More helpful than all wisdom is one draught of simple pity…

More helpful than all wisdom is one draught of simple human pity that will not forsake us.

— George Eliot

Recipe for success: Be polite, prepare yourself for whatever you are asked to do, keep yourself tidy, be cheerful, don't be envious, be honest…

— Bernard Baruch

Pity that consequences are determined not by excuses but by actions!

— George Eliot

The tale of the Divine Pity was never yet believed from lips that were not felt to be moved by human pity.

— George Eliot

but very little achievement is required in order to pity another man's shortcomings.

— George Eliot

To be wise was to be above joy and sorrow, fear and pity, ambition and humiliation. It was to hate nothing and to love…

— Michael Ende

Chances are that any helpful two-year-old will break some eggs. We are often not very good at things when we are new. But there…

— Rachel Naomi Remen

Student loans have been helpful to many. But they offer neither incentive nor assistance to those students who, by reason of family or other…

— John F. Kennedy

When it gets difficult is often right before you succeed.

— Jeffrey Walker

Standing as a witness in all things means being kind in all things, being the first to say hello, being the first to smile,…

— Margaret D. Nadauld

Tell people what specific action to take.

— Jay Abraham

I think it's really good and helpful to have the people you most admire in some other discipline than what you work in. It's…

— Whit Stillman

Let positive, strong, helpful thoughts enter into your brains from very childhood. Lay yourselves open to these thoughts, and not to weakening and paralysing…

— Swami Vivekananda

What really concerns me is for Christians to understand the fundamentals of evangelism in a way that is helpful in the contemporary scene.

— Mark Dever

The young man [Turgot] destined for an ecclesiastical career was placed within walls carefully designed to keep out all currents of new thought; his…

— Andrew Dickson White