Confucius

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

It is easy to hate and it is difficult to love. This is how the whole scheme of things works. All good things are difficult to achieve; and bad things are very easy to get.

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

If some years were added to my life, I would give fifty to the study of the Yi, and then I might come to be without great faults.

Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.

If we don't know life, how can we know death?

Death and life have their determined appointments; riches and honors depend upon heaven.

Go before the people with your example, and be laborious in their affairs.

Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of men.

The superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.

A superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.

The superior man acts before he speaks, and afterwards speaks according to his action.