If any speak ill of thee, fly home to thy own conscience and examine thy heart. If thou art guilty, it is a just correction; if not guilty, it is a fair instruction.

Quote by George Herbert

Topics: Self Examination Quotes

Good words are worth much, and cost little.

Good words are worth much, and cost little.

Deceive not thy physician, confessor, nor lawyer.

Deceive not thy physician, confessor, nor lawyer.

A lean compromise is better than a fat lawsuit.

A lean compromise is better than a fat lawsuit.

Better never begin than never make an end.

Better never begin than never make an end.

It is part of a poor spirit to undervalue himself and blush.

It is part of a poor spirit to undervalue himself and blush.

The resolved mind hath no cares.

The resolved mind hath no cares.

Hell is full of good meanings and wishings.

Hell is full of good meanings and wishings.

Read as you taste fruit or savor wine, or enjoy friendship, love or life.

Read as you taste fruit or savor wine, or enjoy friendship, love or life.

He that hath lost his credit is dead to the world.

He that hath lost his credit is dead to the world.

There would be no great ones if there were no little ones

There would be no great ones if there were no little ones

A man of great memory without learning hath a rock and a spindle and no...

A man of great memory without learning hath a rock and a spindle and no...

War makes thieves and peace hangs them.

War makes thieves and peace hangs them.

He hath no leisure who useth it not.

He hath no leisure who useth it not.

O Thou who has given us so much, mercifully grant us one thing more-a grateful...

O Thou who has given us so much, mercifully grant us one thing more-a grateful...

A gentle heart is tied with an easy thread.

A gentle heart is tied with an easy thread.

Many kiss the hand they wish cut off.

Many kiss the hand they wish cut off.

War makes thieves and peace hangs them.

War makes thieves and peace hangs them.

When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.

When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.

Whatever the heart loves, the head must think about; what the head thinks about the...

Whatever the heart loves, the head must think about; what the head thinks about the...

There is no way to peace, peace is the way.

There is no way to peace, peace is the way.

There has never been a protracted war from which a country has benefited.

There has never been a protracted war from which a country has benefited.