#unworthy

He who has a task to perform must know how to take sides, or he is quite unworthy of it. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

#know #must #perform #quite #sides

An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy to be called an idea at all. ↗

— Elbert Hubbard

#dangerous #idea #unworthy

I would rather go to any extreme than suffer anything that is unworthy of my reputation, or of that of my crown. ↗

— Elizabeth I

#anything #crown #extreme #go #i

I have taken this step because I want the discipline, the fire and the authority of the Church. I am hopelessly unworthy of it, but I hope to become worthy. ↗

— Edith Sitwell

#authority #because #become #church #discipline

I felt unworthy to play Jesus. I just accepted the responsibility and said, 'What actor wouldn't want to play this role?' ↗

— Jim Caviezel

#actor #felt #i #jesus #just

Nothing natural can be wholly unworthy. ↗

— Anna Julia Cooper

#nothing #unworthy #wholly

He will therefore seek to establish for his country in the eyes of the world, such a character as shall make her not unworthy of the name of a Christian nation. ↗

— Francis Scott Key

#christian #christian nation #country #establish #eyes

I think it's a very old and deep-seated double standard that holds that when a man writes about family and feelings, it's literature with a capital L, but when a woman considers the same topics, it's romance, or a beach book - in short, it's something unworthy of a serious critic's attention. ↗

— Jennifer Weiner

#attention #beach #book #capital #considers

For this reason the gentleman will employ a man on a distant mission and observe his degree of loyalty, will employ him close at hand and observe his degree of respect. He will hand him troublesome affairs and observe how well he manages them, will suddenly ask his advice and observe how wisely he answers. He will exact some difficult promise from him and see how well he keeps it, turn over funds to him and see with what benevolence he dispenses them, inform him of the danger he is in and note how faithful he is to his duties. He will get him drunk with wine and observe how well he handles himself, place him in mixed company and see what effect beauty has upon him. By applying these nine tests, you may determine who is the unworthy man. ↗

— Confucius

#unworthy #worthy #beauty

It were better to have no opinion of God at all than such a one as is unworthy of him; for the one is only belief - the other contempt. ↗

— Plutarch

#better #contempt #god #him #only