#lame

Not to be cheered by praise, not to be grieved by blame, but to know thoroughly ones own virtues or powers are the characteristics of an excellent man. ↗

— Saskya Pandita

#characteristics #cheered #excellent #excellent man #grieved

Even in decline, a virtuous man increases the beauty of his behavior. A burning stick, though turned to the ground, has its flame drawn upwards. ↗

— Saskya Pandita

#behavior #burning #decline #drawn #even

A lot of people have said I'd have probably done better in my career if I hadn't looked so cheap and gaudy. But I dress to be comfortable for me, and you shouldn't be blamed because you want to look pretty. ↗

— Dolly Parton

#better #blamed #career #cheap #comfortable

To burn always with this hard, gem-like flame, to maintain this ecstasy, is success in life. ↗

— Walter Pater

#burn #ecstasy #flame #hard #life

Think how many blameless lives are brightened by the blazing indiscretions of other people. ↗

— Pope Paul VI

#blazing #how #lives #many #other

I don't feel like I'm very pop-star lame, but I'm definitely not hipster-cool. ↗

— Katy Perry

#feel #i #lame #like #very

Democracy is a process by which people are free to choose the man who will get the blame. ↗

— Laurence J. Peter

#choose #democracy #free #get #man

I'm amused when Congress tries to place the blame on somebody but never themselves. I've never heard any of them ever say, 'I've made a mistake.' I do. I say I called it wrong. But they just try to find somebody to blame. ↗

— T. Boone Pickens

#any #blame #called #congress #ever

If a man neglects education, he walks lame to the end of his life. ↗

— Plato

#end #his #lame #life #man

The blame is his who chooses: God is blameless. ↗

— Plato

#blameless #chooses #god #his #who