Elizabeth Gaskell

“People may flatter themselves just as much by thinking that their faults are always present to other people’s minds, as if they believe that the world is always contemplating their individual charms and virtues”. –Elizabeth Gaskell

Roman Dmowski

“In relations with other nations, there is neither right nor wrong; there is only strength and weakness”. –Roman Dmowski

Friedrich Klopstock

“He who has an opinion of his own, but depends upon the opinion and taste of others, is a slave”. –Friedrich Klopstock

Harry Chapin

“My child arrived just the other day, He came to the world in the usual way. But there were planes to catch, and bills to pay. He learned to walk while I was away”. –Harry Chapin

Genghis Khan

“It is not sufficient that I succeed — all others must fail”. –Genghis Khan

William Petty

“That some are poorer than others, ever was and ever will be: And that many are naturally querulous and envious, is an Evil as old as the World”. –William Petty

Earl Warren

“Many people consider the things government does for them to be social progress, but they regard the things government does for others as socialism”. –Earl Warren

F. Scott Fitzgerald

“Either you think — or else others have to think for you, and take power from you, pervert and discipline your natural tastes, civilize and sterilize you”. –F. Scott Fitzgerald

Nicolaus Copernicus

“For I am not so enamored of my own opinions that I disregard what others may think of them”. –Nicolaus Copernicus

Rumi

“If you dig a pit for others to fall into, you will fall into it yourself”. –Rumi

W.E.B. Du Bois

“It is a peculiar sensation, this double-consciousness, this sense of always looking at one’s self through the eyes of others, of measuring one’s soul by the tape of a world that looks on in amused contempt and pity”. –W.E.B. Du Bois

Jose Rizal

“The tyranny of some is only possible through the cowardice of others”. –Jose Rizal

Robert E. Lee

“I cannot trust a man to control others who cannot control himself”. –Robert E. Lee