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I stood
Among them, but not of them; in a shroud
Of thoughts which were not their thoughts
Lord Byron1788–1824Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage (1812–1818), Canto the ThirdIn context
- Character
A leader must have the courage to act against an expert’s advice.
James Callaghan1912–2005The Harvard Business Review (1 November 1986)
- Courage
- Leadership
The vices of which we are full we carefully hide from others, and we flatter ourselves with the notion that they are small and trivial; we sometimes even embrace them as virtues.
John Calvin1509–1564Golden Booklet of the True Christian Life (1551), Page 32.
Since we are all naturally prone to hypocrisy, any empty semblance of righteousness is quite enough to satisfy us instead of righteousness itself.
John Calvin1509–1564Institutes of the Christian Religion (1536; 1559), Book 1, Chapter 1, p. 45
You cannot imagine a more certain rule or a more powerful suggestion than this, that all the blessings we enjoy are divine deposits which we have received on this condition that we distribute them to others.
John Calvin1509–1564Golden Booklet of the True Christian Life (1551), Page 35.
- Charity
On, ye brave,
Who rush to glory, or the grave!
Thomas Campbell1777–1844Hohenlinden (1802)In context
- Courage
- War & Peace
There can be no true goodness, nor true love, without the utmost clear-sightedness.
Albert Camus1913–1960The Plague (1947)
- Love
Adversity is sometimes hard upon a man; but for one man who can stand prosperity, there are a hundred that will stand adversity.
Thomas Carlyle1795–1881Often credited to Abraham Lincoln
Our grand business undoubtedly is, not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand.
Thomas Carlyle1795–1881Signs of the Times (1829)
- Responsibility
- Work
Clever men are good, but they are not the best.
Thomas Carlyle1795–1881Critical and Miscellaneous Essays (1827–1855), Goethe.
- Character
- Intelligence
No sadder proof can be given by a man of his own littleness than disbelief in great men.
Thomas Carlyle1795–1881The Hero as Divinity
- Character
The greatest of faults, I should say, is to be conscious of none.
Thomas Carlyle1795–1881The Hero as Prophet
- Character
In every man’s writings, the character of the writer must lie recorded.
Thomas Carlyle1795–1881Goethe (1828).
- Character
- Writing
We are firm believers in the maxim that for all right judgment of any man or thing it is useful, nay, essential, to see his good qualities before pronouncing on his bad.
Thomas Carlyle1795–1881Critical and Miscellaneous Essays (1827–1855), Goethe.
- Character
The infinite, absolute character of Virtue has passed into a finite, conditional one; it is no longer a worship of the Beautiful and Good; but a calculation of the Profitable.
Thomas Carlyle1795–1881Signs of the Times (1829)