子曰：“不患無位，患所以立。不患莫己知，求為可知也。"
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：“人無遠慮，必有近憂。”
Confucius said，“He who does not think of the future is certain to have immediate worries.”
 

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

子曰：“過而不改，是謂過矣。”
Confucius said，“A fault that is not amended is a real fault.”
 

子曰：“歲寒，然後知松柏之後凋也。”
Confucius said，“Only in cold winter does one know that the pine and the cypress are the last to shed their leaves.”
 

子曰：“君子喻于義，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：“君子坦蕩蕩，小人長戚戚。”
Confucius said，“The gentleman is open and at ease; the mean man is full of worries and anxieties.”

子曰：“無欲速，無見小利。欲速則不達，見小利則大事不成。”
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：“有教無類。”
Confucius said，“There should be education for everyone without distinction.”
  
 

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

子曰：“學而不思則罔，思而不學則殆。”
Confucius said，“He who learns without thinking will be bewildered; he who thinks without learning will be in danger.”
 

子曰：“溫故而知新，可以為師矣。”
Confucius said，“He can be a teacher who finds what is new in reviewing what is old.”
 

子曰：“三軍可奪帥也，匹夫不可奪志。”
Confucius said，“Any army may be deprived of its commanding officer, yet a man cannot be deprived of his will.”
 

子曰：“由，誨女知之乎？知之為知之，不知為不知，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：“君子恥其言而過其行。”
Confucius said，“The gentleman considers it a shame to talk more than he does.”
 

子曰：“君子不以言舉人，不以人廢言。”
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：“默而識之，學而不厭，誨人不倦，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：“見義不為，無勇也。”
Confucius said，“It is cowardice not to dare to defend righteousness when it is endangered.”