Jane Austen Quote – A Person May Be Proud Without Being Vain
“A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think of us.” – Jane Austen
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George Orwell Quote – Human Beings Want To Be Good
“On the whole, human beings want to be good, but not too good and not quite all the time.” – George Orwell
Read moreJohn Ruskin Quote – A Truly Great Man
“The first test of a truly great man is his humility. By humility I don’t mean doubt of his powers or hesitation in speaking his opinion, but merely an understanding of the relationship of what he can say and what he can do.” – John Ruskin
Read moreBarbara Bloom Quote – Filling The Cracks With Gold
“When the Japanese mend broken objects, they aggrandize the damage by filling the cracks with gold. They believe that when something’s suffered damage and has a history it becomes more beautiful.” – Barbara Bloom
Read morePlutarch Quote – Character is simply habit long continued
“Character is simply habit long continued.” – Plutarch
Read moreAnne Morrow Lindbergh Quote – Insincere
“The most exhausting thing in life is being insincere.” – Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Read moreArthur Ashe Quote – The Urge To Serve Others At Whatever Cost
“True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever cost.” – Arthur Ashe
Read moreFranklin D. Roosevelt Quote – Confidence
“Confidence… thrives on honesty, on honor, on the sacredness of obligations, on faithful protection and on unselfish performance. Without them it cannot live.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt
Read moreRalph Waldo Emerson Quote – Independence of Solitude
“It is easy in the world to live after the world’s opinion; it is easy in solitude to live after our own; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
Read moreMartin Luther King Jr. Quote – The Ultimate Measure Of A Man
“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in a moment of comfort and convenience but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
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