Advantage Quote by Lyndon B. Johnson

So willing is every man to flatter himself, that the difference between approving laws, and obeying them, is frequently forgotten; he that acknowledges the…

— Samuel Johnson

“If you find a deadness and unaptness, an indisposition in you, you must lift up your souls to the Lord and not give over…

— John F. MacArthur Jr

“If we promoted justice and charity among men, we should be playing directly into the Enemy's hands; but if we guide them to the…

— C.S. Lewis

In the measure to which a man cuts off and humbles his own will, he proceeds toward success. But insofar as he stubbornly guards…

— Ephrem the Syrian

It behooves us always to bear in mind, that while actions are always to be judged by the immutable standard of right and wrong,…

— Robert Southey

This is the part of a great man, after he has maturely weighed all circumstances, to punish the guilty, to spare the many, and…

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

A valiant man Ought not to undergo, or tempt a danger, But worthily, and by selected ways, He undertakes with reason, not by chance.…

— Ben Jonson

He that is ungrateful has no guilt but one; all other crimes may pass for virtues in him.

— Edward Young

It is one of the oldest maxims of moral prudence: Do not, by aspiring to what is impracticable, lose the opportunity of doing the…

— William Godwin

Hypocrisy itself does great honor, or rather justice, to religion, and tacitly acknowledges it to be an ornament to human nature. The hypocrite would…

— Joseph Addison

“You have behaved in an exemplary manner until now. Even when you could have gained by doing something wrong, you refrained from doing so.…

— Amish Tripathi

“When a man’s love of finery clouds his moral judgment, that is vanity. When he lets a demanding palate make his moral choices, that…

— Matthew Scully