“If a man take no thought about what is distant he will find sorrow near at hand.”
More from Confucius on Wisdom
“To be wronged is nothing unless you continue to remember it.”
“Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses.”
“What you do not want others to do to you do not do to others.”
“Recompense injury with justice and recompense kindness with kindness.”
“Ji Wenzi always thought thrice before acting. Hearing this the Master said, "Twice is enough.”
“The gentleman does not promote people merely on the basis of their words, nor does he reject words merely because of the person who uttered them.”
“The Master is cordial yet stern, awe-inspiring yet not fierce and respectful yet at ease.”
“Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without.”
“The scholar does not consider gold and jade to be precious treasures, but loyalty and good faith.”
“Respect yourself and others will respect you.”
Others on Wisdom
Sun Tzu
30 quotes“A clever general, therefore, avoids an army when its spirit is keen, but attacks it when it is sluggish and inclined to...”
Dalai Lama
22 quotes“A disciplined mind leads to happiness, and an undisciplined mind leads to suffering.”
Cervantes
20 quotes“Honesty's the best policy.”
Aesop
19 quotes“Do not waste your pity on a scamp.”
Ben Franklin
18 quotes“Never ruin an apology with an excuse.”
Napoleon
16 quotes“One must change one's tactics every ten years if one wishes to maintain one's superiority.”
Cicero
15 quotes“Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.”
George R.R. Martin
14 quotes“A good act does not wash out the bad, nor a bad act the good. Each should have its own reward.”
Rudyard Kipling
14 quotes“One paid for one's knowledge with one's skin.”
William Penn
14 quotes“Speak properly, and in as few words as you can, but always plainly; for the end of speech is not ostentation, but to be...”
George Washington
14 quotes“I hold the maxim no less applicable to public than to private affairs, that honesty is always the best policy.”
Sir Winston Churchill
14 quotes“...anger is a waste of energy. Steam which is used to blow off a safety valve would be better used to drive an engine.”