Confucius
Confucius Quotes about People
Wisdom is rooted in watching with affection the way people grow.
Women and people of low birth are very hard to deal with. If you are friendly to them, they get out of hand, and if you keep your distance, they resent it.
In old days men studied for the sake of self-improvement; nowadays men study in order to impress other people.
Please stop waiting for a better and more appropriate time to become happy and focus on the moment you live in. Happiness is not an arrival, it is the journey itself. Many people seek for happiness above the height of human beings, some below. Yet, happiness is exactly at the exact height of human beings.
A reasonable man adjusts himself to the world. An unreasonable man expects the world to adjust itself to him. Therefore all progress is made by unreasonable people.
When words lose their meaning, people lose their liberty.
By gaining the people, the kingdom is gained; by losing the people, the kingdom is lost.
The tongue must be heavy indeed, because so few people can hold it.
Go before the people with your example, and be laborious in their affairs.
Tell people - and they may forget... show them - they may remember... but involve them and they will understand.
If you shoot for the stars and hit the moon, it's OK. But you've got to shoot for something. A lot of people don't even shoot.
All people are the same; only their habits differ.