Quotes | Most Inspiring and Motivational Quotes

"It is a very rare man who does not victimize the helpless."

"It is a very rare man who does not victimize the helpless."

James Baldwin, American Educator

Man,

20

"It is only in his music, which Americans are able to admire because a protective sentimentality limits their understanding of it, that the Negro in America has been able to tell his story."

"It is only in his music, which Americans are able to admire because a protective sentimentality limits their understanding of it, that the Negro in America has been able to tell his story."

James Baldwin, American Educator

Music, America, Americans, Limits

50

"The making of an American begins at the point where he himself rejects all other ties, any other history, and himself adopts the vesture of his adopted land."

"The making of an American begins at the point where he himself rejects all other ties, any other history, and himself adopts the vesture of his adopted land."

James Baldwin, American Educator

History, Land

43

"An identity would seem to be arrived at by the way in which the person faces and uses his experience."

"An identity would seem to be arrived at by the way in which the person faces and uses his experience."

James Baldwin, American Educator

Experience, Faces, Identity

38

"The primary distinction of the artist is that he must actively cultivate that state which most men, necessarily, must avoid; the state of being alone."

"The primary distinction of the artist is that he must actively cultivate that state which most men, necessarily, must avoid; the state of being alone."

James Baldwin, American Educator

Man, Men, Artist, Being, State

43

"The responsibility of a writer is to excavate the experience of the people who produced him."

"The responsibility of a writer is to excavate the experience of the people who produced him."

James Baldwin, American Educator

Experience, People, Responsibility, Writer

73

"The South is very beautiful but its beauty makes one sad because the lives that people live here, and have lived here, are so ugly."

"The South is very beautiful but its beauty makes one sad because the lives that people live here, and have lived here, are so ugly."

James Baldwin, American Educator

Beauty, People, Ugly

18

"We have all had the experience of finding that our reactions and perhaps even our deeds have denied beliefs we thought were ours."

"We have all had the experience of finding that our reactions and perhaps even our deeds have denied beliefs we thought were ours."

James Baldwin, American Educator

Experience, Thought, Beliefs, Deeds

24

"The paradox of education is precisely this; that as one begins to become conscious one begins to examine the society in which he is being educated."

"The paradox of education is precisely this; that as one begins to become conscious one begins to examine the society in which he is being educated."

James Baldwin, American Educator

Education, Society, Being, Paradox

22

"Heredity provides for the modification of its own machinery."

"Heredity provides for the modification of its own machinery."

James Mark Baldwin, American Philosopher

Emotional, Heredity

45

"My organs are too powerful... I manufacture blood and fat too rapidly."

"My organs are too powerful... I manufacture blood and fat too rapidly."

Robert Baldwin, Canadian Politician

Blood,

30

"I have a horror of not rising above mediocrity."

"I have a horror of not rising above mediocrity."

Robert Baldwin, Canadian Politician

Horror, Mediocrity

44

"I am for socialism, disarmament, and, ultimately, for abolishing the state itself... I seek the social ownership of property, the abolition of the propertied class, and the sole control of those who produce wealth. Communism is the goal."

"I am for socialism, disarmament, and, ultimately, for abolishing the state itself... I seek the social ownership of property, the abolition of the propertied class, and the sole control of those who produce wealth. Communism is the goal."

Roger Nash Baldwin, American Activist

Control, Goal, Wealth, Class

67

"I cannot consistently, with self respect, do other than I have, namely, to deliberately violate an act which seems to me to be a denial of everything which ideally and in practice I hold sacred."

"I cannot consistently, with self respect, do other than I have, namely, to deliberately violate an act which seems to me to be a denial of everything which ideally and in practice I hold sacred."

Roger Nash Baldwin, American Activist

Act, Denial, Practice, Respect

46

"The smallest deed is better than the grandest intention."

"The smallest deed is better than the grandest intention."

Roger Nash Baldwin, American Activist

Emotional, Deed, Intention

43

"The rule of law in place of force, always basic to my thinking, now takes on a new relevance in a world where, if war is to go, only law can replace it."

"The rule of law in place of force, always basic to my thinking, now takes on a new relevance in a world where, if war is to go, only law can replace it."

