Leadership Quote by William Makepeace Thackeray

“He firmly believed that everything he did was right, that he ought on all occasions to have his own way—and like the sting of…

— William Makepeace Thackeray

“We cherish all that we have accomplished. But our world is still flawed. Hate exists, as does prejudice and war.”

— Liu Cixin

“For he was a sincere man, and in spite of his superficial airs and graces, at root a humble one. And it is always…

— Chesterton Gilbert Chesterton

“There’s not a person in history who achieved greatness without choking back some pride, without ever smiling at someone they despised, without playing along…

— S. J. Kincaid

“Yet, unless he sets up as a saint, he need not hate himself for them. He is better employed, as it humbly seems to…

— Anthony Hope

“A developed and decent man cannot be vain without a boundless exactingness towards himself and without despising himself at moments to the point of…

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“I had hoped to be disliked by most, not by way of rebellion, but by way of excellence, disdain for the habitual, and the…

— Jamie Weise

“He felt that he could not turn aside from himself the hatred of men, because that hatred did not come from his being bad…

— Leo Tolstoy

“Judging oneself to be inferior to other people was one of the worst acts of pride he knew, because it was the most destructive…

— Paulo Coelho

“To say that he hated it would be unjust, for, like most sensible people, he held hatred to be an elixir far too precious…

— Edgar Saltus

“persuading himself that he was a most conscientious and glorious martyr, [he] nobly resolved to do what, if he had examined his own heart…

— Charles Dickens

“It was at such moments that for an instant he ceased to be a reasoning machine and betrayed his human love for admiration and…

— Sir Arthur Conan Doyle