“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
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“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
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“I’ve learned one thing — people who know the least anyways seem to know it the loudest.’ – Al Capp
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“Bad things do happen; how I respond to them defines my character and the quality of my life. I can choose to sit in perpetual sadness, immobilized by the gravity of my loss, or I can choose to rise from the pain and treasure the most precious gift I have – life itself.” ― Walter Anderson
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“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
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“Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy.” – Isaac Newton
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“A man is not a man until he’s able and willing to accept his own vision of the world, no matter how radically this vision departs from that of others.” – James Baldwin
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“Have you learned the lessons only of those who admired you, and were tender with you, and stood aside for you? Have you not learned great lessons from those who braced themselves against you, and disputed passage with you?” – Walt Whitman
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“Only a mediocre person is always at his best.” – W. Somerset Maugham
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“Sadly, talent and character do not often reside in the same person.” – Lorne Michaels
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