Roger Nash Baldwin, American Activist

War, Force, Law, Now

38

"So long as we have enough people in this country willing to fight for their rights, we'll be called a democracy."

"So long as we have enough people in this country willing to fight for their rights, we'll be called a democracy."

Roger Nash Baldwin, American Activist

People, Country, Democracy, Fight

45

"I would say that social work began in my mind in the Unitarian Church when I was ten or twelve years old, and I started to do things that I thought would help other people."

"I would say that social work began in my mind in the Unitarian Church when I was ten or twelve years old, and I started to do things that I thought would help other people."

Roger Nash Baldwin, American Activist

Work, Thought, People, Church

36

"I regard the principle of conscription of life as a flat contradiction of all our cherished ideals of individual freedom, democratic liberty and Christian teaching."

"I regard the principle of conscription of life as a flat contradiction of all our cherished ideals of individual freedom, democratic liberty and Christian teaching."

Roger Nash Baldwin, American Activist

Life, Christian, Contradiction, Freedom

53

"The intelligent are to the intelligentsia what a gentleman is to a gent."

"The intelligent are to the intelligentsia what a gentleman is to a gent."

Stanley Baldwin, English Statesman

Society, Gentleman

40

"You will find in politics that you are much exposed to the attribution of false motive. Never complain and never explain."

"You will find in politics that you are much exposed to the attribution of false motive. Never complain and never explain."

Stanley Baldwin, English Statesman

Politics, Motive, Will

36

"The only defense is offense, which means that you have to kill more women and children more quickly than the enemy if you wish to save yourselves."

"The only defense is offense, which means that you have to kill more women and children more quickly than the enemy if you wish to save yourselves."

Stanley Baldwin, English Statesman

Woman, Women, Children, Defense, Enemy

31

"War would end if the dead could return."

"War would end if the dead could return."

Stanley Baldwin, English Statesman

War, End

35

"I would rather trust a woman's instinct than a man's reason."

"I would rather trust a woman's instinct than a man's reason."

Stanley Baldwin, English Statesman

Trust, Instinct, Man, Reason

33

"Let us never forget this: since the day of the air, the old frontiers are gone. When you think of the defense of England you no longer think of the chalk cliffs of Dover; you think of the Rhine. That is where our frontier lies."

"Let us never forget this: since the day of the air, the old frontiers are gone. When you think of the defense of England you no longer think of the chalk cliffs of Dover; you think of the Rhine. That is where our frontier lies."

Stanley Baldwin, English Statesman

Society, Day, Defense, Englforget, Lies

33

"I am not struck so much by the diversity of testimony as by the many-sidedness of truth."

"I am not struck so much by the diversity of testimony as by the many-sidedness of truth."

Stanley Baldwin, English Statesman

Truth, Diversity

27

"A statesman wants courage and a statesman wants vision; but believe me, after six months' experience, he wants first, second, third and all the time - patience."

"A statesman wants courage and a statesman wants vision; but believe me, after six months' experience, he wants first, second, third and all the time - patience."

Stanley Baldwin, English Statesman

Time, Experience, Courage, Vision

32

"A platitude is simply a truth repeated till people get tired of hearing it."

"A platitude is simply a truth repeated till people get tired of hearing it."

Stanley Baldwin, English Statesman

Truth, People, Hearing

24

"I am one of those who would rather sink with faith than swim without it."

"I am one of those who would rather sink with faith than swim without it."

Stanley Baldwin, English Statesman

Faith,

28

"Since the day of the air, the old frontiers are gone. When you think of the defense of England you no longer think of the chalk cliffs of Dover; you think of the Rhine."

"Since the day of the air, the old frontiers are gone. When you think of the defense of England you no longer think of the chalk cliffs of Dover; you think of the Rhine."

Stanley Baldwin, English Statesman

Society, Day, Defense, England, Old

44

"The U.S. routinely ranks lower than other countries in health outcomes such as infant mortality."

"The U.S. routinely ranks lower than other countries in health outcomes such as infant mortality."

Tammy Baldwin, American Politician

Health, Countries, Mortality

29

"Americans are not saving enough for retirement."

"Americans are not saving enough for retirement."

Tammy Baldwin, American Politician

Economy, Americans, Retirement

26

"I find it greatly disturbing that the Bush administration has used political and religious ideologies to influence national policy on science and medicine."

"I find it greatly disturbing that the Bush administration has used political and religious ideologies to influence national policy on science and medicine."

Tammy Baldwin, American Politician

Science, Policy, Influence, Medicine

21

"In my grandfather's lab, scientists did independent research, and peers reviewed and commented on its merits. Politics, he taught me, had no place in the scientific process."

"In my grandfather's lab, scientists did independent research, and peers reviewed and commented on its merits. Politics, he taught me, had no place in the scientific process."

Tammy Baldwin, American Politician

Politics, Research, Scientists

29

"Our constitutional liberties shall not be sacrificed in our search for greater security, for that is what our enemies and all enemies of freedom and democracy hope to achieve."

"Our constitutional liberties shall not be sacrificed in our search for greater security, for that is what our enemies and all enemies of freedom and democracy hope to achieve."

Tammy Baldwin, American Politician

Hope, Democracy, Enemies, Freedom

24

"Nothing matters very much, and few things matter at all."

"Nothing matters very much, and few things matter at all."

Arthur Balfour, British Statesman

Nothing,

38

"It is unfortunate, considering that enthusiasm moves the world, that so few enthusiasts can be trusted to speak the truth."

"It is unfortunate, considering that enthusiasm moves the world, that so few enthusiasts can be trusted to speak the truth."

Arthur Balfour, British Statesman

Truth, Enthusiasm, World

40

"I thought Winston Churchill was a young man of promise, but it appears he is a young man of promises."

"I thought Winston Churchill was a young man of promise, but it appears he is a young man of promises."

Arthur Balfour, British Statesman

Thought, Man, Promise, Promises

35

"Enthusiasm moves the world."

Arthur Balfour, British Statesman

Enthusiasm, World

76

"I never forgive, but I always forget."

Arthur Balfour, British Statesman

Emotional, Forget

38

"Biography should be written by an acute enemy."

"Biography should be written by an acute enemy."

Arthur Balfour, British Statesman

Society, Biography, Enemy

32

"The General Strike has taught the working class more in four days than years of talking could have done."

"The General Strike has taught the working class more in four days than years of talking could have done."

Arthur Balfour, British Statesman

Society, Class, Talking, Years

40

"He has only half learned the art of reading who has not added to it the more refined art of skipping and skimming."

"He has only half learned the art of reading who has not added to it the more refined art of skipping and skimming."

Arthur Balfour, British Statesman

Art, Reading

37

"We can prevent Europe from becoming a spiritless machine that, in the end, grinds to a halt."

"We can prevent Europe from becoming a spiritless machine that, in the end, grinds to a halt."

Jan Peter Balkenende, Dutch Statesman

Society, End, Europe, Machine

21

"The horrors of the Second World War, the chilling winds of the Cold War and the crushing weight of the Iron Curtain are little more than fading memories. Ideals that once commanded great loyalty are now taken for granted."

"The horrors of the Second World War, the chilling winds of the Cold War and the crushing weight of the Iron Curtain are little more than fading memories. Ideals that once commanded great loyalty are now taken for granted."

Jan Peter Balkenende, Dutch Statesman

War, Ideals, Ironcurtain, Loyalty

28

"The generation which lived through the Second World War is disappearing. Post-war generations see Europe's great achievements - liberty, peace and prosperity - as a given."

"The generation which lived through the Second World War is disappearing. Post-war generations see Europe's great achievements - liberty, peace and prosperity - as a given."

Jan Peter Balkenende, Dutch Statesman

Peace, War, Europe, Generations

27

"Our society is the product of several great religious and philosophical traditions. The ideas of the Greeks and Romans, Christianity, Judaism, humanism and the Enlightenment have made us who we are."

"Our society is the product of several great religious and philosophical traditions. The ideas of the Greeks and Romans, Christianity, Judaism, humanism and the Enlightenment have made us who we are."

Jan Peter Balkenende, Dutch Statesman

Society, Ideas, Christianity, Humanism

35

"Day after day we must remember we can take freedom for granted. Day after day we must keep the bond between freedom and other values in mind."

"Day after day we must remember we can take freedom for granted. Day after day we must keep the bond between freedom and other values in mind."

