Contrition Quote by Barbara Pym

“Heroes, however, have a habit of ending up dead or bankrupt, and, as you know better than anyone, I have much to lose. At…

— Arturo Pérez-Reverte

“Those that earn serendipity see what others don't, do what others won't and keep pushing when prudence says quit.”

— Glenn Llopis

“I watched him, sardonic, cynical. A great poet, truly, yet unkind. The gifts of our nature seem not to modify the manner of our…

— Jeanette Winterson

“Much was to be done by prudence, much by conciliation, much by firmness.”

— George Washington

“Certainly all virtues are very dear to God, but humility pleases Him above all the others, and it seems that He can refuse it…

— St. Francis de Sales

“He knew how little praise it took for an insecure person to feel grateful.”

— Ann Cleeves

“But he was thankful for the offer and dimly he was beginning to formulate in his mind the feeling that the world is made…

— Gene Stratton-Porter

“Goodness, in their opinion, was not a virtue but merely spinelessness and fear disguised as humility.”

— Alice Hoffman

“This recurred to his mind unceasingly. To this celestial kindness he opposed pride, which is the fortress of evil within us. He was indistinctly…

— Victor Hugo

“We can be kind, generous, just, courteous, and merciful sporadically, but to display those virtues, consistently, calls for an enormous display of courage.”

— Gary Zukav

“I discovered that I am not disciplined out of virtue but as a reaction to my negligence, that I am generous to conceal my…

— Gabriel García Márquez

“He was a beneficent man. Multitudes of men are benevolent, but not beneficent. Benevolence is well wishing. Beneficence is well doing.”

— Isaac Massey Haldeman