Benevolence Quote by W. Somerset Maugham

Benevolence is the characteristic element of humanity.

— Confucius

“Habits, if not resisted, soon become necessity.”

— Augustine of Hippo

“Enthusiasm for a cause sometimes warps judgement.”

— William Howard Taft

“General benevolence, but not general friendship, make a man what he ought to be.”

— Jane Austen

“Never ascribe to irrational benevolence what selfishness will explain.”

— Yoon Ha Lee

“Most personalities have been obliged to be rebels. Half their strength has been wasted in friction.”

— Oscar Wilde

“Everything is habit with men, everything even in their social and political relations. Habit is the great motive-power.”

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“Maybe we benefit from the providence of others more often than we know.”

— Elizabeth Enright

“It may, incidentally, be observed that the regularity of a habit is usually in direct proportion to its absurdity.”

— Marcel Proust

“When ambition exceeds ability, you are going to experience hardship. We have the choice to fear it or embrace it.”

— Kevin Jorgenson

“life has a way of forcing decisions on those who vacillate.”

— Nelson Mandela

“In politics, the things that do not happen are frequently as significant as those that do.”

— Theodore H. White