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Others Quotes by Robert Green Ingersoll
- We rise by lifting others.
- Grant others the same rights as you claim for yourself.
- While I am opposed to all orthodox creeds, I have a creed myself; and my creed is this. Happiness is the only good. The time…
- Every human being should be taught that his first duty is to take care of himself, and that to be self-respecting he must be self-supporting.…
- The object of all education should be to increase the usefulness of man - usefulness to himself and others.
- The first duty of man is to support himself - to see to it that he does not become a burden. His next duty is…
- All should be taught that the highest ambition is to be happy, and to add to the well-being of others; that place and power are…
- As a man develops, he places a greater value upon his own rights. Liberty becomes a grander and diviner thing. As he values his own…
- The way to be happy is to make others so.
- Most men are followers, and implicitly rely upon the judgment of others. They mistake solemnity for wisdom, and regard a grave countenance as the title…
- Whoever imagines himself a favorite with God holds others in contempt.
- Religion supports nobody. It has to be supported. It produces no wheat, no corn; it ploughs no land; it fells no forests. It is a…
- The Declaration of Independence was a denial, and the first denial of a nation, of the infamous dogma that God confers the right upon one…
- Happiness is the only good. The time to be happy is now. The place to be happy is here. The way to be happy is…
- Every man is dishonest who lives upon the labor of others, no matter if he occupies a throne.
- The superior man is the providence of the inferior. He is eyes for the blind, strength for the weak, and a shield for the defenseless.…
- So, ministers say that they teach charity. This is natural. They live on alms. All beggars teach that others should give.
- The agnostic does not simply say, "l do not know." He goes another step, and he says, with great emphasis, that you do not know.…
More Others Quotes
- I am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let others worry… — Pietro Aretino
- Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others. — Aristotle
- I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law. — Aristotle
- True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge… — Arthur Ashe
- I accepted the face that as much as I want to lead others, and love to be around other people, in some… — Arthur Ashe
- We are all here on earth to help others; what on earth the others are here for I don't know. — Wystan Hugh Auden
- What does love look like? It has the hands to help others. It has the feet to hasten to the poor and… — Saint Augustine
- Find out how much God has given you and from it take what you need; the remainder is needed by others. — Saint Augustine
- I have often wondered how it is that every man loves himself more than all the rest of men, but yet sets… — Marcus Aurelius
- We ought to do good to others as simply as a horse runs, or a bee makes honey, or a vine bears… — Marcus Aurelius
- Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride… — Jane Austen
- To flatter and follow others, without being flattered and followed in turn, is but a state of half enjoyment. — Jane Austen