“To be wronged is nothing unless you continue to remember it.”

“The scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar.”

“Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart.”

“The real fault is to have faults and not amend them.”

“When we see men of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves.”

“It does not matter how slowly you go, so long as you do not stop.”

“He with whom neither slander that gradually soaks into the mind, nor statements that startle like a wound in the flesh, are successful may be called intelligent indeed.”

“The faults of a superior person are like the sun and moon. They have their faults, and everyone sees them; they change and everyone looks up to them.”

“A fool despises good counsel, but a wise man takes it to heart.”

“He who will not economize will have to agonize.”

“Success depends upon previous preparation, and without such preparation there is sure to be failure.”

“I am not concerned that I am not known, I seek to be worthy to be known.”

“They must change who would be constant in happiness and wisdom.”

“Without an acquaintance with the rules of propriety, it is impossible for the character to be established.”

“Mankind differs from the animals only by a little and most people throw that away.”

“When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don’t adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.”

“To see what is right, and not to do it, is want of courage or of principle.”

“It is better to light one small candle than to curse the darkness.”

“Respect yourself and others will respect you.”

“When prosperity comes, do not use all of it.”

“Ignorance is the night of the mind, but a night without moon and star.”

“Do not use a cannon to kill a mosquito.”

“I am not one who was born in the possession of knowledge; I am one who is fond of antiquity, and earnest in seeking it there.”

“They must often change who would be constant in happiness or wisdom.”

“The more man meditates upon good thoughts, the better will be his world and the world at large.”

“Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall.”

“When you know a thing, to hold that you know it; and when you do not know a thing, to allow that you do not know it – this is knowledge.”

“We take greater pains to persuade others that we are happy than in endeavoring to think so ourselves.”

“To put the world in order, we must first put the nation in order; to put the nation in order, we must put the family in order; to put the family in order, we must cultivate our personal life; and to cultivate our personal life, we must first set our hearts right.”

“Music produces a kind of pleasure which human nature cannot do without.” – Confucius

“To be able to practice five things everywhere under heaven constitutes perfect virtue…They are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness, and kindness.”

“If a man takes no thought about what is distant, he will find sorrow near at hand.”

“Behave toward everyone as if receiving a great guest.”

“What the superior man seeks is in himself; what the small man seeks is in others.”

“The firm, the enduring, the simple, and the modest are near to virtue.” – Confucius

“The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home.”

“There are three things to beware of through life: when a man is young, let him beware of his appetites; when he is middle-aged, of his passions; and when old, of covetousness, especially.”

“When you see a worthy person, endeavor to emulate him. When you see an unworthy person, then examine your inner self.”

“When a man’s knowledge is sufficient to attain, and his virtue is not sufficient to enable him to hold, whatever he may have gained, he will lose again.”

“Have no friends not equal to yourself.” – Confucius

“Wealth and rank are what people desire, but unless they be obtained in the right way they may not be possessed.”

“The wheel of fortune turns round incessantly, and who can say to himself, I shall today be uppermost.”

“The father who does not teach his son his duties is equally guilty with the son who neglects them.”

“The parents age must be remembered, both for joy and anxiety.”

“When I walk along with two others, from at least one I will be able to learn.”

“Faithfulness and sincerity are the highest things.”

“If you look into your own heart, you find nothing wrong there, what is there to fear?”

“Study the past if you would divine the future.”

“Virtue is not left to stand alone. He who practices it will have neighbors.”

“Think no vice so small that you may commit it, and no virtue so small that you may over look it.”