Let who will boast their courage in the field, I find but little safety from my shield, Nature's, not honour's law we… — Archilochus Copy Share Image
Let no one be ashamed to say yes today if yesterday he said no. Or to say no today if yesterday he… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
If I seem to boast more than is becoming, my excuse is that I brag for humanity rather than for myself. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Men of real merit, and whose noble and glorious deeds we are ready to acknowledge, are yet not to be endured when… — Aeschines Copy Share Image
“Never boast of your accomplishments or your good works. If they’ve made an impact, they will speak for themselves.” — Jewel Amethyst Copy Share Image
It's kind of amazing how popular 'Grey's Anatomy' is. What other show can boast such an annoyingly sincere cast of doctors, sniveling… — Rob Sheffield Copy Share Image
The men, who labour and digest things most, Will be much apter to despond than boast; For if your author be profoundly… — Wentworth Dillon, 4th Earl of Roscommon Copy Share Image
Stop comparing or boast at your victories. He was referring to enormous vitality and strength of God of Jesus seeking union with… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
I have swallowed up girls and boys, women and men, kings and emperors, cities and realms," said the Lion. It didn't say… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Mr. Darling used to boast to Wendy that her mother not only loved him but respected him. He was one of those… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Life is wasted if we do not grasp the glory of the cross, cherish it for the treasure that it is, and… — John Piper Copy Share Image
There is a certain class of people who prefer to say that their fathers came down in the world through their own… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Sex is what you boast about when you have no exterior signs of wealth. It's a way of saying, "Look, I might… — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
“Alas! Why does man boast of sensibilities superior to those apparent in the brute; it only renders them more necessary beings. If… — Mary Shelley Copy Share Image
A strong nation, like a strong person, can afford to be gentle, firm, thoughtful, and restrained. It can afford to extend a… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
It's the idea of baggage. When you hear about people in their 40s boast about not having baggage. I think having no… — Steve Toltz Copy Share Image
A French traveler with a sore throat is a wonderful thing to behold, but it takes more than tonsillitis to prevent a… — Paul Theroux Copy Share Image
“You don’t love people for what they can give you. You don’t love them because of what they do for you or… — Shelly Crane Copy Share Image
They who boast of their tolerance merely give others leave to be as careless about religion as they are themselves. A walrus… — Augustus William Hare Copy Share Image
“What do you have that God hasn’t given you? And if all you have is from God, why boast as though you… — Rick Warren Copy Share Image
I boast of being the only man in London who has been bombed off a lavatory seat while reading Jane Austen. She… — Kingsley Martin Copy Share Image
Forbear, you things That stand upon the pinnacles of state, To boast your slippery height! when you do fall, You dash yourselves… — Ben Jonson Copy Share Image
“What do you have that you did not receive? And if you did receive it, why do you boast as if you… — Apostle Paul -- Letter to the Romans Copy Share Image
Have the courage of your own convictions and don't be swayed by friends who boast about their financial home runs. Last year's… — Nancy Dunnan Copy Share Image
A number of our scientists boast intelligence but lack wisdom. I find those to be the predictable ones. — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
I was very precocious. I was pleased with myself. I thought I was very good-looking and I thought I was very clever… — Robert Boothby, Baron Boothby Copy Share Image
Don't do anything from selfish ambition or from a cheap desire to boast, but be humble toward one another. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Open Secret boasts a nifty plot and, in Coroner Fortin, a fascinating protagonist who will likely be around for a long time.… — Giles Blunt Copy Share Image
Profit in business comes from repeat customers, customers that boast about your project or service, and that bring friends with them. — W. Edwards Deming Copy Share Image
O, beautiful and grand, My own, my native land! Of thee I boast: Great empire of the west, The dearest and the… — Abraham Coles Copy Share Image
The devil, darkness, and death may swagger and boast, the pangs of life will sting for a while longer, but don't worry;… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Let others pride themselves about how many pages they have written; I'd rather boast about the ones I've read. — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
The man who has nothing to boast of but his illustrious ancestry is like the potato - the best part under ground. — Thomas Overbury Copy Share Image
Death puts an end to rivalship and competition. The dead can boast no advantage over us, nor can we triumph over them. — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
Lord Bacon told Sir Edward Coke when he was boasting, The less you speak of your greatness, the more shall I think… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
None of us can boast about the morality of our ancestors. The record does not show that Adam and Eve were ever… — E. W. Howe Copy Share Image
Enjoy the peace your valor won. Let independence be our boast, Ever mindful what it cost; Ever grateful for the prize, Let… — Joseph Hopkinson Copy Share Image
Science appears but what in truth she is, Not as our glory and our absolute boast, But as a succedaneum, and a… — William Wordsworth Copy Share Image
I can never be what I ought to be until you are what you ought to be. This is the way our… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
“Are there any who can honestly boast, My worshippers obey my good laws, And treat each other kindly, And live simple generous… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
