Attention Quote by Confucius

A man must thank his defects, and stand in some terror of his talents.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

A man who shows no defect is a fool or a hypocrite, whom we should mistrust. There are defects so bound to fine qualities…

— Joseph Joubert

The gentleman is calm and at ease. The gentleman is dignified but not proud; the small man is proud but not dignified.

— Confucius

A man's personal defects will commonly have with the rest of the world precisely that importance which they have to himself. If he makes…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

The sensitivity of men to small matters, and their indifference to great ones, indicates a strange inversion.

— Blaise Pascal

The more defects a man may have, the older he is, the less lovable, the more resounding his success.

— Marquis de Sade

What happens to a man is less significant than what happens within him.

— Anonymous

It is the prerogative of great men only to have great defects.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Happy the man when he has not the defects of his qualities.

— Isaac D'Israeli

A man must thank his defects, and stand in some terror of his talents. A transcendent talent draws so largely on his forces as…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

If the gentleman is not serious, he will not be respected, and his learning will not be on a firm foundation. He considers loyalty…

— Confucius

A gentleman does not appear to know more or to be more than those with whom he is thrown into company.

— John Lancaster Spalding