Demand Quote by Confucius Download Open image “The demands that a great man makes are on himself; those of a petty man are upon others.” — Confucius ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.4 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Demand Great man Great men Men Petty Positive
He who makes great demands upon himself is naturally inclined to make great demands on others. — Andre Gide Copy Share Image
The demands that good people make are upon themselves; Those that bad people make are upon others. — Confucius Copy Share Image
The nature of man is such that people consider themselves put under an obligation as much by the benefits they confer as by those… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
We distinguish the excellent man from the common man by saying that the former is the one who makes great demands on himself, and… — Jose Ortega y Gasset Copy Share Image
The petty man is eager to make boasts, yet desires that others should believe in him. He enthusiastically engages in deception, yet wants others… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Every man stamps his value on himself. The price we challenge for ourselves is given us by others. -Man is made great or little by his own will. — Harold B. Lee Copy Share
“Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition,” he wrote. “I have no other so great as that of being truly esteemed of… — Doris Kearns Goodwin Copy Share Image
The measure of a truly great man is the courtesy with which he treats lesser men. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Men seek to be great; they would have offices, wealth, power, and fame. They think that to be great is to possess one side… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Those who profess contempt for men, and put them on a level with beasts, yet wish to be admired and believed by men, and… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
“Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition... I have no other so great as that of being truely esteemed of my fellow… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Attack the evil that is within yourself, rather than attacking the evil that is in others. — Confucius Copy Share Image
In ancient times, those who wished to illuminate the world with virtue first brought order to their nations. Wishing to order well their nations,… — Confucius Copy Share Image
Better than the one who knows what is right is the one who loves what is right. — Confucius Copy Share Image
Knowledge is merely brilliance in organization of ideas and not wisdom. The truly wise person goes beyond knowledge. — Confucius Copy Share Image
I live in a very small house, but my windows look out on a very large world. — Confucius Copy Share Image
To rule a country of a thousand chariots, there must be reverent attention to business, and sincerity; economy in expenditure, and love for men;… — Confucius Copy Share Image
Does Heaven ever speak? The four seasons come and go, and all creatures thrive and grow. Does Heaven ever speak! — Confucius Copy Share Image
Our times demand the declaration of the world's resources as the common heritage of all people. — Jacque Fresco Copy Share Image
Parents who are stressed or disturbed will have more difficulty in meeting their children's needs. Parents who have little support--from friends, relatives, neighbors, or… — Sheila Kamerman Copy Share Image
If a person does not listen to the demands of their own spiritual and heart life and insists on a certain program, you're going… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
Empires fall, ids explode, great symphonies are written, and behind all of it is a single instinct that demands satisfaction. — Sherwin B. Nuland Copy Share Image
My dogs can't do anything--and what a relief. I don't make any demands of them, and I don't try to shape them or their… — Amy Chua Copy Share Image
The trouble is. . .that everybody sneers at restrictions and demands freedom, till something annoying happens; then they demand angrily what has become of… — Dorothy L. Sayers Copy Share Image
You be greater than your feelings. I don't demand this of you - life does. Otherwise you'll be washed away by feelings. You'll be… — Philip Roth Copy Share Image
Christianity does not oppose debauchery and uncontrollable passions and the like as much as it opposes... flat mediocrity, this nauseating atmosphere, this homey, civil… — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
It is an interesting law of romance that a truly strong woman will choose a strong man who disagrees with her over a weak… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
If our faith in God is not the veriest sham, it demands, and will produce, the abandonment sometimes, the subordination always, of external helps… — Alexander MacLaren Copy Share Image
There was no mistake in us making abortion legal and available on demand. That was what we call progress. Just like it was no… — Mark Ruffalo Copy Share Image
