Mencius was a famous thinker and educator in ancient China, and a representative figure of Confucianism during the Warring States Period. Mencius inherited and carried forward Confucius' thoughts and became a Confucian master second only to Confucius. He had a comprehensive and huge influence on later generations of Chinese culture and was known as the "Senior Sage". The following are inspirational sentences compiled by the editor of Study La. I hope they can help you!

Selected Mencius’ inspirational quotes:

1. Use them to resemble people. . This is why the people of Sri Lanka died of hunger.

2. Born in sorrow and died in happiness.

3. The weather is not as good as the right place, and the right place is not as good as the people.

4. Those who have gained the right will receive many help, while those who have lost the right will receive little help. When there is little help, relatives will be there; when there is much help, the world will follow.

5. Wealth and honor cannot lead to adultery, poverty and lowliness cannot change, and power cannot yield. This is called a true man.

6. If you are poor, you will be good for yourself; if you are rich, you will be good for the world.

7. If you don’t follow the rules, you won’t be able to form a circle.

8. Right, then know the severity; degree, then know the length.

9. People do not do anything, and then they can do something.

10. The most important thing for people to know each other is to know each other. The most important thing for people to know each other is to understand each other.

11. Although there are things that are easy to grow in the world, if they are violent in one day and cold in ten days, nothing can survive.

12. Those who advance sharply will retreat quickly.

13. Those who bully themselves cannot be talked to; those who abandon themselves cannot be talked to.

14. The organ of the heart is thinking. If you think, you will get it. If you don’t think, you will not get it.

15. Only benevolent people should be in high positions. Being unkind and holding a high position is spreading evil to others.

16. If the emperor is unkind, he will not protect the world; if the princes are unkind, he will not protect the country; if the ministers and officials are unkind, they will not protect the ancestral temple; if the scholars and common people are unkind, they will not protect the four bodies.

17. The benevolent are invincible.

18. If a king is benevolent, he will never be unkind; if a king is righteous, he will never be unjust; if he is upright, he will never be unrighteous.

19. Those who enjoy the people's happiness will also enjoy their happiness; those who worry about the people's worries will also worry about their worries.

20. Fish is what I want, and bear’s paws are also what I want. You cannot have both, and you would give up fish and take bear’s paws. Life is what I want, and righteousness is also what I want. You cannot have both, and you have to sacrifice life for righteousness.

21. Old people, I am old, and people are old; young people, I am young, and people are young.

22. It is not benevolent to kill someone without sin, and it is not righteous to take something that does not exist.

23. The wise are in office and the capable are in office.

24. Respect the virtuous and enable the capable, and the outstanding ones will reign.

25. The people are the most important, the country is second, and the king is the least.

Selection 2 of Mencius’ inspirational quotes:

26. Everyone can be like Yao and Shun.

27. A wife will insult herself, and then others will insult her; a family will destroy herself, and then others will destroy it; a country will destroy itself, and then others will destroy it.

28. Those who do not seek blessings or misfortunes by themselves.

29. A gentleman does not complain about heaven or others.

30. To nourish the heart, don’t be good at having few desires.

31. Confucius climbed the Dongshan Mountain and made the world small. He climbed the Mount Tai and made the world small.

32. The heart of compassion is the root of benevolence; the heart of shame and disgust is the root of righteousness; the heart of resignation is the root of courtesy; the heart of right and wrong is the root of wisdom.

33. A respectful person will not insult others, and a thrifty person will not take away from others.

34. Those who love others will always be loved by others; those who respect others will always be respected by others.

35. If I want to rule the world peacefully, in today's world, who else can I do without me?

36. Don't rely on elders, don't rely on nobles, and don't rely on brothers but friends.

37. The sage uses his enlightenment to make others enlighten, but now he uses his faintness to make others enlighten.

38. A promising person is like digging a well. If the well is dug nine times and fails to reach the spring, it is like abandoning the well.

39. A gentleman has three pleasures, but the king of the world does not share them. Having both parents and brothers without any reason is one kind of happiness; looking up to heaven and not being ashamed of others is the second kind of happiness; being able to educate the talented people from all over the world is the third kind of happiness.

40. If you are not ashamed, how can you be like a human being?