is not benevolent?

The demands that good people make are upon themselves; Those that bad people make are upon others.

The way of the superior person is threefold; virtuous, they are free from anxieties; wise they are free from perplexities; and bold they are free from fear.

To be poor without murmuring is difficult. To be rich without being proud is easy.

A youth is to be regarded with respect. How do we know that his future will not be equal to our present? If he reach the age of forty or fifty, and has not made himself heard of, then indeed he will not be worth being regarded with respect.

If names be not correct, language is not in accordance with the truth of things.