"Any man worth his salt will stick up for what he believes right, but it takes a slightly better man to acknowledge instantly and without reservation that he is in error."

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"Any man worth his salt will stick up for what he believes right, but it takes a slightly better man to acknowledge instantly and without reservation that he is in error."

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"It is by a mathematical point only that we are wise, as the sailor or fugitive slave keeps the polestar in his eye; but that is sufficient guidance for all our life. We may not arrive at our port within a calculable period, but we would preserve the true course."

Henry David Thoreau, American Author

Wisdom, Truth, Guidance, Stars

"Because of ignorance and negligence we lost the most precious value-life."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Wisdom, Ignorance, Negligence, Value, Life

"Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise."

Benjamin Franklin, American Politician

Wisdom, Health, Wealth, Discipline

"A sage's mind is greater than a warrior's sword."

Matshona Dhliwayo, Zimbabwean Philosopher

Wisdom, Sage, Mind, Warrior, Sword

"Every little action of the common day makes or unmakes character."

Oscar Wilde, Irish Dramatist

Wisdom, Action, Character, Formation, Habit

"If the fool would persist in his folly he would become wise."

William Blake, English Poet

Wisdom, Folly, Fool

"It's ridiculous to repeat costly mistakes because you believe there is always a next chance. Mistakes may flow, but you have all it takes to close the canals they used!"

Israelmore Ayivor, Ghanaian Author

Wisdom, Mistakes, Opportunity, Learning, Growth

"There is properly no history only biography."

Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet

Wisdom, History, Biography, Truth, Human

"Every experience in the past, prepares us for today. And the present experience equip us for the future."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Wisdom, Experience, Past, Present, Future

"The Holy Bible is the greatest book."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Wisdom, Truth, Inspirational, Grace

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"I am a Senator against my wishes and feelings, which I regret more than any other of my life."

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"The planter, the farmer, the mechanic, and the laborer... form the great body of the people of the United States, they are the bone and sinew of the country men who love liberty and desire nothing but equal rights and equal laws."

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"Every good citizen makes his country's honor his own, and cherishes it not only as precious but as sacred. He is willing to risk his life in its defense and its conscious that he gains protection while he gives it."

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"The brave man inattentive to his duty, is worth little more to his country than the coward who deserts in the hour of danger."

Nation

"Mischief springs from the power which the moneyed interest derives from a paper currency which they are able to control, from the multitude of corporations with exclusive privileges... which are employed altogether for their benefit."

Power

"It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their own selfish purposes."

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"The great constitutional corrective in the hands of the people against usurpation of power, or corruption by their agents is the right of suffrage; and this when used with calmness and deliberation will prove strong enough."

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"It is by a mathematical point only that we are wise, as the sailor or fugitive slave keeps the polestar in his eye; but that is sufficient guidance for all our life. We may not arrive at our port within a calculable period, but we would preserve the true course."

"Because of ignorance and negligence we lost the most precious value-life."

"Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise."

"A sage's mind is greater than a warrior's sword."

"Every little action of the common day makes or unmakes character."

"If the fool would persist in his folly he would become wise."

"It's ridiculous to repeat costly mistakes because you believe there is always a next chance. Mistakes may flow, but you have all it takes to close the canals they used!"

"There is properly no history only biography."

"Every experience in the past, prepares us for today. And the present experience equip us for the future."

"The Holy Bible is the greatest book."

Explore more quotes by Andrew Jackson

"I am a Senator against my wishes and feelings, which I regret more than any other of my life."

"The planter, the farmer, the mechanic, and the laborer... form the great body of the people of the United States, they are the bone and sinew of the country men who love liberty and desire nothing but equal rights and equal laws."

"Every good citizen makes his country's honor his own, and cherishes it not only as precious but as sacred. He is willing to risk his life in its defense and its conscious that he gains protection while he gives it."

"War is a blessing compared with national degradation."

"The Constitution and the laws are supreme and the Union indissoluble."

"Fear not, the people may be deluded for a moment, but cannot be corrupted."

"The brave man inattentive to his duty, is worth little more to his country than the coward who deserts in the hour of danger."

"Mischief springs from the power which the moneyed interest derives from a paper currency which they are able to control, from the multitude of corporations with exclusive privileges... which are employed altogether for their benefit."

"It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their own selfish purposes."

"The great constitutional corrective in the hands of the people against usurpation of power, or corruption by their agents is the right of suffrage; and this when used with calmness and deliberation will prove strong enough."