Lots, but I throw notable ones in a notepad, so I'll copy and paste a bunch of them hoping you find one useful.
Dignity consists not in possessing honors, but in the consciousness that we deserve them.
Aristotle
Life is not an easy matter…. You cannot live through it without falling into frustration and cynicism unless you have before you a great idea which raises you above personal misery, above weakness, above all kinds of perfidy and baseness.
trotsky
The depth and strength of a human character are defined by its moral reserves. People reveal themselves completely only when they are thrown out of the customary conditions of their life, for only then do they have to fall back on their reserves.
trotsky
for a young person can not judge what is allegorical and what is literal; anything that he receives into his mind at that age is likely to become indelible and unalterable; and therefore it is most important that the tales which the young first hear should be models of virtuous thought.
plato
I don't think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.
lincoln
Our character is what we do when we think no one is looking.
H. Jackson Brown, Jr
A word of encouragement during a failure is worth more than an hour of praise after success.
Sir William Osler
As I got older, I've learned to listen to people instead of accuse them of things.
Unknown
A diplomat is a person who can tell you to go to hell in such a way that you actually look forward to the trip.
Unknown
Most men's guiding star is the example of others; that their whole course of life, in great things and small, comes in the end to be mere imitation; and not even in the pettiest matters do they act according to their own judgment.
Schopenhauer
There is no surer sign of greatness than ignoring hurtful or insulting expression by attributing them without further ado, like countless other errors, to the speaker's lack of knowledge and then merely taking note of them without feeling them.
Schopenhauer
There is nothing good or bad but thinking makes it so.
Shakespeare
Strength in numbers is the delight of the timid. The valiant of spirit glory in fighting alone.
Gandhi |