“...There are also those who inadvertently grant power to another man's words by continuously trying to spite him. If a man gets to the point where he can simply say, 'The sky is blue,' and people indignantly rush up trying to refute him saying, 'No, the sky is light blue,' then, whether they realize it or not, he has become an authority figure even to such adversaries.” PeopleIfsMenTryingLightRealizingLeadershipSkyFiguresAuthorityBlueSpiteGrantsAdversariesAnother ManSaying NoAuthority FiguresLight Blue Author:Criss Jami
“To a gentleman, a gentleman-someone who dies without ever pronouncing the word-is a man who climbs Everest, never mentions it to a soul, and listens politely to Pochet's account of how in 1937 in spite of his sciatica, he conquered the Puy de Dome.” MenSoulDiesAccountsGentlemanSpiteClimbsEverestDomesSciatica Author:Pierre Daninos
“We make ourselves fools to disport ourselves And spend our flatteries to drink those men Upon whose age we void it up again With poisonous spite and envy.” MenAgeFoolDrinkEnvySpiteVoidFlatteryPoisonous Book:The works of William Shakespeare Source: The works of William Shakespeare