Be good Quote by Mary Astell Download Open image “That Man indeed can never be good at heart, who is full of himself and his own Endowments.” — Mary Astell ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.9 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Be good Endowment Endowments Good heart Greatness Heart Heart Endowments Man Good Men
The only man we have any respect for, is he who uses all the endowment he has, and uses it until he bleeds. — Martin H Fischer Copy Share Image
It is the duty of a great person so to demean himself, as that whatever endowments he may have, he may appear to value… — Richard Steele Copy Share Image
That man is great, and he alone, Who serves a greatness not his own, For neither praise nor self: Content to know and be… — Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton Copy Share Image
No man is rich who is unsatisfied, but who wants nothing possess his heart's desire. — Richard P. Feynman Copy Share Image
As a rule, the man who can do all things equally well is a very mediocre individual. — Elbert Hubbard Copy Share Image
Therefore, the truly great man, although he does not injure others, does not credit himself with charity and mercy (these are natural to him).… — Zhuangzi Copy Share Image
By his own efforts man could never gain the true and desired riches. — Joseph Franklin Rutherford Copy Share Image
The heart of man does not tolerate an absence of the excellent and supreme. — Jose Ortega y Gasset Copy Share Image
The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he acquires, but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
That man, we may be sure, is a person of true worth, whom those who envy him most are yet forced to praise. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
He who will be just, must be forc'd to acknowledge, that neither Sex are always in the right. — Mary Astell Copy Share Image
A husband is indeed thought by both sexes so very valuable, that scarce a man who can keep himself clean and make a bow,… — Mary Astell Copy Share Image
“Strip him of equipage and fortune, and such things as only dazzle our eyes and imaginations, but don't in any measure affect our reason… — Mary Astell Copy Share Image
How can a Man respect his Wife when he has a contemptible Opinion of her and her Sex? — Mary Astell Copy Share Image
To all the rest of his Absurdities, (for vice is always unreasonable,) he adds one more, who expects that Vertue from another which he… — Mary Astell Copy Share Image
Your glass will not do you half so much service as a serious reflection on your own minds. — Mary Astell Copy Share Image
Every one knows, that the mind will not be kept from contemplating what it loves in the midst of crowds and business. Hence come… — Mary Astell Copy Share Image
friendship is a virtue which comprehends all the rest; none being fit for this, who is not adorned with every other virtue. — Mary Astell Copy Share Image
We ought as much as we can to endeavour the Perfecting of our Beings, and that we be as happy as possibly we may. — Mary Astell Copy Share Image
How can you be content to be in the world like tulips in a garden, to make a fine show, and be good for… — Mary Astell Copy Share Image
It's like the query letter problem that I just mentioned, magnified a hundredfold. You might be good at telling a story, but that doesn't… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
Peace is the result of love, and if love were easy we'd all be good at it. — Colman McCarthy Copy Share Image
Therefore, I see whatever exists as good, death is to me like life, sin like holiness, wisdom like foolishness, everything has to be as… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
Most of us want to live in harmony and peace and be good to others. Right now, however, the world is in a very… — Hany Abu-Assad Copy Share Image
I've never had any desire to be good. I don't like goodness particularly. — Hanif Kureishi Copy Share Image
To become a classical ballerina, you have to move to New York when you're 12 or 11 and that becomes your life. I just… — Jennifer Garner Copy Share Image
The producers felt that 24 would be good for the audience, to really get to know who these 12 and 12 are. — Paula Abdul Copy Share Image
All will concede that in order to have good neighbors, we must also be good neighbors. That applies in every field of human endeavor. — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
Everybody wants to be good, but not many are prepared to make the sacrifices it takes to be great. — Paul Arden Copy Share Image
There's such cultural rot taking place, such a disintegration throughout our culture. Values, morality, you name it. Standards have been relaxed, and people are… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
The difference in being good at some thing and being great at something is usually found in the little things. — Randy Anderson Copy Share Image