Follow your honest convictions and be strong

Quote by William Makepeace Thackeray

Topics: Conviction Quotes, Honesty Quotes, Strength Quotes

Next to excellence is the appreciation of it.

Next to excellence is the appreciation of it.

'Tis hard with respect to Beauty, that its possessor should not have a life enjoyment...

'Tis hard with respect to Beauty, that its possessor should not have a life enjoyment...

What money is better bestowed than that of a schoolboy's tip? How the kindness is...

What money is better bestowed than that of a schoolboy's tip? How the kindness is...

Dinner was made for eating, not for talking.

Dinner was made for eating, not for talking.

To love and win is the best thing. To love and lose, the next best.

To love and win is the best thing. To love and lose, the next best.

Bravery never goes out of fashion

Bravery never goes out of fashion

Follow your honest convictions and be strong.

Follow your honest convictions and be strong.

Except for the young or very happy, I can't say I am sorry for anyone...

Except for the young or very happy, I can't say I am sorry for anyone...

I never knew whether to pity or congratulate a man on coming to his senses.

I never knew whether to pity or congratulate a man on coming to his senses.

When I walk with you I feel as if I had a flower in my...

When I walk with you I feel as if I had a flower in my...

Dinner was made for eating, not for talking

Dinner was made for eating, not for talking

We should pay as much reverence to youth as we should to age; there are...

We should pay as much reverence to youth as we should to age; there are...

People who do not know how to laugh are always pompous and self-conceited.

People who do not know how to laugh are always pompous and self-conceited.

There are many sham diamonds in this life which pass for real, and vice versa.

There are many sham diamonds in this life which pass for real, and vice versa.

Let a man who has to make his fortune in life remember this maxim: Attacking...

Let a man who has to make his fortune in life remember this maxim: Attacking...

I would rather make my name than inherit it.

I would rather make my name than inherit it.

The world is a looking glass and gives back to every man the reflection of...

The world is a looking glass and gives back to every man the reflection of...

Tis strange what a man may do, and a woman yet think him an angel.

Tis strange what a man may do, and a woman yet think him an angel.

Love is the true means by which the world is enjoyed: our love to others,...

Love is the true means by which the world is enjoyed: our love to others,...

Love is the expression of one's values, the greatest reward you can earn for the...

Love is the expression of one's values, the greatest reward you can earn for the...

You don't want to love--your eternal and abnormal craving is to be loved. You aren't...

You don't want to love--your eternal and abnormal craving is to be loved. You aren't...