The cynic is one who never sees a good quality in a man, and never fails to see a bad one. Author: Henry Ward Beecher |
The cynic puts all human actions into two classes - openly bad and secretly bad. Author: Henry Ward Beecher |
No one is so thoroughly superstitious as the godless man. Author: Harriet Beecher Stowe |
Be good, sweet maid, and let who will be clever; do noble things, not dream them all day long; and so make life, death, and that vast forever one grand, sweet song. Author: Charles Kingsley |
Character is always lost when a high ideal is sacrificied on the altar of conformity and popularity. Author: Charles Spurgeon |
A good character is the best tombstone. Those who loved you and were helped by you will remember you when forget-me-nots have withered. Carve your name on hearts, not on marble. Author: Charles Spurgeon |
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No one knows who is listening, say nothing you would not wish put in the newspapers. Author: Charles Spurgeon |
First, Resolve upon, and daily endeavour to practise, a life of seriousness and strict sobriety. Author: David Brainerd |
Fools are without number. Author: Desiderius Erasmus |
It is the characteristic excellence of the strong man that he can bring momentous issues to the fore and make a decision about them. The weak are always forced to decide between alternatives they have not chosen themselves. Author: Dietrich Bonhoeffer |
It is the nature, and the advantage, of strong people that they can bring out the crucial questions and form a clear opinion about them. The weak always have to decide between alternatives that are not their own. Author: Dietrich Bonhoeffer |
A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green. Author: Francis Bacon |