"The gentleman calls attention to the good..." - Quote by Confucius
The gentleman calls attention to the good points in others; he does not call attention to their defects. The small man does just the reverse of this.
More by Confucius
“The wise are free from perplexities; the virtuous from anxiety; and the bold from fear.”
“If you would govern a state of a thousand chariots (a small-to-middle-size state), you must pay strict attention to business, be true to your word, be economical in expenditure and love the people.”
“Return good for good; return evil with justice.”
More on Character
“A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small bundle.”
“What we take for virtue is often but an assemblage of various ambitions and activities that chance, or our own astuteness, have arranged in a certain manner; and it is not always out of courage or purity that men are brave, and women chaste.”
“And all the time - such is the tragic comedy of our situation - we continue to clamor for those very qualities we are rendering impossible. We make men without chests and expect of them virtue and enterprise. We laugh at honor and are shocked to find traitors in our midst. We castrate and bid the geldings be fruitful.”