Firsts Quote by Sophie Swetchine Download Open image “I like people to be saints; but I want them to be first and superlatively honest men.” — Sophie Swetchine ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.1 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Firsts Honest Honest man Honesty Men People Saint Want
How many honest men do you know? Take the sinners away from the saints, you're lucky to end up with Abraham Lincoln. — Paul Newman Copy Share Image
I know I'm not a saint, but I'm not the guy I'm made out to be by others. — John Calipari Copy Share Image
Saints rarely have friends; they are usually hated and derided, for they love and love is always rejected by hard-hearted men…saints do not advertise… — Taylor Caldwell Copy Share Image
Sometimes I see myself reflected too closely in other men for comfort, and then I have an enormous wish to believe in the saints,… — Graham Greene Copy Share Image
Although we tend to think about saints as holy and pious, and picture them with halos above their heads and ecstatic gazes, true saints… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
The more honesty a man has, the less he affects the air of a saint. — Johann Kaspar Lavater Copy Share Image
“And nothing is more common than for men to be mistaken concerning their own state: many that are abominable to God, and the children… — Jonathan Edwards Copy Share Image
But, you know, I feel more fellowship with the defeated than with saints. Heroism and sanctity don't really appeal to me, I imagine. What… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
Keep in mind that our community is not composed of those who are already saints, but of those who are trying to become saints.… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
I have always wanted to become a saint. Unfortunately, when I have compared myself with the saints, I have always found that there is… — Therese of Lisieux Copy Share Image
If one avoids haughtiness to the utmost extent and is exceedingly humble, he is termed a saint, and this is the standard of saintliness. — Maimonides Copy Share Image
A good, finished scandal, fully armed and equipped, such as circulates in the world, is rarely the production of a single individual, or even… — Sophie Swetchine Copy Share Image
Respect is a serious thing in him who feels it, and the height of honor for him who inspires the feeling. — Sophie Swetchine Copy Share Image
Since there must be chimeras, why is not perfection the chimera of all men? — Sophie Swetchine Copy Share Image
Those who have suffered much are like those who know many languages; they have learned to understand and be understood by all. — Sophie Swetchine Copy Share Image
Men are always invoking justice; yet it is justice which should make them tremble. — Sophie Swetchine Copy Share Image
To reveal imprudently the spot where we are most sensitive and vulnerable is to invite a blow. The demigod Achilles admitted no one to… — Sophie Swetchine Copy Share Image
There are questions so indiscreet, that they deserve neither truth nor falsehood in reply. — Sophie Swetchine Copy Share Image
Antiquity is a species of aristocracy with which it is not easy to be on visiting terms. — Sophie Swetchine Copy Share Image
The best of lessons, for a good many people, would be to listen at a keyhole. It is a pity for such that the… — Sophie Swetchine Copy Share Image
There is, by God's grace, an immeasurable distance between late and too late. — Sophie Swetchine Copy Share Image
I always say there are two things to be successful. The first is decide exactly what you want - set your goals - and… — Brian Tracy Copy Share Image
My first ever job after college was as a flight attendant. I wanted to travel and could not afford it, so I decided to… — Jacqueline Winspear Copy Share Image
Since I worked with Danny Boyle before on Slumdog Millionaire, we have great success and everything. So, when I first got the script and… — A. R. Rahman Copy Share Image
You sort of can't talk about the post production unless you talk about what comes first. — Paul Greengrass Copy Share Image
I'm a business first and foremost so whatever my business is, it's separate from my personal. It's like whatever I do business wise, it's… — Snoop Dogg Copy Share Image
A man walks down the street. It's a street in a strange world. Maybe it's the third world. Maybe it's his first time around.… — Paul Simon Copy Share Image
I did not know that the planning for biological and chemical warfare was so widespread in England, and even in France before France fell.… — Nicholson Baker Copy Share Image
The biggest change for me as a mom was realizing I needed to put someone else before me. Now the hardest part about the… — Kim Alexis Copy Share Image
When I first started, my message was about joy, but I didn't really have the vocabulary and life experience to fully deliver it. — Jason Mraz Copy Share Image
I'm very used to working with first time actors - you can just look back at 'E.T.' with Drew Barrymore, and Christian Bale from… — Steven Spielberg Copy Share Image
I have lifted my plane . . . for perhaps a thousand flights and I have never felt her wheels glide from the Earth… — Beryl Markham Copy Share Image
We need a system that serves our needs, not the needs of others. Remember, under a Trump administration it's called America first. Remember that. — Donald Trump Copy Share Image