#himself

Excellence means when a man or woman asks of himself more than others do. ↗

— Jose Ortega y Gasset

#excellence #himself #man #means #more

We distinguish the excellent man from the common man by saying that the former is the one who makes great demands on himself, and the latter who makes no demands on himself. ↗

— Jose Ortega y Gasset

#common man #demands #distinguish #excellent #excellent man

After I am dead, the boy will ruin himself in twelve months. ↗

— King George V

#am #boy #dead #himself #i

I met Roy's father once... And I think that Roy's relationship with his father is still at the heart of what Roy does. But at the end of the day, he's trying to prove himself to a father he'll never really please. ↗

— Jim Lampley

#does #end #end of the day #father #heart

Even the weakest disputant is made so conceited by what he calls religion, as to think himself wiser than the wisest who think differently from him. ↗

— Walter Savage Landor

#conceited #differently #even #him #himself

Fortunate indeed, is the man who takes exactly the right measure of himself, and holds a just balance between what he can acquire and what he can use. ↗

— Peter Latham

#balance #between #exactly #fortunate #himself

In contrast, Christianity, while acknowledging the presence of suffering, declares that life can be infinitely worth living and opens the way to eternal life in fellowship with God Who so loved the world that He gave Himself in Christ. ↗

— Kenneth Scott Latourette

#christ #christianity #contrast #declares #eternal

Throughout the centuries, man has considered himself beautiful. I rather suppose that man only believes in his own beauty out of pride; that he is not really beautiful and he suspects this himself; for why does he look on the face of his fellow-man with such scorn? ↗

— Isidore Ducasse Lautreamont

#beauty #believes #centuries #considered #does

Depend on no man, on no friend but him who can depend on himself. He only who acts conscientiously toward himself, will act so toward others. ↗

— Johann Kaspar Lavater

#acts #depend #friend #him #himself

He submits to be seen through a microscope, who suffers himself to be caught in a fit of passion. ↗

— Johann Kaspar Lavater

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