Charakter
“I am, at heart, a gentleman.”
“Character—the willingness to accept responsibility for one’s own life—is the source from which self-respect springs.”
“I have long since come to believe that people never mean half of what they say, and that it is best to ignore their talk and judge only their actions.”
“Nature has left this tincture in the blood, that all men would be tyrants if they could.”
“Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself; but talent instantly recognizes genius.”
“Good means not merely not doing wrong, but rather not desiring to do wrong.”
“Do not trust all men, but trust men of worth.”
“If you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely.”
“We first make our habits, and then our habits make us.”
“Beware the fury of a patient man.”
“Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.”
“Never complain and never explain.”
“The secret of success is constancy of purpose.”
“We swallow greedily any lie that flatters us, but sip only little by little at a truth we find bitter.”
“Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart.”
“Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.”
“I'm Nobody! Who are you?”
“Conquer yourself rather than the world.”
“I am not apt to follow blindly the lead of other men.”
“After I'm dead I'd rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have one.”