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There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.
Josh Billings1818–1885Josh Billings: His Works, Complete (1873) (p. 235)
- Forgiveness
They treat me like a fox, a cunning fellow (Schlaukopf) of the first rank. But the truth is that with a gentleman I am always a gentleman and a half, and when I have to do with a pirate, I try to be a pirate and a half.
Otto von Bismarck1815–1898To Gyula Andrássy (18 September 1877), as quoted in R. W. Seton-Watson, Disraeli, Gladstone, and the Eastern Question (1935), p. 224
- Character
It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.
William Blake1757–1827Jerusalem The Emanation of The Giant Albion (c. 1803–1820), Ch. 4, plate 91, line 1
The weak in courage is strong in cunning.
William Blake1757–1827Proverbs of Hell, Line 49
- Courage
He who would do good to another must do it in minute particulars;
General good is the plea of the scoundrel, hypocrite, and flatterer:
For art and science cannot exist but in minutely organized Particulars.
William Blake1757–1827Jerusalem The Emanation of The Giant Albion (c. 1803–1820), Ch. 3, plate 55, line 60
- Charity
- Morality
Civil courage, in fact, can grow only out of the free responsibility of free men.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer1906–1945“After Ten Years” (Christmas 1942), in Letters and Papers from Prison
America is an idea, but it’s an idea that brings with it some baggage, like power brings responsibility.
Bonoborn 1960PENN Address (2004)
- America
- Responsibility
Skills can be taught. Character you either have or you don’t have.
Anthony Bourdain1956–2018Kitchen Confidential (2000)
- Character
Go to the edge of the cliff and jump off. Build your wings on the way down.
Ray Bradbury1920–2012Brown Daily Herald (24 March 1995)
- Courage
- Risk
Bravery is the capacity to perform properly even when scared half to death.
Omar Bradley1893–1981
- Courage
If a man has character, everyone has confidence in him. Soldiers must have confidence in their leader.
Omar Bradley1893–1981On military character, in 19 Stars: A Study in Military Character and Leadership (1981) by Edgar F. Puryear Jr.
- Character
- Leadership
I prefer to remember Patton as a man, as a man with all the frailties and faults of a human being, as a man whose greatness is therefore all the more of a triumph.
Omar Bradley1893–1981A Soldier’s Story (1951), p. xii
- Character
A poor but humble man who gives nothing to charity is preferrable to a rich but haughty man who does.
NBNachman of Bratslav
- Charity
- Money
A man’s drive for profit should be prompted by the desire to give charity.
NBNachman of Bratslav
- Charity
- Money
Arbitration is justice blended with charity.
NBNachman of Bratslav
- Charity
- Justice