Belly Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

He who does not feed you can demand nothing of you,

— Thomas Sankara

“You don't force him, don't beat him, don't give him orders, because you know that 'soft' is stronger than 'hard', Water stronger than rocks,…

— Hermann Hesse

He has great tranquillity of heart who cares neither for the praises nor the fault-finding of men. He will easily be content and pacified,…

— Thomas a Kempis

Self-justification is a treacherous servant.

— Wellington Mara

He must put aside his pride, his virtue, beauty and life and bow or submit to the absolutely intolerable.

— Joseph Campbell

Let him who elevates himself above humanity . . . say, if he pleases, "I will never compromise"; but let no one who is…

— Henry Clay

Obedience indeed is only the pitiful and cowardly egotism of him who thinks that he can do something better than reason.

— Percy Bysshe Shelley

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

He who denies himself much in great matters will readily indulge himself in small things.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Trust him little who praise all, him less who censures all and him least who is indifferent about all.

— Johann Kaspar Lavater

Woe to him that claims obedience when it is not due; woe to him that refuses it when it is.

— Thomas Carlyle

He who, with strong passions, remains chaste--he who, keenly sensitive, with manly power of indignation in him, can yet restrain himself and forgive--these are…

— Frederick William Robertson