"Honesty, disinterestedness and good nature are indispensable to……" — Thomas Jefferson
"Honesty, disinterestedness and good nature are indispensable to procure the esteem and confidence of those with whom we live, and on whose esteem our happiness depends."
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1,437 Quotes by Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson has 1,437 quotes on this site.
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Religious leaders will always avail themselves of public ignorance for their own purpose.
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Born in other countries, yet believing you could be happy in this, our laws acknowledge, as they should do, your…
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[Emigrants] will bring with them the principles of the governments they leave, imbibed in their early youth; or, if able…
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The only security of all is in a free press. The force of public opinion cannot be resisted when permitted…
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It is strangely absurd to suppose that a million of human beings, collected together, are not under the same moral…
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The sentiments of men are known not only by what they receive, but what they reject also.
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If ever there was a holy war, it was that which saved our liberties and gave us independence.
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We prefer war in all cases to tribute under any form and to any people whatever.
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I have always said that a studious perusal of the sacred volume will make better citizens, better fathers, and better…
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The sovereign invigorator of the body is exercise, and of all the exercises walking is the best.
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It is not only vain, but wicked, in a legislator to frame laws in opposition to the laws of nature,…
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Motherhood is the keystone of the arch of matrimonial happiness.
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I am, indeed, a king, because I know how to rule myself.
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We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.
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You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to…
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Courage is a mean with regard to fear and confidence.
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Honesty is the cornerstone of all success, without which confidence and ability to perform shall cease to exist.
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One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.
— Arthur Ashe
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Give a girl an education and introduce her properly into the world, and ten to one but she has the…
— Jane Austen
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I am not a has-been. I am a will be.
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When a woman reaches twenty-six in America, she's on the slide. It's downhill all the way from then on. It…
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Argue for your limitations, and sure enough they're yours.
— Richard Bach
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No man has the right to dictate what other men should perceive, create or produce, but all should be encouraged…
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Nothing is a greater impediment to being on good terms with others than being ill at ease with yourself.
— Honore de Balzac
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