Backsliding Quote by George Eliot

A man that hath no virtue in himself, ever envieth virtue in others. For men's minds, will either feed upon their own good, or…

— Francis Bacon

Virtue extends our days: he lives two lives who relives his past with pleasure.

— Martial

“But this is my contentment, that I've lost what I never needed and what I need I can never lose: these two things, universal…

— Walter Wangerin Jr

“The way in which a man accepts his fate and all the suffering it entails, the way in which he takes up his cross,…

— Viktor E. Frankl

“Man is the sole and absolute master of his own fate forever. What he has sown in the times of his ignorance, he must…

— Paul Bragg

The way in which a man accepts his fate and all the suffering it entails, the way in which he takes up his cross,…

— Viktor E. Frankl

The more spiritual a man desires to be, the more bitter does his present life become to him; because he sees more clearly and…

— Thomas a Kempis

A man who has once perceived, however temporarily and however briefly, what makes greatness of soul, can no longer be happy if he allows…

— Bertrand Russell

Man strives for glory, honor, fame, so that all the world may know his name. Amasses wealth by brain and hand. Becomes a power…

— Anonymous

The man who is completely wise and virtuous has no need of glory, except so far as it disposes and eases his way to…

— Plutarch

Man is not by any means of fixed and enduring form (this, in spite of suspicions to the contrary on the part of their…

— Hermann Hesse

The virtues which keep this world sweet and the faithfulness which keeps it steadfast are chiefly those of the average man. The danger of…

— Walter Russell Bowie