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#1

“It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.”
― Confucius

tags: education, inspirational, life, perseverance

3556 likes

#2

“He who knows all the answers has not been asked all the questions.”
― Confucius

tags: wisdom

2645 likes

#3

“If you make a mistake and do not correct it, this is called a mistake.”
― Confucius

tags: inspirational, mistake

2099 likes

#4

“Study the past if you would define the future.”
― Confucius

tags: direction, future, history, learning, moving-forward, past, strategy

1468 likes

#5

“You cannot open a book without learning something.”
― Confucius

tags: books, learning, philosopher

900 likes

#6

“Give a bowl of rice to a man and you will feed him for a day. Teach him how to grow his own rice and you will save his life.”
― Confucius

tags: education, enduring-good, generosity, life, wise-advice, work

603 likes

#7

“Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.”
― Confucius

491 likes

#8

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

362 likes

#9

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

356 likes

#10

“In a country well governed, poverty is something to be ashamed of. In a country badly governed, wealth is something to be ashamed of.”
― Confucius

321 likes

#11

“Education breeds confidence. Confidence breeds hope. Hope breeds peace.”
― Confucius

tags: education

301 likes

#12

“roads were made for journeys not destinations”
― Confucius

150 likes

#13

“If there is righteousness in the heart, there will be beauty in the character.
If there is beauty in the character, there will be harmony in the home.
If there is harmony in the home, there will be order in the nations.
When there is order in the nations, there will peace in the world.”
― Confucius

tags: harmony, peace

123 likes

#14

“Learn as if you were not reaching your goal and as though you were scared of missing it”
― Confucius

tags: confucious, inspirational, learning, life

84 likes

#15

“If you are the smartest person in the room, then you are in the wrong room.”
― Confucius

161 likes

#16

“The scholar does not consider gold and jade to be precious treasures, but loyalty and good faith.”
― Confucius, The Ethics of Confucius

tags: good-faith, loyalty, precious-things, treasures, value, virtues

69 likes

#17

“Don't use cannon to kill musquito.”
― Confucius

52 likes

#18

“The journey with a 1000 miles begins with one step.”
― Confucius

44 likes

#19

“Never tire to study. And to teach to others”
― Confucius

43 likes

#20

“Writing cannot express all words, words cannot encompass all ideas.”
― Confucius

tags: language, words

33 likes

#21

“You can force the people to obey; you cannot force them to understand.”
― Confucius

tags: force, obey, people, understand

29 likes

#22

“Words are the voice of the heart.”
― Confucius

tags: communication, heart, voice

21 likes

#23

“Learning without thinking is useless. Thinking without learning is dangerous.”
― Confucius, The Analects

tags: inspirational

52 likes

#24

“Learn advidly. Question it repeatedly. Analyze it carefully. Then put what you have learned into practice intelligently.”
― Confucius

22 likes

#25

“Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.”
― Confucius

28 likes

#26

“Better light a candle than curse the darkness.”
― Confucius possibly

tags: courage, proactivity

17 likes

#27

“Study the past to define the future”
― Confucius

7 likes

#28

“If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing well."
"Look it up."
"WWJD is all I need to guide my life”
― Allen Mesch, Ebenezer Allen - Statesman, Entrepreneur, and Spy

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