#grit

I am anchored on a resolve you cannot shake. My heart, my conscience shall dispose of my hand -- they only. Know this at last. ↗

— Charlotte Brontë

#conscience #courtship #dignity #empowerment #feminism

[I]t is not by being richer or more powerful that a man becomes better; one is a matter of fortune, the other of virtue. Nor should she deem herself other than venal who weds a rich man rather than a poor, and desires more things in her husband than himself. Assuredly, whomsoever this concupiscence leads into marriage deserves payment rather than affection. ↗

— Héloïse d'Argenteuil

#concupiscence #dignity #fortune #greed #honesty

Success follows those who champion a cause greater than themselves. ↗

— George Alexiou

#attraction #charity #compassion #empowerment #giving

We are only victims if we allow ourselves to be. ↗

— McCartney Green

#drama #gritty #inspirational #romance #romantic-suspense

Would to God we were all Christians who profess to be Christians, and that we lived up to what we profess. Then would the Christian shine forth “clear as the sun, fair as the moon,” and what besides—why, “amazing as an army with banners”! A consistent Church is an amazing Church—an honest, upright Church would shake the world! The tramp of godly men is the tramp of heroes; these are the thundering legions that sweep everything before them. The men that are what they profess to be, hate the semblance of a lie—whatever shape it wears—and would sooner die than do that which is dishonest, or that which would be degrading to the glory of a Heaven-born race, and to the honor of Him by whose name they have been called! O Christians! You will be the world’s contempt; you will be their despising, and hissing unless you live for one objective! ↗

— Charles H. Spurgeon

#loyalty #men

The minute you try to talk business with him he takes the attitude that he is a gentleman and a scholar, and the moment you try to approach him on the level of his moral integrity he starts to talk business. ↗

— Raymond Chandler

#attitude #business #gentleman #him #his

Kindness is a currency that can cover a multitude of interpersonal debts. ↗

— George Alexiou

#giving #happiness #humility #inspirational #integrity

When truthful knowledge is dispensed, soul growth is accomplished every time, for all parties involved, in every situation. ↗

— Molly Friedenfeld

#inspiration #inspirational-quotes #integrity #joy #love

We have soul contracts with every person in our lives to live in the vibration of truth. ↗

— Molly Friedenfeld

#inspiration #inspirational #inspirational-quotes #integrity #joy

When the truth is dispensed it is for the good of all, always. ↗