1. Be knowledgeable and determined, ask questions carefully and think deeply, and benevolence is in it.

2. Be faithful and eager to learn, and stick to the good path.

3. Those who are evil must be observed; those who are good must be observed.

4. A gentleman is magnanimous, but a villain is always concerned.

5. The virtue of a gentleman, the virtue of a villain, and the wind on the grass will surely die.

6. The beauty of a gentleman is not the evil of a man. The villain is.

7. A gentleman is likened to righteousness, and a villain is likened to benefit.

9. A gentleman has three fears: fear of destiny, fear of adults, and fear of the words of saints.

10. A gentleman seeks the road but not food; he worries about the road but not poverty.

11. A gentleman is ashamed of his words rather than his actions.

12. A gentleman seeks everything from himself, while a villain seeks everything from others.

13. A gentleman uses literature to make friends, and friends to support benevolence.

14. A gentleman loves money and gets it in a wise way.

15. Don’t worry about poverty but worry about inequality; don’t worry about scarcity but worry about insecurity.

Classic inspirational quotes from Confucius

1. At thirty, stand tall; at forty, you will not be confused; at fifty, you will know the destiny; at sixty, your ears will be attuned; at seventy, you will follow your heart's desires without exceeding the rules.

2. There are three kinds of happiness for those who suffer: happiness for being arrogant, happiness for wandering, happiness for feasting and happiness, which is a loss.

3. Three friends are beneficial: friends who are straightforward, friends who are understanding, and friends who are well-informed.

4. When three people walk together, they must have my teacher: choose the good ones and follow them, and change the bad ones. (Shu Er)

5. When Zi heard "Shao" in Qi, he didn't know the taste of meat in March.

6. Don’t do to others what you don’t want others to do to you. (Yan Yuan)

7. What you look up to becomes taller, and what you drill into becomes stronger. (Zihan)

8. Those who know are not as good as those who are good at it, and those who are good at it are not as good as those who are happy.

(Yong Ye)