"We are very much what others think of us. The reception our observations meet with gives us courage to proceed, or damps our efforts."
― William Hazlitt
Topic(s):
Courage
More From William Hazlitt
- "Do not keep on with a mockery of friendship after the substance is gone – but part, while you can part friends. Bury the carcass of friendship: it is not worth embalming."
- "The most insignificant people are the most apt to sneer at others. They are safe from reprisals. And have no hope of rising in their own self esteem but by lowering their neighbors."
- "I would like to spend the whole of my life traveling, if I could anywhere borrow another life to spend at home."
More In Courage
- "In 1963 and later papers, I pointed out that the special market characteristics of medical care and medical insurance could be explained by reference to differences in information among the parties involved."― Kenneth Joseph Arrow
- "I don’t have a problem with my body. I don’t diet, and I’m not hiding anything. I’m not going to be the subject of a movie of the week 10 years from now."― Lara Flynn Boyle
- "This is the patent age of new inventions for killing bodies, and for saving souls. All propagated with the best intentions."― Lord Byron