Short quotations about, others - Page 6

John F. Kennedy

We stand for freedom. That is our c…

15 Feb , 2011  

We stand for freedom. That is our conviction for ourselves; that is our only commitment to others. Great short quote and quotation by: John F. Kennedy , US Democratic politician (1917 – 1963)

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What is all wisdom save a collectio…

15 Feb , 2011  

What is all wisdom save a collection of platitudes. Take fifty of our current proverbial sayings– they are so trite, so threadbare. None the less they embody the concentrated experience of the race, and the man who orders his life according to their teachings cannot be far wrong. Has any man ever attained to inner […]

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Lucretius, De Rerum Natura

What is food to one, is to others b…

15 Feb , 2011  

What is food to one, is to others bitter poison. Great short quote and quotation by: Lucretius, De Rerum Natura , Roman Epicurean poet, philosopher, & scientist (96 BC – 55 BC)

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Paul Valery

What others think of us would be of…

15 Feb , 2011  

What others think of us would be of little moment did it not, when known, so deeply tinge what we think of ourselves. Great short quote and quotation by: Paul Valery , French critic & poet (1871 – 1945)

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What the superior man seeks is in h…

15 Feb , 2011  

What the superior man seeks is in himself; what the small man seeks is in others. Great short quote and quotation by: Confucius , Chinese philosopher & reformer (551 BC – 479 BC)

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What the superior man seeks is in h…

15 Feb , 2011  

What the superior man seeks is in himself. What the mean man seeks is in others. Great short quote and quotation by: Confucius, The Confucian Analects , Chinese philosopher & reformer (551 BC – 479 BC)

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Albert Pike

What we have done for ourselves alo…

15 Feb , 2011  

What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal. Great short quote and quotation by: Albert Pike ,

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Albert Pine

What we do for ourselves dies with …

15 Feb , 2011  

What we do for ourselves dies with us. What we do for others and the world remains and is immortal. Great short quote and quotation by: Albert Pine ,

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What you do not want done to yourse…

15 Feb , 2011  

What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others. Great short quote and quotation by: Confucius, The Confucian Analects , Chinese philosopher & reformer (551 BC – 479 BC)

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Thomas Szasz, "The Second Sin"

When a person can no longer laugh a…

15 Feb , 2011  

When a person can no longer laugh at himself, it is time for others to laugh at him. Great short quote and quotation by: Thomas Szasz, “The Second Sin” ,

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When one admits that nothing is cer…

15 Feb , 2011  

When one admits that nothing is certain one must, I think, also admit that some things are much more nearly certain than others. Great short quote and quotation by: Bertrand Russell, “Am I An Atheist Or An Agnostic?”, 1947 , British author, mathematician, & philosopher (1872 – 1970)

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Bertrand Russell

When one admits that nothing is cer…

15 Feb , 2011  

When one admits that nothing is certain one must, I think, also admit that some things are much more nearly certain than others. It is much more nearly certain that we are assembled here tonight than it is that this or that political party is in the right. Certainly there are degrees of certainty, and […]

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