Common Quote by Joseph Hertz

“Ingratitude is the attitude of being unaware or not recognizing when someone has assisted us or helped us or, even worse, when we know…

— Robert D. Hales

“Succeed: theory. Prosperity argues capacity. Win in the lottery, and behold! you are a clever man. He who triumphs is venerated. Be born with…

— Victor Hugo

To our wise and free institutions it is to be attributed that while other nations have achieved glory at the price of the suffering,…

— James K Polk

“It may be remarked in passing that success is an ugly thing. Men are deceived by its false resemblances to merit. To the crowd,…

— Victor Hugo

Ingratitude is amongst them a capital crime, as we read it to have been in some other countries: for they reason thus; that whoever…

— Jonathan Swift

Those who have once got an ascendancy, and possessed themselves of all the resources of the nation, their revenues and offices, have immense means…

— Thomas Jefferson

All great achievements have one thing in common - people with a passion to succeed

— Pat Cash

The most immodest rulers are those who attribute their faults and insufficiencies to their people!

— Great Orod

“A person is not measured by their accomplishments. Neither are they measured by their ability to accomplish. In fact, it’s not about being measured.…

— Craig D. Lounsbrough

We envy those whose possessions or achievements are a reflection on our own. They are our neighbors and equals. It is they, above all…

— Helmut Schoeck

Talent and worth are the only eternal grounds of distinction. To these the Almighty has affixed His everlasting patent of nobility. Knowledge and goodness,--these…

— Catharine Sedgwick

People that are conceited of their own merit take pride in being unfortunate, that themselves and others may think them considerable enough to be…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld