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"It takes grace to be a great soul."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

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"It is better to act right than seek right."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

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"It is character that should be the sole measure of judgement in the society of thinking humanity, and nothing short of that would do."

Abhijit Naskar, Indian Author

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"If you know how it's to be treated unfairly, you will be gentle with others."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

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"Lack of courage leads to cruelty."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

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"Do not try to be humble: learn humility."

Idries Shah, Indian Author

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"Integrity is the antithesis of compromise and the sworn enemy of comfort. It bases its decisions not on how much discomfort we might be able to avoid, but on how much we need to avoid the compromise of comfort."

Craig D. Lounsbrough, American Author

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"I am selfish. I am brave."

Veronica Roth, American Author

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"Great occasions often stimulate a person to do something great, but that tells nothing of his or her real character. Great is the person who does good always, in sickness and in health, in riches and in poverty."

Abhijit Naskar, Indian Author

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"Cockiness is a display of an empty lifestyle, humility is when you see yourself as a zero while others are making you their hero."

Michael Bassey Johnson, Nigerian Philosopher

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Explore more quotes by Camille Pissarro

"Observe that it is a great error to believe that all mediums of art are not closely tied to their time."

Art

"At fifty, that is in 1880, I formulated the idea of unity, without being able to render it. At sixty, I am beginning to see the possibility of rendering it."

Creativity

"I sometimes have a horrible fear of turning up a canvas of mine. I'm always afraid of finding a monster in place of the precious jewels I thought I had put there!"

Thought

"I began to understand my sensations, to know what I wanted, at around the age of forty - but only vaguely."

Age

"When you do a thing with your whole soul and everything that is noble within you, you always find your counterpart."

Soul

"Blessed are they who see beautiful things in humble places where other people see nothing."

People

"God takes care of imbeciles, little children and artists."

God

"Work at the same time on sky, water, branches, ground, keeping everything going on an equal basis... Don't be afraid of putting on colour... Paint generously and unhesitatingly, for it is best not to lose the first impression."

Time

"I regard it as a waste of time to think only of selling: one forgets one's art and exaggerates one's value."

Art

"It is absurd to look for perfection."

Perfection