William Shenstone Quotes

Modesty makes large amends for the pain it gives those who labor under it, by the prejudice it affords every worthy person in their favor.

William Shenstone

• Giving
• Pain
• Prejudice
• Modesty
• Worthy

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• The South resented giving the Afro-American his freedom, the ballot box and the Civil Rights Law.

  

  Ida B. Wells
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  • Giving
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• You can express your generosity in ways that are virtually limitless. This was what I wanted to convey in 'Giving 2.0' - that whether you have $10 or $10 million to give, if you identify the right opportunities and make the most of your resources, your impact can be tremendous.

  

  Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen
  • Giving
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• Whenever a husband and wife begin to discuss their marriage they are giving evidence at a coroner's inquest.

  

  H. L. Mencken
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  • Wife
  • Marriage

• It's odd that you can get so anesthetized by your own pain or your own problem that you don't quite fully share the hell of someone close to you.

  

  Lady Bird Johnson
  • Problem
  • Pain
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• The one woman who never gives herself is your free woman, who is always giving herself.

  

  D. H. Lawrence
  • Free
  • Giving
  • Woman

• Criticism is prejudice made plausible.

  

  H. L. Mencken
  • Criticism
  • Made
  • Prejudice

• Giving people self-confidence is by far the most important thing that I can do. Because then they will act.

  

  Jack Welch
  • People
  • Important
  • Giving

• As an actor, I'm familiar with having bursts of energy, where you're giving things a try, and then you have down time.

  

  Iain Glen
  • Time
  • Giving
  • Energy

• The more one forgets himself - by giving himself to a cause to serve or another person to love - the more human he is.

  

  Viktor E. Frankl
  • Love
  • Giving
  • Person

• 'Pride And Prejudice' takes place in a similar period to 'Vanity Fair,' and yet there's a huge difference between Jane Austen and Thackeray.

  

  Natasha Little
  • Period
  • Pride
  • Prejudice

• If you have a line of business - I know this as a CEO - or if you have a teenager - I know this as a parent - who have a spending problem, what do you do? You quit giving them money.

  

  Carly Fiorina
  • Money
  • Business
  • Giving

• I don't think the spirit of Hollywood is such a spirit of generosity. I think people really begrudge giving. In New York, it's like that.

  

  Sam Simon
  • People
  • Giving
  • Generosity

• By preventing pneumonia and other diseases, we are giving men, women and children the chance to live healthy productive lives and participate in the global economy. In doing so, we are not only enhancing their futures - we are enhancing our own.

  

  Mandy Moore
  • Men
  • Women
  • Live

• Bernie Madoff is probably more nuanced then I'm giving him credit for, but I just couldn't get under his skin.

  

  Patrick deWitt
  • Giving
  • Just
  • Credit

• We who lived in concentration camps can remember the men who walked through the huts comforting others, giving away their last piece of bread.

  

  Viktor E. Frankl
  • Men
  • Remember
  • Giving

• A friend told me about a Nike competition, where they give you one minute to do tricks with a basketball. I wasn't going to go, but they were giving away free sneakers. I ended up coming in second place.

  

  Ramon Rodriguez
  • Up
  • Free
  • Giving

• You can't let fear paralyze you. The worse that can happen is you fail, but guess what: You get up and try again. Feel that pain, get over it, get up, dust yourself off and keep it moving.

  

  Queen Latifah
  • Up
  • Fear
  • Pain

• Remember that the happiest people are not those getting more, but those giving more.

  

  H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
  • People
  • Remember
  • Giving

• When you make pain look this good it never wears out.

  

  Kelly Rowland Destiny's Child
  • Pain
  • Looks

• There is a very strong linkage between U.S. banks and European banks. There are plenty of European employees that are employed by U.S. companies, and there are plenty of U.S. employees that are employed by European companies.

  

  Christine Lagarde
  • Strong

• We will respond to the threat of climate change, knowing that the failure to do so would betray our children and future generations

  

  Barack Obama
  • Children
  • Future
  • Failure

• Fashion has changed, and it's continuing to change because, fundamentally, people get bored quicker.

  

  John Roy Anderson Yes
  • People
  • Fashion
  • Changed

• I have loved my work, I have loved people and my play, but always I have been uplifted by the thought that what I have done well will live long and justify my life, that what I have done ill or never finished can now be handed on to others for endless days to be finished, perhaps better than I could have done.

  

  W. E. B. Du Bois
  • People
  • Life
  • Work

• Modesty makes large amends for the pain it gives those who labor under it, by the prejudice it affords every worthy person in their favor.

  

  William Shenstone
  • Giving
  • Pain
  • Prejudice