Quotes 221 till 240 of 3221.
-
A man's first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own heart, and his next to escape the censures of the world.
-
A man's interest in the world is only an overflow from his interest in himself.
-
A man's personal defects will commonly have with the rest of the world precisely that importance which they have to himself. If he makes light of them, so will other men.
-
A map of the world that does not include Utopia is not worth even glancing at.
The Soul of Man Under Socialism (1895) -
A mother should give her children a superabundance of enthusiasm; that after they have lost all they are sure to lose on mixing with the world, enough may still remain to prompt fated support them through great actions.
-
A murderer is regarded by the conventional world as something almost monstrous, but a murderer to himself is only an ordinary man. It is only if the murderer is a good man that he can be regarded as monstrous.
-
A myth is an image in terms of which we try to make sense of the world.
-
A new world order is in the making, and it is up to us to prepare ourselves that we may take our rightful place in it.
-
A painting in a museum probably hears more foolish remarks than anything else in the world.
-
A person being patient with an insane person is my favorite thing in the world.
-
A person's health isn't generally a reflection of genes, but how their environment is influencing them. Genes are the direct cause of less than 1pc of diseases: 99pc is how we respond to the world.
-
A person's worth in this world is estimated according to the value they put on themselves.
-
A private sin is not so prejudicial in this world, as a public indecency.
-
A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.
-
A religion so cheerless, a philosophy so sorrowful, could never have succeeded with the masses of mankind if presented only as a system of metaphysics. Buddhism owed its success to its catholic spirit and its beautiful morality.
-
A renewed commitment to the freedom and opportunity of our people is the touchstone of our time. In this new century, where tests are many and challenges change with the shifting of the wind, we must hold fast to the principles that have made our nation the envy of the world.
-
A reputation once broken may possibly be repaired, but the world will always keep their eyes on the spot where the crack was.
-
A rich rogue nowadays is fit company for any gentleman; and the world, my dear, hath not such a contempt for roguery as you imagine.
-
A single person is missing for you, and the whole world is empty.
The Year of Magical Thinking (2007) 192
All spirit-world famous quotes and sayings you will always find on greatest-quotations.com (page 12)
