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When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them.
Confucius551–479 BCAnalects, Chapter I
- Advice
- Character
Fine words and an insinuating appearance are seldom associated with true virtue.
Confucius551–479 BCAnalects, Chapter I
For blessings ever wait on virtuous deeds,
And though a late, a sure reward succeeds.
William Congreve1670–1729The Mourning Bride (1697), Act V, scene 12
The human heart is vast enough to contain all the world. It is valiant enough to bear the burden, but where is the courage that would cast it off?
Joseph Conrad1857–1924Lord Jim (1900), Chapter 34In context
- Courage
- Emotion
Heroism is not only in the man, but in the occasion.
Calvin Coolidge1872–1933
- Courage
At times he regarded the wounded soldiers in an envious way. He conceived persons with torn bodies to be peculiarly happy. He wished that he, too, had a wound, a red badge of courage.
Stephen Crane1871–1900The Red Badge of Courage (1895), Chapter IXIn context
- Courage
- War & Peace
A few honest men are better than numbers.
Oliver Cromwell1599–1658Letter to Sir William Spring (September 1643)
- Character
I had rather have a plain, russet-coated Captain, that knows what he fights for, and loves what he knows, than that you call a Gentleman and is nothing else.
Oliver Cromwell1599–1658Letter to Sir William Spring (September 1643)
- Character
- Leadership
Intolerance is evidence of impotence.
Aleister Crowley1875–1947The Confessions of Aleister Crowley (1929), Ch. 69
- Character
- Power
Whether one believes in a religion or not, and whether one believes in rebirth or not, there isn’t anyone who doesn’t appreciate kindness and compassion.
Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lamaborn 1935“Kindness and Compassion” p. 47.
- Charity
- Religion
This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.
Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lamaborn 1935“Kindness and Compassion” p. 52
- Charity
- Religion
Responsibility does not only lie with the leaders of our countries or with those who have been appointed or elected to do a particular job. It lies with each one of us individually.
Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lamaborn 1935Nobel lecture (1989)
- Responsibility
I am convinced that everyone can develop a good heart and a sense of universal responsibility with or without religion.
Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lamaborn 1935Nobel acceptance speech (1989)
- Religion
- Responsibility
It is necessary to help others, not only in our prayers, but in our daily lives. If we find we cannot help others, the least we can do is to desist from harming them.
Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lamaborn 1935The Dalai Lama: A Policy of Kindness (1990), “A Talk to Western Buddhists” p. 89
- Charity
Every man and woman is a mystery, built like those Chinese puzzles which consist of one box inside another, so that ten or twelve boxes have to be opened before the final solution is found.
Robertson Davies1913–1995The Diary of Samuel Marchbanks (1947)
- Character