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Even the poor should give something to charity.
NBNachman of Bratslav
- Charity
Character consists of what you do on the third and fourth tries.
James A. Michener1907–1997Chesapeake (1978)
The louder he talked of his honor, the faster we counted our spoons.
Ralph Waldo Emerson1803–1882The Conduct of Life (1860), Worship
- Honor
Life is to entered upon with courage.
Alexis de Tocqueville1805–1859
- Courage
- Life & Death
Few things can help an individual more than to place responsibility on him, and to let him know that you trust him.
Booker T. Washington1856–1915Up From Slavery (1901), Chapter XI: Making Their Beds Before They Could Lie On Them
- Responsibility
Rings and jewels are not gifts but apologies for gifts. The only true gift is a portion of yourself.
Ralph Waldo Emerson1803–1882
- Charity
If I lose mine honour, I lose myself.
William Shakespeare1564–1616Antony and Cleopatra (1600s), Act III, scene 4, line 22.In context
- Honor
I have learned silence from the talkative, tolerance from the intolerant and kindness from the unkind.
Kahlil Gibran1883–1931
Nothing inspires forgiveness quite like revenge.
Scott Adams1957–2026
- Forgiveness
I cannot love anyone if I hate myself. That is the reason why we feel so extremely uncomfortable in the presence of people who are noted for their special virtuousness, for they radiate an atmosphere of the torture they inflict on themselves. That is not a virtue but a vice.
Carl Jung1875–1961
If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.
Booker T. Washington1856–1915
- Charity
It is said that gifts persuade even the gods.
Euripides481–407 BCMedea (431 BC), l. 964 (Cassell’s, 1907)
- Charity
Women love us for our defects. If we have enough of them, they will forgive us everything, even our intellects.
Oscar Wilde1854–1900The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890)In context
- Forgiveness
- Women
There is no act, however virtuous, for which ingenuity may not find some bad motive.
Thomas Jefferson1743–1826Letter to Edward Dowse (19 April 1803)
It is the dissimilarities and inequalities among men which give rise to the notion of honor; as such differences become less, it grows feeble; and when they disappear, it will vanish too.
Alexis de Tocqueville1805–1859Democracy in America, Volume II (1840), Book Three, Chapter XVIII.
- Honor