“Thus conscience does make cowards of us all.”
William Shakespeare
ConscienceFear
Attitude Quotes
200 FAMOUS QUOTES · ATTITUDE
Attitude Quotes
Read 200 of the best attitude quotes on mindset, perspective, confidence and choosing how you respond to life, from Seneca, Shakespeare, Emerson and more.
“We know what we are, but know not what we may be.”
William Shakespeare
PotentialGrowth
“Presume not that I am the thing I was.”
William Shakespeare
ChangeGrowth
“Suit the action to the word, the word to the action.”
William Shakespeare
IntegrityAction
“Wisely and slow; they stumble that run fast.”
William Shakespeare
PatienceWisdom
“Our life is an apprenticeship to the truth, that around every circle another can be drawn.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
GrowthLearning
“Character is higher than intellect.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
CharacterValues
“Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
LuckResponsibility
“Life is a train of moods like a string of beads.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
MoodsLife
“It is never too late to give up our prejudices.”
Henry David Thoreau
Open MindChange
“As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.”
Henry David Thoreau
TimeWisdom
“I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving.”
Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
DirectionProgress
“The aim of life is self-development. To realize one's nature perfectly - that is what each of us is here for.”
Oscar Wilde
Self-DevelopmentPurpose
“Obscurity and a competence - that is the life that is best worth living.”
Mark Twain
ContentmentSimplicity
“An empty bag cannot stand upright.”
Benjamin Franklin
CharacterWisdom
“Who is wise? He that learns from every one. Who is powerful? He that governs his passions. Who is rich? He that is content.”
Benjamin Franklin
WisdomContentment
“Pride costs us more than hunger, thirst, and cold.”
Thomas Jefferson
PrideHumility
“We never repent of having eaten too little.”
Thomas Jefferson
ModerationSelf-Control
“He who establishes his argument by noise and command, shows that his reason is weak.”
Michel de Montaigne
ArgumentsReason
“We would rather speak ill of ourselves than not talk of ourselves at all.”
François de La Rochefoucauld
EgoHuman Nature
“He who is greedy is always in want.”
Horace
GreedContentment
“A good reputation is more valuable than money.”
Publilius Syrus
ReputationValues
“Learn to see in another's calamity the ills which you should avoid.”
Publilius Syrus
LearningWisdom
“Doubt of any sort cannot be removed except by Action.”
Thomas Carlyle
DoubtAction
“We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done.”
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Self-PerceptionAction