Quotes to inspire and reflect

The fact speaks for themselves.

The pride of youth is in strength and beauty; the pride of old age is in discretion.

The love of democracy is that of equality.

The sword of justice has no scabbard.

In anger we should refrain both from speech and action.

Educate your children to self-control, to the habit of holding passion and prejudice and evil tendencies subject to an upright and reasoning will, and you have done much to abolish misery from their future and crimes from society.

Liberty, equality - bad principles! The only true principle for humanity is justice; and justice to the feeble is protection and kindness.

The soul is the captain and ruler of the life of morals.

All sects are different, because they come from men; morality is everywhere the same, because it comes from God.

Look with favor upon a bold beginning.

Practice and thought might gradually forge many an art.

Your descendants shall gather your fruits.

Only actions give life strength; only moderation gives it a charm.

He who hesitates is a damned fool.

Sweet is war to those who know it not.

The humble suffer when the mighty disagree.

There is danger in both belief and unbelief.

Men in however high a station ought to fear the humble.

It is destruction to the weak man to attempt to imitate the powerful.

Aggression unchallenged is aggression unleashed.

Man perfected by society is the best of all animals; he is the most terrible of all when he lives without law, and without justice.

Small minds are much distressed by little things. Great minds see them all but are not upset by them.

Their understanding Begins to swell and the approaching tide Will shortly fill the reasonable shores That now lie foul and muddy.

The test of every religious, political, or educational system is the man that it forms.

Too little liberty brings stagnation and too much brings chaos.

He who spares the wicked injures the good.

Desultory reading is delightful, but to be beneficial, our reading must be carefully directed.

Dangerous is wrath concealed. Hatred proclaimed doth lose its chance of wreaking vengeance.

Be silent as to services you have rendered, but speak of favor’s you have received.

Be not too hasty either with praise or blame; speak always as though you were giving evidence before the judgement-seat of the Gods.

As was his language so was his life.

All art is an imitation of nature.

An unpopular rule is never long maintained.

The higher your station, the less your liberty.

Small communities grow great through harmony; great ones fall to pieces through discord.

Before you act consider; when you have considered, tis fully time to act.

Few men desire liberty: The majority are satisfied with a just master.

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanging, it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in colour and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.

Make wisdom your provision for the journey from youth to old age, for it is a more certain support than all other possessions.

It is better to understand little than to misunderstand a lot.

Truth is the secret of eloquence and of virtue, the basis of moral authority; it is the highest summit of art and life.

If we are bound to forgive an enemy, we are not bound to trust him.

The true teacher defends his pupils against his own personal influence.

Learning makes a man fit company for himself.

The only kind of dignity which is genuine is that which is not diminished by the indifference of others.

Let not a man guard his dignity, but let his dignity guard him.

Life without the courage for death is slavery.

It is a great thing to start life with a small number of really good books which are your very own.