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Men of all countries are brothers, and the different peoples should help one another according to their ability like citizens of the same state.
Maximilien Robespierre1758–1794Proposed Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, speech to the National Convention (24 April 1793)
- Charity
- Politics
Miniver Cheevy, born too late,
Scratched his head and kept on thinking;
Miniver coughed, and called it fate,
And kept on drinking.
Edwin Arlington Robinson1869–1935Miniver Cheevy (1907)In context
- Character
The most important thing for a young man is to establish a credit — a reputation, character.
John D. Rockefeller1839–1937The Men Who Are Making America (1918) by Bertie Charles Forbes
- Character
It’s our insides that make us who we are, that allow us to dream and wonder and feel for others. That’s what’s essential. That’s what will always make the biggest difference in our world.
Fred Rogers1928–2003Commencement Address at Middlebury College May, 2001
- Character
Live so that you wouldn’t be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the town gossip.
Will Rogers1879–1935
- Morality
Old age has deformities enough of its own. It should never add to them the deformity of vice.
Eleanor Roosevelt1884–1962
- Age
When you cease to make a contribution; you begin to die.
Eleanor Roosevelt1884–1962
- Charity
It takes courage to love, but pain through love is the purifying fire which those who love generously know.
Eleanor Roosevelt1884–1962My Day (1935–1962)
- Courage
- Love
I have never felt that anything really mattered but the satisfaction of knowing that you stood for the things in which you believed and had done the very best you could.
Eleanor Roosevelt1884–1962My Day (1935–1962) (8 November 1944)
- Character
These dark days will be worth all they cost us if they teach us that our true destiny is not to be ministered unto but to minister to ourselves and to our fellow men.
Franklin D. Roosevelt1882–1945Franklin D. Roosevelt’s First Inaugural Address (1933)
- Charity
Confidence… thrives on honesty, on honor, on the sacredness of obligations, on faithful protection and on unselfish performance. Without them it cannot live.
Franklin D. Roosevelt1882–1945Franklin D. Roosevelt’s First Inaugural Address (1933)
- Honor
There is a mysterious cycle in human events. To some generations much is given. Of other generations much is expected. This generation of Americans has a rendezvous with destiny.
Franklin D. Roosevelt1882–1945Speech accepting renomination, Democratic National Convention, Philadelphia (27 June 1936)
I care not what others think of what I do, but I care very much about what I think of what I do. That is character!
Theodore Roosevelt1858–1919
If an American is to amount to anything he must rely upon himself, and not upon the State; he must take pride in his own work, instead of sitting idle to envy the luck of others. He must face life with resolute courage, win victory if he can, and accept defeat if he must, without seeking to place on his fellow man a responsibility which is not theirs.
Theodore Roosevelt1858–1919
- Responsibility
We cannot avoid meeting great issues. All that we can determine for ourselves is whether we shall meet them well or ill.
Theodore Roosevelt1858–1919The Strenuous Life (1899)
- Courage