Behavior Quote by Thomas a Kempis

If a man were so placed or could so place himself as to be absolutely above all dependence on his fellow-beings he would become…

— Mahatma Gandhi

A man must have very eminent qualities to hold his own without being polite.

— Jean de la Bruyere

A man must be of a very quiet and happy nature, who can long endure the country; and, moreover, very well contented with his…

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

No man or woman of the humblest sort can really be strong, gentle and good, without the world being better for it, without somebody…

— Alan Alda

He who knows himself well is mean and abject in his own sight, and takes no delight in the vain praise of men.

— Thomas a Kempis

Man (in good earnest) is a marvellous vain, fickle, and unstable subject, and on whom it is very hard to form any certain and…

— Michel de Montaigne

Truly man is a marvelously vain, diverse, and undulating object. It is hard to found any constant and uniform judgment on him.

— Michel de Montaigne

“Man is naturally humble, naturally grateful, naturally guilty, naturally transcended, naturally a sufferer; he is small, pitiful, weak, a passive taker who tucks himself…

— Ernest Becker

The truest human is the one whose conduct proceeds from goodwill and an acute sense of propriety, and whose self control is equal to…

— Markesa Yeager

That man is truly humble who neither claims any personal merit in the sight of God, nor proudly despises brethren, or aims at being…

— John Calvin

A true gentleman makes demands upon himself but not upon others.

— Confucius

What man condemns in others, he attracts to himself.

— Florence Scovel Shinn