Associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation. It is better be alone than in bad company. Author: George Washington |
My observation is that whenever one person is found adequate to the discharge of a duty. it is worse executed by two persons, and scarcely done at all if three or more are employed therein. Author: George Washington |
Undertake not what you cannot perform but be careful to keep your promise. Author: George Washington |
It is to be lamented that great characters are seldom without a blot. Author: George Washington |
A reputation once broken may possibly be repaired, but the world will always keep their eyes on the spot where the crack was. Author: George Washington |
A gentle heart is tied with an easy thread. Author: George Herbert |
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There would be no great men if there were no little ones. Author: George Herbert |
A slowness to applaud betrays a cold temper or an envious spirit. Author: Hannah More |
We have employments assigned to us for every circumstance in life. When we are alone, we have our thoughts to watch; in the family, our tempers; and in company, our tongues. Author: Hannah More |
Sensibility is neither good, nor evil in itself, but in its application. Under the influence of Christian principle it makes saints and martyrs; ill-directed, or uncontrolled, it is a snare, and the source of every temptation. Author: Hannah More |
Consider how impossible nobility of character would be if our goodness were untried innocence instead of victorious virtue. Author: Harry Emerson Fosdick |
Our power is not so much in us as through us. Author: Harry Emerson Fosdick |