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Come one, come all! this rock shall fly
From its firm base as soon as I.
Walter Scott1771–1832The Lady of the Lake (1810), Canto V, stanza 10.
- Courage
I also am other than what I imagine myself to be. To know this is forgiveness.
Simone Weil1909–1943Void and Compensation (1947), p. 200
- Forgiveness
It is almost a definition of a gentleman to say he is one who never inflicts pain.
John Henry Newman1801–1890The Idea of a University (1873), Discourse VIII, pt. 10.
- Character
We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow1807–1882Kavanagh: A Tale (1849), Chapter 1.
- Character
Our virtues and our failings are inseparable, like force and matter. When they separate, man is no more.
Nikola Tesla1856–1943“The Problem of Increasing Human Energy”, Century Illustrated Magazine (June 1900)
I will not be modest. Humble, as much as you like, but not modest. Modesty is the virtue of the lukewarm.
Jean-Paul Sartre1905–1980The Devil and the Good Lord (1951), Act 4, sc. 5
Let no guilty man escape, if it can be avoided. No personal considerations should stand in the way of performing a public duty.
Ulysses S. Grant1822–1885Endorsement of a letter relating to the Whiskey Ring (29 July 1875)
- Justice
- Responsibility
Men at some time are masters of their fates:
The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars,
But in ourselves, that we are underlings.
William Shakespeare1564–1616Julius Caesar (1599), Act I, scene ii.In context
- Responsibility
The man of virtue makes the difficulty to be overcome his first business, and success only a subsequent consideration: this may be called perfect virtue.
Confucius551–479 BCAnalects, Chapter VI
- Success
Bravery never goes out of fashion.
William Makepeace Thackeray1811–1863Four Georges (1860-1861), “George II”.
- Courage
It is justice, not charity, that is wanting in the world.
Mary Wollstonecraft1759–1797A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792), Ch. 4
- Charity
- Justice
Better to die ten thousand deaths,
Than wound my honour.
Joseph Addison1672–1719Cato, A Tragedy (1713)
- Honor
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
If ever I become entirely respectable I shall be quite sure that I have outlived myself.
Eugene V. Debs1855–1926The Canton, Ohio Speech, Anti-War Speech (1918)
- Character
Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live.
Oscar Wilde1854–1900The Soul of Man Under Socialism (1891)
- Character