子曰：“不患无位，患所以立。不患莫己知，求为可知也。"
Confucius said，“One should worry not about having no official position, but about having no proper qualifications. One should not seek to be known to others, but seek to acquire the qualities worthy of being known.”
 

子曰：“人无远虑，必有近忧。”
Confucius said，“He who does not think of the future is certain to have immediate worries.”
 

子曰：“躬自厚而薄责于人，责远怨矣。”
Confucius said，“One can keep hatred and grievance away by putting more blame on oneself and less on others for any fault.”
 

子曰：“过而不改，是谓过矣。”
Confucius said，“A fault that is not amended is a real fault.”
 

子曰：“岁寒，然后知松柏之后凋也。”
Confucius said，“Only in cold winter does one know that the pine and the cypress are the last to shed their leaves.”
 

子曰：“君子喻于义，小人喻于利。”
Confucius said，“The gentleman knows what is right; the mean person keeps his mind only on gains."

子曰：“君子周而不比，小人比而不周。”
Confucius said，“The gentleman unites and does not plot with others; the mean man plots and does not unite with others.”
 

子曰：“君子和而不同，小人同而不和。”
Confucius said，“The gentleman aims at harmony, and not at uniformity. The mean man aims at uniformity, and not at harmony.” 

 

           
 

子曰：“君子坦荡荡，小人长戚戚。”
Confucius said，“The gentleman is open and at ease; the mean man is full of worries and anxieties.”

子曰：“无欲速，无见小利。欲速则不达，见小利则大事不成。”
Confucius said，“Do not want to do things quickly, and do not seek petty gains. You cannot reach your goal if you want to be quick, and you cannot accomplish great things if you seek petty gains.”

子曰：“有教无类。”
Confucius said，“There should be education for everyone without distinction.”
  
 

子曰：“性相近也，习相远也。”
Confucius said，“By nature men are similar to one another, but learning and practice make them different.”
 

子曰：“学而不思则罔，思而不学则殆。”
Confucius said，“He who learns without thinking will be bewildered; he who thinks without learning will be in danger.”
 

子曰：“温故而知新，可以为师矣。”
Confucius said，“He can be a teacher who finds what is new in reviewing what is old.”
 

子曰：“三军可夺帅也，匹夫不可夺志。”
Confucius said，“Any army may be deprived of its commanding officer, yet a man cannot be deprived of his will.”
 

子曰：“由，诲女知之乎？知之为知之，不知为不知，是知也。”
Confucius said，“You, shall I teach you what it is to know? You know something if you know it, and you do not know something if you do not. That is what to know means.”
 

子曰：“君子讷于言而敏于行。”
Confucius said，“The gentleman wishes to be slow in speech but quick in action.”
 

子曰：“君子耻其言而过其行。”
Confucius said，“The gentleman considers it a shame to talk more than he does.”
 

子曰：“君子不以言举人，不以人废言。”
Confucius said，“The gentleman does not recommend a man because of what he says, nor does he ignore what a man says because of his personality.”
 

子曰：“默而识之，学而不厌，诲人不倦，何有于我哉？”
Confucius said，“To commit knowledge to memory quietly, to study tirelessly, and to enlighten others indefatigably — these are not difficult for me.”
 

子曰：“见义不为，无勇也。”
Confucius said，“It is cowardice not to dare to defend righteousness when it is endangered.”