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My generation of radicals and breakers-down never found anything to take the place of the old virtues of work and courage and the old graces of courtesy and politeness.
F. Scott Fitzgerald1896–1940Letter to his daughter Frances Scott Fitzgerald (July 1938)
I may not be able to say all I think; but I am not going to say anything that I do not think. I would rather a thousand times be a free soul in jail than to be a sycophant and coward in the streets.
Eugene V. Debs1855–1926The Canton, Ohio Speech, Anti-War Speech (1918)
- Courage
- Freedom
That virtue we appreciate is as much ours as another’s. We see so much only as we possess.
Henry David Thoreau1817–1862Journal (22 June 1839)
When a person doesn’t have gratitude, something is missing in his or her humanity. A person can almost be defined by his or her attitude toward gratitude.
Elie Wiesel1928–2016Interview in O: The Oprah Magazine (November 2000)
- Character
A nice man is a man of nasty ideas.
Jonathan Swift1667–1745Thoughts on Various Subjects from Miscellanies (1711-1726)
- Character
Those who understand evil pardon it.
George Bernard Shaw1856–1950Maxims for Revolutionists (1903), #167
- Forgiveness
- Good & Evil
Freedom and power bring responsibility.
Jawaharlal Nehru1889–1964A Tryst With Destiny (1947)
- Freedom
- Responsibility
Beauty is the mark God sets upon virtue.
Ralph Waldo Emerson1803–1882Nature (1836), Beauty
- Beauty
He who dares not offend cannot be honest.
Thomas Paine1737–1809“The Forester’s Letters”, Letter III: To Cato, Pennsylvania Journal (24 April 1776)
- Courage
- Truth & Lies
The weak in courage is strong in cunning.
William Blake1757–1827Proverbs of Hell, Line 49
- Courage
A few honest men are better than numbers.
Oliver Cromwell1599–1658Letter to Sir William Spring (September 1643)
- Character
Honor is self-esteem made visible in action.
Ayn Rand1905–1982The Ayn Rand Letter (1971–1976)
- Honor
He who meanly admires mean things is a Snob.
William Makepeace Thackeray1811–1863The Book of Snobs (1848), Ch. 2: “The Snob Royal”
- Character
Dreams are the touchstones of our characters.
Henry David Thoreau1817–1862A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers (1849), Wednesday
- Character
How bold one gets when one is sure of being loved.
Sigmund Freud1856–1939Letter to his fiancée Martha Bernays (27 June 1882); published in Letters of Sigmund Freud 1873-1939 (1961), 10-12
- Courage
- Love