Confucius, The Confucian Analects quotes
"Fine words and an insinuating appearance are seldom associated with true virtue."
Take this quote mobile"If a man withdraws his mind from the love of beauty, and applies it as sincerely to the love of the virtuous; if, in serving his parents, he can exert his utmost strength; if, in serving his prince, he can devote his life; if in his intercourse with his friends, his words are sincere - although men say that he has not learned, I will certainly say that he has."
"Hold faithfulness and sincerity as first principles."
"Have no friends not equal to yourself."
"When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them."
"He who exercises government by means of his virtue may be compared to the north polar star, which keeps its place and all the stars turn towards it."
"[The superior man] acts before he speaks, and afterwards speaks according to his actions."
"Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous."
"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."
"Things that are done, it is needless to speak about...things that are past, it is needless to blame."