Able Quote by Lord Chesterfield

An able man shows his spirit by gentle words and resolute actions.

— Lord Chesterfield

Spirit is now a very fashionable word: to act with Spirit, to speak with Spirit, means only to act rashly, and to talk indiscreetly.…

— Lord Chesterfield

There is no kind obondage which life lays upon us that may not yield both sweetness and strength; and nothing reveals a man's character…

— Hamilton Wright Mabie

He that is warm for truth, and fearless in its defense, performs one of the duties of a good man; he strenghtens his own…

— Samuel Johnson

There's nothing a man can't do if the spirit's there.

— Franz Stampfl

A man who is good from docility, and not from stern self-control, has no character.

— Henry Hazlitt

Man (in good earnest) is a marvellous vain, fickle, and unstable subject, and on whom it is very hard to form any certain and…

— Michel de Montaigne

A man's ability cannot possibly be of one sort and his soul of another. If his soul be well-ordered, serious and restrained, his ability…

— Seneca the Younger

A man who is difficult to be influenced and can't be easily controlled by , receives a greater sense of respect and are considered…

— Senoraroy

Without spirit, man is just a misty creature that reflects nothing.

— Mariana Fulger

The spirit of a man is constructed out of his choices.

— Irvin D. Yalom

A gentleman has ease without familiarity, is respectful without meanness; genteel without affectation, insinuating without seeming art.

— Lord Chesterfield