Jan Peter Balkenende, Dutch Statesman

Values, Day, Freedom, Mind

22

"Bitter experience has taught us how fundamental our values are and how great the mission they represent."

"Bitter experience has taught us how fundamental our values are and how great the mission they represent."

Jan Peter Balkenende, Dutch Statesman

Experience, Values, Mission

30

"Freedom is a universal value."

Jan Peter Balkenende, Dutch Statesman

Freedom, Value

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"It is a very rare man who does not victimize the helpless."

20

"It is only in his music, which Americans are able to admire because a protective sentimentality limits their understanding of it, that the Negro in America has been able to tell his story."

50

"The making of an American begins at the point where he himself rejects all other ties, any other history, and himself adopts the vesture of his adopted land."

43

"An identity would seem to be arrived at by the way in which the person faces and uses his experience."

38

"The primary distinction of the artist is that he must actively cultivate that state which most men, necessarily, must avoid; the state of being alone."

43

"The responsibility of a writer is to excavate the experience of the people who produced him."

73

"The South is very beautiful but its beauty makes one sad because the lives that people live here, and have lived here, are so ugly."

18

"We have all had the experience of finding that our reactions and perhaps even our deeds have denied beliefs we thought were ours."

24

"The paradox of education is precisely this; that as one begins to become conscious one begins to examine the society in which he is being educated."

22

"Heredity provides for the modification of its own machinery."

45

"My organs are too powerful... I manufacture blood and fat too rapidly."

30

"I have a horror of not rising above mediocrity."

44

"I am for socialism, disarmament, and, ultimately, for abolishing the state itself... I seek the social ownership of property, the abolition of the propertied class, and the sole control of those who produce wealth. Communism is the goal."

67

"I cannot consistently, with self respect, do other than I have, namely, to deliberately violate an act which seems to me to be a denial of everything which ideally and in practice I hold sacred."

46

"The smallest deed is better than the grandest intention."

43

"The rule of law in place of force, always basic to my thinking, now takes on a new relevance in a world where, if war is to go, only law can replace it."

38

"So long as we have enough people in this country willing to fight for their rights, we'll be called a democracy."

45

"I would say that social work began in my mind in the Unitarian Church when I was ten or twelve years old, and I started to do things that I thought would help other people."

36

"I regard the principle of conscription of life as a flat contradiction of all our cherished ideals of individual freedom, democratic liberty and Christian teaching."

53

"The intelligent are to the intelligentsia what a gentleman is to a gent."

40

"You will find in politics that you are much exposed to the attribution of false motive. Never complain and never explain."

36

"The only defense is offense, which means that you have to kill more women and children more quickly than the enemy if you wish to save yourselves."

31

"War would end if the dead could return."

35

"I would rather trust a woman's instinct than a man's reason."

33

"Let us never forget this: since the day of the air, the old frontiers are gone. When you think of the defense of England you no longer think of the chalk cliffs of Dover; you think of the Rhine. That is where our frontier lies."

33

"I am not struck so much by the diversity of testimony as by the many-sidedness of truth."

27

"A statesman wants courage and a statesman wants vision; but believe me, after six months' experience, he wants first, second, third and all the time - patience."

32

"A platitude is simply a truth repeated till people get tired of hearing it."

24

"I am one of those who would rather sink with faith than swim without it."

28

"Since the day of the air, the old frontiers are gone. When you think of the defense of England you no longer think of the chalk cliffs of Dover; you think of the Rhine."

44

"The U.S. routinely ranks lower than other countries in health outcomes such as infant mortality."

29

"Americans are not saving enough for retirement."

26

"I find it greatly disturbing that the Bush administration has used political and religious ideologies to influence national policy on science and medicine."

21

"In my grandfather's lab, scientists did independent research, and peers reviewed and commented on its merits. Politics, he taught me, had no place in the scientific process."

29

"Our constitutional liberties shall not be sacrificed in our search for greater security, for that is what our enemies and all enemies of freedom and democracy hope to achieve."

24

"Nothing matters very much, and few things matter at all."

38

"It is unfortunate, considering that enthusiasm moves the world, that so few enthusiasts can be trusted to speak the truth."

40

"I thought Winston Churchill was a young man of promise, but it appears he is a young man of promises."

35

"Enthusiasm moves the world."

76

"I never forgive, but I always forget."