Ashamed Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

A cultivated and decent man cannot be vain without setting a fearfully high standard for himself, and without despising and almost hating himself at…

— Anonymous

Society gains nothing whilst a man, not himself renovated, attempts to renovate things around him; he has become tediously good insome particular but negligent…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

A man can become so accustomed to the thought of his own faults that he will begin to cherish them as charming little 'personal…

— Helen Rowland

“For the recognition of private property has really harmed Individualism, and obscured it, by confusing a man with what he possesses.  It has led…

— Oscar Wilde

[T]he recognition of private property has really harmed Individualism, and obscured it, by confusing a man with what he possesses. It has led Individualism…

— Oscar Wilde

Man is buffeted by circumstances so long as he believes himself to be the creature of outside conditions, but when he realizes that he…

— James Allen

“It is not in the nature of man--nor of any living entity--to start out by giving up, by spitting in one's own face and…

— Ayn Rand

Men inadvertently comport themselves with nobility when they have grown accustomed to wanting nothing from others and always giving to them.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

“A man needs to feel powerful and respected. Innately within us, as far back as we can remember, we have taught ourselves to grand…

— Jason Versey

When a man sees himself as others see him , he is now prepared to grow as a human being

— Gerald lanteigne

“Man’s development requires his capacity to transcend the narrow prison of his ego, his greed, his selfishness, his separation from his fellow man, and,…

— Erich Fromm

There are times when a man should be content with what he has but never with what he is

— William George Jordan