"Rudeness is a weak imitation of strength." — Eric Hoffer

"Rudeness is a weak imitation of strength."

— Eric Hoffer

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462 Quotes by Eric Hoffer

Eric Hoffer has 462 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

In a time of drastic change, it is the learners who inherit the future.
Death has but one terror, that it has no tomorrow.
To dispose a soul to action we must upset its equilibrium.
Naivete in grownups is often charming; but when coupled with vanity it is indistinguishable from stupidity.
A ruling intelligentsia, whether in Europe, Asia or Africa, treats the masses as raw material to be experimented on, processed,…
Help your sister's boat across the water, and yours too will reach the other side. Kindness can become its own…
To wrong those we hate is to add fuel to our hatred. Conversely, to treat an enemy with magnanimity is…
In running away from ourselves we either fall on our neighbor's shoulder or fly at his throat.
Creativity is discontent translated into arts.
The self-despisers are less intent on their own increase than on the diminution of others. Where self-esteem is unobtainable, envy…
There are no chaste minds. Minds copulate wherever they meet.
We are more ready to try the untried when what we do is inconsequential. Hence the remarkable fact that many…

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Anybody can become angry - that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right… — Aristotle
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The ideal attitude is to be physically loose and mentally tight. — Arthur Ashe
Our life is what our thoughts make it. — Marcus Aurelius
When we are flat on our backs there is no way to look but up. — Roger Babson
A positive attitude can really make dreams come true - it did for me. — David Bailey
I never really look for anything. What God throws my way comes. I wake up in the morning and whichever… — Pearl Bailey
I think a lot of times we don't pay enough attention to people with a positive attitude because we assume… — Amy Adams
Time is a dressmaker specializing in alterations. — Faith Baldwin
The most dangerous creation of any society is the man who has nothing to lose. — James A. Baldwin

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