Attainment Quote by Charles Caleb Colton Download Open image “A power above all human responsibility ought to be above all human attainment.” — Charles Caleb Colton ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.6 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Attainment Humans Nature of man Ought Power Responsibility
The ultimate priority of humanity should not be to savour the power given to us, but rather to account for the according responsibility. — Christian Harrison Copy Share Image
The greater a man is in power above others, the more he ought to excel them in virtue. None ought to govern who is… — Publilius Syrus Copy Share Image
“Authority is a responsible form of power; it should be given to responsible man.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
The greater the power, the greater the responsibility in its exercise. — Kapil Sibal Copy Share Image
Each of us must work for his own improvement, and at the same time share a general responsibility for all humanity. — Marie Curie Copy Share Image
Every being ought to do that which is according to its constitution; and all other things have been constituted for the sake of the… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both. So let us work towards a society where we would do unto… — Dwight D Eisenhower Copy Share Image
Villainy that is vigilant will be an overmatch for virtue, if she slumber at her post. — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
A beautiful woman, if poor, should use double circumspection; for her beauty will tempt others, her poverty herself. — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
Were the life of man prolonged, he would become such a proficient in villainy, that it would become necessary again to drown or to… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
To dare to live alone is the rarest courage; since there are many who had rather meet their bitterest enemy in the field, than… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
It is doubtful whether mankind are most indebted to those who like Bacon and Butler dig the gold from the mine of literature, or… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
Be very slow to believe that you are wiser than all others; it is a fatal but common error. Where one has been saved… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
None are so fond of secrets as those who do not mean to keep them. — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
Mental pleasures never cloy; unlike those of the body, they are increased by reputation, approved by reflection, and strengthened by enjoyment. — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
Ignorance lies at the bottom of all human knowledge, and the deeper we penetrate, the nearer we arrive unto it. — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
Heroism, self-denial, and magnanimity, in all instances where they do not spring from a principle of religion, are but splendid altars on which we… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
We ought not to be over-anxious to encourage innovation in cases of doubtful improvement, for an old system must ever have two advantages over… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
We owe almost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed, but to those who have differed — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
Life, whether in this world or any other, is the sum of our attainment, our experience, our character. The conditions are secondary. In what… — Edwin Hubbel Chapin Copy Share Image
The Attainment of freedom, whether for a person, a nation or a world, must be in exact proportion to the attainment of nonviolence for… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
In transmitting the dharma, there is neither explanation nor teaching; there is neighter hearing nor attainment. Since explanations never really explains, nor are they… — John Daido Loori Copy Share Image
At length weariness succeeds to labor, and the mind lies at ease in the contemplation of her own attainments without any desire of new… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
The mind of one meditating on a single object becomes one-pointed. And one-pointedness of mind leads to abidance in the self. Real attainment is… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
Not merely by rules of conduct and religious observances, nor by much learning either, nor even by attainment of concentration, nor by sleeping alone,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The most important rules that I ever adopted to help me in achieving my goals were those I learned from a very successful man… — Tony Robbins Copy Share Image
Like myself, all Americans have a deep concern for the well-being of Iran. With them I have watched closely your courageous efforts, your steadfastness… — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
The ability to discriminate between that which is true and that which is false is one of the last attainments of the human mind. — James F. Cooper Copy Share Image
The more clearly defined and keenly desired your goals, the more of your natural creativity will be released for goal attainment. — Brian Tracy Copy Share Image
Every attainment, every step forward in knowledge, follows from courage, from hardness against oneself, from cleanliness in relation to oneself. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
