Violence ever defeats its own ends. Where you cannot drive you can always persuade. A gentle word a kind look a good-natured smile can work wonders and accomplish miracles. There is a secret pride in every human heart that revolts at tyranny. You may order and drive an individual but you cannot make him respect you.
That a man is successful who has lived well laughed often and loved much who has gained the respect of the intelligent men and the love of children; who has filled his niche and accomplished his task; who leaves the world better than he found it whether by an improved poppy a perfect poem or a rescued soul; who never lacked appreciation of earths beauty or failed to express it; who looked for the best in others and gave the best he had.
I respect only those who resist me but I cannot tolerate them.
Men are respectable only as they respect.
In my day we didnt have self-esteem we had self-respect and no more of it than we had earned.
Violence ever defeats its own ends. Where you cannot drive you can always persuade. A gentle word a kind look a good-natured smile can work wonders and accomplish miracles. There is a secret pride in every human heart that revolts at tyranny. You may order and drive an individual but you cannot make him respect you.
The hat is the ultimum moriens of respectability.
That a man is successful who has lived well laughed often and loved much who has gained the respect of the intelligent men and the love of children; who has filled his niche and accomplished his task; who leaves the world better than he found it whether by an improved poppy a perfect poem or a rescued soul; who never lacked appreciation of earths beauty or failed to express it; who looked for the best in others and gave the best he had.
I respect a man who knows how to spell a word more than one way.