There are always survivors at a massacre. Among the victors, if nowhere else. —Lois McMaster Bujold More about this quote Tags: violence victory massacre Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility. —G. M. Trevelyan More about this quote Tags: responsibility Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity. —Horace Mann More about this quote Tags: victory Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
We improve ourselves by victories over ourself. There must be contests, and you must win. —Edward Gibbon More about this quote Tags: victory self-mastery Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
One can pass on responsibility, but not the discretion that goes with it. —Benvenuto Cellini More about this quote Tags: responsibility Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Force is all-conquering, but its victories are short-lived. —Abraham Lincoln More about this quote Tags: victory Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today. —Abraham Lincoln More about this quote Tags: responsibility Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
He who undervalues himself is justly undervalued by others. —William Hazlitt More about this quote Tags: values Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The way to procure insults is to submit to them: a man meets with no more respect than he exacts. —William Hazlitt More about this quote Tags: respect Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
If we keep treating our most important values as meaningless relics, that's exactly what they'll become. —Michael Josephson More about this quote Tags: values Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
If you want to be respected, you must respect yourself. —Spanish Proverb More about this quote Tags: respect Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Nearly all legislation involves a weighing of public needs as against private desires; and likewise a weighing of relative social values. —Louis D. Brandeis More about this quote Tags: values Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
We live in a time of transition, an uneasy era which is likely to endure for the rest of this century. During the period we may be tempted to abandon some of the time-honored principles and commitments which have been proven during the difficult times of past generations. We must never yield to this temptation. Our American values are not luxuries, but necessities - not the salt in our bread, but the bread itself. —Jimmy Carter More about this quote Tags: values Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Self-respect is the cornerstone of all virtue. —John Herschel More about this quote Tags: respect Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Our American values are not luxuries but necessities, not the salt in our bread, but the bread itself. Our common vision of a free and just society is our greatest source of cohesion at home and strength abroad, greater than the bounty of our material blessings. —Jimmy Carter More about this quote Tags: values Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email