Confucius Quotes Useful To Startup Founders

Looking at small advantages prevents great affairs from being accomplished.

A man without a mustache is a man without a soul.

To be wealthy and honored in an unjust society is a disgrace.

Time flows away like the water in the river.

Hold faithfulness and sincerity as first principles.

If what one has to say is not better than silence, then one should keep silent.

The wise never doubt. The Humane never worry. The brave never fear.

If you expect great things of yourself and demand little of others, you’ll keep resentment far away.

Humankind differs from the animals only by a little and most people throw that away.

The demands that good people make are upon themselves;Those that bad people make are upon others.

A man without persistence will never make a good shaman or a good physician.

To see and listen to the wicked is already the beginning of wickedness.

A superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.

He who learns but does not think, is lost! He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger.

A noble-minded person is not an implement.

Do everything in moderation, even moderation.

If your plan is for one year plant rice. If your plan is for ten years plant trees. If your plan is for one hundred years educate children.

The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their proper name.

If we don't know life, how can we know death?

Death and life have their determined appointments; riches and honors depend upon heaven.