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His Quotes by Irving Babbitt
- A person who has sympathy for mankind in the lump, faith in its future progress, and desire to serve the great cause of this progress,…
- A man needs to look, not down, but up to standards set so much above his ordinary self as to make him feel that he…
- Tell him, on the contrary, that he needs, in the interest of his own happiness, to walk in the path of humility and self-control, and…
- An American of the present day reading his Sunday newspaper in a state of lazy collapse is one of the most perfect symbols of the…
- The democratic idealist is prone to make light of the whole question of standards and leadership because of his unbounded faith in the plain people.
- The humanitarian would, of course, have us meddle in foreign affairs as part of his program of world service.
More His Quotes
- Man cannot be free if he does not know that he is subject to necessity, because his freedom is always won in… — Hannah Arendt
- I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. — Aristotle
- At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst. — Aristotle
- Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes… — Aristotle
- A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler… — Aristotle
- The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he… — Aristotle
- What the statesman is most anxious to produce is a certain moral character in his fellow citizens, namely a disposition to virtue… — Aristotle
- A real man loves his wife, and places his family as the most important thing in life. Nothing has brought me more… — Frank Abagnale
- I'm a father. It isn't just my life any more. I don't want my kid finding bottles in the house or seeing… — Billie Joe Armstrong
- I think we're going to the moon because it's in the nature of the human being to face challenges. It's by the… — Neil Armstrong
- Whatever man uses without the fear of God, whatever he applies to the mere gratifying of his flesh, cannot fail to operate… — Johann Arndt
- Resolve to be thyself: and know that he who finds himself, loses his misery. — Matthew Arnold