Best society & quality Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings

“If we had any nerve at all, if we had any real balls as a society, or whatever you need, whatever quality you need, real character, we would make an effort to really address the wrongs in this society, righteously.”

Ifs Needs Real Character Effort Quality Society Balls Addresses Nerves This Society Real Character

Author:Jerry Garcia

“People of our time are so formed for agitation and ostentation that goodness, moderation, equability, constancy, and such quiet and obscure qualities are no longer felt.”

People Felt Business Quality Society Quiet Goodness Corruption Our Time Obscure Moderation Constancy Agitation Ostentation

Author:Michel de Montaigne

“Too elevated qualities often unfit a man for society. We do not go to market with ingots, but with silver and small change.”

Men Quality Society Silver Small Changes

Author:Nicolas Chamfort

“Social improvement is attained more readily by a concern with the quality of results than with the purity of motives.”

Social Results Quality Society Concern Improvement Motive Purity

Book:Between the Devil and the Dragon: The Best Essays and Aphorisms of Eric Hoffer

Source: Between the Devil and the Dragon: The Best Essays and Aphorisms of Eric Hoffer

“Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for it is better to be alone than in bad company.”

Source: The Writings of George Washington: pt. I. Official letters relating to the French war, and private letters before the American revolution: March, 1754-May, 1775

“Few men are willing to brave the disapproval of their fellows, the censure of their colleagues, the wrath of their society. Moral courage is a rarer commodity than bravery in battle or great intelligence. Yet it is the one essential, vital quality for those who seek to change the world which yields most painfully to change.”

“The international community cannot accept that whole communities are marginalized because of the color of their skin. People of African descent are among those most affected by racism. Too often, they face denial of basic rights such as access to quality health services and education. Such fundamental wrongs have a long and terrible history.”

“It was chilling to realize that the sentimental qualities most valued between people, like loyalty, constancy, and affection, are the ones most likely to impede change.”

People Realizing Quality Society Affection Loyalty Sentimental Chill Constancy

Author:Ted Simon

“On the whole, the great success of marriage in the States is due partly to the fact that no American man is ever idle, and partly to the fact that no American wife is considered responsible for the quality of her husband's dinners.”

Men States Whole Facts Quality Marriage Wife Society Husband Responsible Dinner Dues Idle Great Success

Book:The Artist as Critic: Critical Writings of Oscar Wilde

Source: The Artist as Critic: Critical Writings of Oscar Wilde

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