I am prejudiced in favor of him who, without impudence, can ask boldly. He has faith in humanity, and faith in himself. No one who is not accustomed to giving grandly can ask nobly and with boldness.

Quote by Johann Kaspar Lavater

Topics: Faith Quotes, Humanity Quotes, Safety Quotes

You may tell a man thou art a fiend, but not your nose wants blowing;...

You may tell a man thou art a fiend, but not your nose wants blowing;...

Conscience is the sentinel of virtue.

Conscience is the sentinel of virtue.

Trust him little who praise all, him less who censures all and him least who...

Trust him little who praise all, him less who censures all and him least who...

He, who cannot forgive a trespass of malice to his enemy, has never yet tasted...

He, who cannot forgive a trespass of malice to his enemy, has never yet tasted...

You may depend upon it that he is a good man whose intimate friends are...

You may depend upon it that he is a good man whose intimate friends are...

Be not the fourth friend of him who had three before and lost them.

Be not the fourth friend of him who had three before and lost them.

You are not very good if you are not better than your best friends imagine...

You are not very good if you are not better than your best friends imagine...

Let none turn over books or scan the stars in quest of God who see...

Let none turn over books or scan the stars in quest of God who see...

He is incapable of truly good action who finds not a pleasure in contemplating the...

He is incapable of truly good action who finds not a pleasure in contemplating the...

He who has not forgiven an enemy has not yet tasted one of the most...

He who has not forgiven an enemy has not yet tasted one of the most...

Intuition is the clear conception of the whole at once.

Intuition is the clear conception of the whole at once.

Neatness begets order; but from order to taste there is the same difference as from...

Neatness begets order; but from order to taste there is the same difference as from...

Have you ever seen a pedant with a warm heart?

Have you ever seen a pedant with a warm heart?

Who makes quick use of the moment is a genius of prudence.

Who makes quick use of the moment is a genius of prudence.

You are not very good if you are not better than your best friends imagine...

You are not very good if you are not better than your best friends imagine...

Depend on no man, on no friend but him who can depend on himself. He...

Depend on no man, on no friend but him who can depend on himself. He...

Him, who incessantly laughs in the street, you may commonly hear grumbling in his closet.

Him, who incessantly laughs in the street, you may commonly hear grumbling in his closet.

Who makes quick use of the moment is a genius of prudence.

Who makes quick use of the moment is a genius of prudence.

The same prudence which in private life would forbid our paying our own money for...

The same prudence which in private life would forbid our paying our own money for...

The prudence of the best heads is often defeated by the tenderness of the best...

The prudence of the best heads is often defeated by the tenderness of the best...