Leadership Quote by Plutarch

“But all civilisations pass away and, even while they remain, inflict peculiar sufferings of their own probably sufficient to outweigh what alleviations they may…

— Business and Leadership Publishing

“they were, perhaps, so unwearyingly fond of good things not least because they could, when put to it, do without them, and could survive…

— J.R.R. Tolkien

“[Theseus] soon found himself involved in factions and troubles; those who long had hated him had now added to their hatred contempt; and the…

— Plutarch

“Whatever the hardship of life, and whatever the harshness of test and trial was, the same fate with which our misfortune is preordained may…

— Mohamed Adly

“then all these people were his brothers and sisters. Each one of them carried the memory of a beloved mother and a better past,…

— Hermann Hesse

“it was a love and empathy for those who suffered, for what they endured and what he might bring to bear.”

— Paul Kalanithi

“. . . you would have had a protected, satisfied, laborious, and obedient people, taught to seek and to recognize the happiness that is…

— Edmund Burke

“Twas such a useless thing. And so unnecessary. Many had suffered for the actions of a few. Wasn't that always the way of things?…

— Maya Banks

“This vexed Theseus, and determining not to hold aloof, but to share the fortunes of the people, he came forward and offered himself without…

— Plutarch

“all were suffering; that whatever way one took in this world, one must try to remember that all were suffering (none content; all wronged,…

— George Saunders

"I believe that no characteristic is so distinctively human as the sense of indebtedness we feel, not necessarily for a favor received, but even…

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

“It was clear that everything considered important and good was insignificant and repulsive, and that all this glamour and luxury hid the old well-known…

— Leo Tolstoy