"There are three marks of a superior..." - Quote by Confucius

“When you breathe, you inspire, and when you do not breathe, you expire.”

“I do not want a friend who smiles when I smile, who weeps when I weep; for my shadow in the pool can do better than that.”

“See a person's means ... Observe his motives. Examine that in which he rests. How can a person conceal his character?”

“A gentleman considers what is right; the vulgar consider what will pay.”

“A superior man in dealing with the world is not for anything or against anything. He follows righteousness as the standard.”

“The superior man is easy to serve, but difficult to please ... The inferior man is difficult to serve, but easy to please.”

“We should not judge a man's merits by his great qualities, but by the use he makes of them.”

“What comes out of you when you are squeezed is what is inside of you.”

“Fools call wise men fools. A wise man never calls any man a fool.”