Bryant H. McGill Quotes
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Fanatic is often the name given to people of action by people who are lazy.
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The greatest self is a peaceful smile, that always sees the world smiling back.
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Ambition is not what a man would do, but what a man does, for ambition without action is fantasy.
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True freedom is where an individual's thoughts and actions are in alignment with that which is true, correct, and of honor - no matter the personal price.
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Creativity is the greatest expression of liberty.
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Many openly show discontentment with their looks, but few with their intelligence. I, however, assure you there are many more plain minds than faces.
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Progress and healing involves seeing every person as not so different from ourselves.
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Having a sense of purpose is having a sense of self. A course to plot is a destination to hope for.
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Unfortunately, your reputation often rests not on your ability to do what you say, but rather on your ability to do what people expect.
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Control thought-forms are the basis of our deepest moral crisis.
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An intelligent person is never afraid or ashamed to find errors in his understanding of things.
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Birth and death; we all move between these two unknowns.
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No one is more insufferable than he who lacks basic courtesy.
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Our understanding of the world around us is constantly being redefined and expanded, and so therefore, it is wiser to be passionate about seeking for truth than knowing it.
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Human intelligence may not be the best trick nature has to offer.
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Within the hearts men, loyalty and consideration are esteemed greater than success.
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The secret to discovery is to never believe existing facts.
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The common person fears to think beyond the common.
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When trying to teach someone a boundary, they learn less from the enforcement of the boundary and more from the way the boundary was established.
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American society will never completely understand the true meaning of equality.
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A mistake made by many people with great convictions is that they will let nothing stand in the way of their views, not even kindness.
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The supreme lesson of any education should be to think for yourself and to be yourself; absent this attainment, education creates dangerous, stupefying conformity.
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Death is the great hope of all life; the desire to expend itself; to be used and consumed by its own longing for itself.
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The ability to forgive is one of man's greatest achievements.