“The true mark of greatness is not stridency but magnanimity.” — J. William Fulbright Copy Share Image
I think we all have a selfish gene which rises to the top, sometimes. But then we're also all capable of a… — Jim Broadbent Copy Share Image
The beloved of the Almighty are: the rich who have the humility of the poor, and the poor who have the magnanimity… — Saadi Copy Share Image
To wrong those we hate is to add fuel to our hatred. Conversely, to treat an enemy with magnanimity is to blunt… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
Did ever a man try heroism, magnanimity, truth, sincerity, and find that there was no advantage in them - that it was… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Let your secret sympathies and your compassion be always with the under dog in the fight -- this is magnanimity; but bet… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Magnanimity is above circumstance; and any virtue which depends on that is more of constitution than of principle. — Jane Porter Copy Share Image
In magnanimity there is the same amount of egoism as in revenge, but egoism of a different quality. — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Where the Mind is biggest, the Heart, the Senses, Magnanimity, Charity, Tolerance, Kindliness, and the rest of them scarcely have room to… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
I do genuinely believe that young people who play sport at a competitive level, sensibly controlled, sensibly organised, that has to be… — Sebastian Coe Copy Share Image
We do not very often come across opportunities for exercising strength, magnanimity, or magnificence; but gentleness, temperance, modesty, and humility, are graces… — Saint Francis de Sales Copy Share Image
In dealing with good people one should be magnanimous; in dealing with bad people one should be strict. In dealing with average… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
Do not say that faith in Christ alone can save you, for this is not possible if you do not attain love… — Maximus the Confessor Copy Share Image
Acquisition of knowledge is not the end, but the means to the end; the end consists in the attainment, thanks to this… — Rudolf Steiner Copy Share Image
I was born, I think, with the desire to make beautiful books — brave books that would preserve the glories of the… — James Branch Cabell Copy Share Image
Confidence in one's self is the chief nurse of magnanimity, which confidence, notwithstanding, doth not leave the care of necessary furniture for… — Philip Sidney Copy Share Image
Very sad to hear about the passing of Nelson Mandela. He was a true inspiration for human rights and equality for South… — Bryan Adams Copy Share Image
Acquisition of [higher] knowledge is not the end, but the means to the end; the end consists of the attainment, thanks to… — Rudolf Steiner Copy Share Image
The attributes of God have been carefully explored. But the Devil's attributes have been left vague. I think I've found one of… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
I have always said that if Great Britain were defeated in war I hoped we should find a Hitler to lead us… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
Those who are successfully to lead their fellow-men, should have once possessed the nobler feelings. We have all known individuals whose magnanimity… — Arthur Helps Copy Share Image
“If we had any leisure we would here digress a little on that ingratitude which so many writers have observed to spring… — Henry Fielding Copy Share Image
We can not communicate with the Lord if we do not communicate with each other. If we want to present ourselves to… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
It is rather the nature of America - our freewheeling, outspoken, prosperous, liberty-loving citizens extend equality to women, homosexuals, minorities, and almost… — Victor Davis Hanson Copy Share Image
What is the importance of human lives? Is it their continuing alive for so many years like animals in a menagerie? The… — John Cowper Powys Copy Share Image
When their minds mingle with His magnanimity, something of eternity rubs off on their imaginations. — Geoffrey Wood Copy Share Image
In a contest with a weaker party it is more honorable to yield than to force concession. Magnanimity becomes the strong. — Christian Nestell Bovee Copy Share Image
To be great in our times too often means to have great prosperity and no moral magnanimity at all. — Cornel West Copy Share Image
Terence: nihil humanum alienum a me-"nothing human is alien to me," the greatest expression of ancient megalopsychia or great-souled and cosmopolitan "magnanimity." — Kenny Smith Copy Share Image
“You will achieve what you want to achieve, only if you can cope with the theory of altruism.” — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
War is pillage versus resistance and if illusions of magnitude could be transmuted into ideals of magnanimity, peace might be realized. — Marianne Moore Copy Share Image
“Parenthood is the magnanimity of the soul, not the mere outcome of a biological process. (Dr Abin. From TATTERED LOTUS)” — Dr. Abin Copy Share Image
You cannot give anything to a magnanimous person. After you have served him, he at once puts you in debt by his… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
What do you call love, hate, charity, revenge, humanity, magnanimity, forgiveness? Different results of the one master impulse: the necessity of securing… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Magnanimity in politics is not seldom the truest wisdom; and a great empire and little minds go ill together. — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
Magnanimity is sufficiently defined by its name, nevertheless one can say it is the good sense of pride, the most noble way… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
You I am sure will forgive me for sincerely remarking that you might curb your magnanimity and be more of an artist,… — Bob Dylan Copy Share Image
![“Acquisition of [higher] knowledge is not the end, but the means to the end; the end consists of the attainment, thanks to this knowledge of the higher worlds, of greater and truer self-confidence, a higher degree of courage, and a magnanimity and perseverance such as cannot, as a rule, be acquired…” quote by Rudolf Steiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/978/rudolf-steiner-2619_acquisition_acquisition-of-higher-knowledge-is-not-t_659187.jpg)
