A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think of us. Jane Austen Positive, Pride, Vain, Wise You May Also Like You probably wouldn’t worry about what people think of you if you knew how seldom they do. By Olin Miller Egotism, Funny, Wise The best index to a person’s character is (a) how he treats people who can’t do him any good and (b) how he treats people who can’t fight back. By ABIGAIL VAN BUREN Character, Ethics, Karma, Thoughtful, Wise Don’t be afraid to take a big step. You can’t cross a chasm in two small jumps. By David Lloyd George Goals, Growth, Inspirational, Positive, Strong Everyone complains of his lack of memory, but nobody of his want of judgment. By Duc de La Rochefoucauld Memory, Wise What a blessing it would be if we could open and shut our ears as easily we do our eyes. By Georg Christoph Lichtenberg Face, Wise An intellectual is someone whose mind watches itself. By Albert Camus Intellectuals, Mind, Thinking, Thought, Wise You May Also Like from Jane Austen Give a girl an education and introduce her properly into the world, and ten to one she has the means of settling well, without further expense to anybody. By Jane Austen Education, Empowering, Women Those who do not complain are never pitied. By Jane Austen Complaining, Life, Pity, Powerful Laugh as much as you choose, but you will not laugh me out of my opinion. By Jane Austen About strength, Laughter, Life, Memorable, Powerful I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great deal. By Jane Austen Agreeable, Funny There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart. By Jane Austen Charming, Cute, Inspirational, Thoughtful All the privilege I claim for my own sex is that of loving longest, when existence or when hope is gone! By Jane Austen Comforting, Hope, Love, Thoughtful, Women
You probably wouldn’t worry about what people think of you if you knew how seldom they do. By Olin Miller Egotism, Funny, Wise
The best index to a person’s character is (a) how he treats people who can’t do him any good and (b) how he treats people who can’t fight back. By ABIGAIL VAN BUREN Character, Ethics, Karma, Thoughtful, Wise
Don’t be afraid to take a big step. You can’t cross a chasm in two small jumps. By David Lloyd George Goals, Growth, Inspirational, Positive, Strong
Everyone complains of his lack of memory, but nobody of his want of judgment. By Duc de La Rochefoucauld Memory, Wise
What a blessing it would be if we could open and shut our ears as easily we do our eyes. By Georg Christoph Lichtenberg Face, Wise
An intellectual is someone whose mind watches itself. By Albert Camus Intellectuals, Mind, Thinking, Thought, Wise
Give a girl an education and introduce her properly into the world, and ten to one she has the means of settling well, without further expense to anybody. By Jane Austen Education, Empowering, Women
Laugh as much as you choose, but you will not laugh me out of my opinion. By Jane Austen About strength, Laughter, Life, Memorable, Powerful
I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great deal. By Jane Austen Agreeable, Funny
There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart. By Jane Austen Charming, Cute, Inspirational, Thoughtful
All the privilege I claim for my own sex is that of loving longest, when existence or when hope is gone! By Jane Austen Comforting, Hope, Love, Thoughtful, Women
