Confucius on Respect

On respect Confucius said:

• "Respect yourself and others will respect you."

Confucius on Friendship

On friendship Confucius said:

• "Have no friends not equal to yourself."

Confucius on Faith

On faith Confucius said:

• "Hold faithfulness and sincerity as first principles."

Confucius on Modesty

On modesty Confucius said:

• "The superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions."
• "The firm, the enduring, the simple, and the modest are near to virtue."
• "He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make his words good."

Confucius on Education

On learning, Knowledge, and education Confucius said:

• "Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous."
• "The scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar."
• "Ignorance is the night of the mind, but a night without moon and star."
• "When you know a thing, to hold that you know it; and when you do not know a thing, to allow that you do not know it - this is knowledge."
• "I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand."
• "When a man's knowledge is sufficient to attain, and his virtue is not sufficient to enable him to hold, whatever he may have gained, he will lose again."
  
  

Confucius on the Golden Rule

Of the Golden Rule Confucius said:

• "What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others."

Confucius on Moral Courage

On moral courage Confucius said:

• "To see what is right and not to do it is want of courage."
• "To see what is right, and not to do it, is want of courage or of principle."