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- The man who in view of gain thinks of righteousness; who in the view of danger is prepared to give up his life; and who does not forget an old agreement however far back it extends - such a man may be reckoned a complete man.
- Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC), The Confucian Analects
- He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make his words good.
- Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC), The Confucian Analects
- The superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.
- Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC), The Confucian Analects
- Recompense injury with justice, and recompense kindness with kindness.
- Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC), The Confucian Analects
- The determined scholar and the man of virtue will not seek to live at the expense of injuring their virtue. They will even sacrifice their lives to preserve their virtue complete.
- Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC), The Confucian Analects
- If a man takes no thought about what is distant, he will find sorrow near at hand.
- Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC), The Confucian Analects
- What the superior man seeks is in himself. What the mean man seeks is in others.
- Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC), The Confucian Analects
- What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.
- Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC), The Confucian Analects
- 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.
- Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC), The Confucian Analects
- The superior man cannot be known in little matters, but he may be entrusted with great concerns. The small man may not be entrusted with great concerns, but he may be known in little matters.
- Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC), The Confucian Analects
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