Accomplishment Quote by Henry David Thoreau

“A man should begin with his own times. He should become acquainted first of all with the world in which he is living and…

— Henry Miller

Man needs now no more degrees, but character, No more study, but wisdom.

— Sivananda

What greater prestige can a man like me (not too gifted, but very understanding) have than to have taken a cheap, shoddy and utterly…

— Raymond Chandler

Much of the wisdom of the world is not wisdom, and the most illuminated class of men are no doubt superior to literary fame,…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Every man of sound brain whom you meet knows something worth knowing better than yourself. A man, on the whole, is a better preceptor…

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

One cannot demand of a scholar that he show himself a scholar everywhere in society, but the whole tenor of his behavior must none…

— Georg C. Lichtenberg

The intellectual, the man of thought, doubt and analysis, should give the best of himself.

— Tahar Ben Jelloun

One of the most arrogant undertakings, to my mind, is to write the biography of a man which pretends to go beyond external facts…

— Theodor Haecker

The great man who gives a true transcript of his mind fascinates and instructs. Most writers suppress individuality. They wish to please the public.

— Robert Green Ingersoll

He was a man who wrote, who interpreted the world. Wisdom grew out of being handed just the smallest sliver of emotion. A glance…

— Michael Ondaatje

Man is a willful and covetous animal, who makes use of his intellect to satisfy his inclinations, but who cares nothing for truth, who…

— Henri Frederic Amiel

“A man may possess a profound knowledge of history and mathematics; he may be an authority in psychology, biology, or astronomy; he may know…

— David O. McKay