Not to be cheered by praise, not to be grieved by blame, but to know thoroughly one's own virtues or powers are the characteristics of an excellent man.

Quote by Satchel Paige

Topics: Power Quotes, Praise Quotes, Virtue Quotes

Airplanes may kill you, but they ain't likely to hurt you.

Airplanes may kill you, but they ain't likely to hurt you.

I never threw an illegal pitch. The trouble is, once in a while I toss...

I never threw an illegal pitch. The trouble is, once in a while I toss...

I've said it once and I'll say it a a hundred times, I'm forty-four years...

I've said it once and I'll say it a a hundred times, I'm forty-four years...

How old would you be if you didn't know how old you are?

How old would you be if you didn't know how old you are?

When a batter swings and I see his knees move, I can tell just what...

When a batter swings and I see his knees move, I can tell just what...

I ain't ever had a job, I just always played baseball.

I ain't ever had a job, I just always played baseball.

It's funny what a few no-hitters do for a body.

It's funny what a few no-hitters do for a body.

Ain't no man can avoid being born average, but there ain't no man got to...

Ain't no man can avoid being born average, but there ain't no man got to...

I never rush myself. See, they can't start the game without me.

I never rush myself. See, they can't start the game without me.

How old would you be if you didn't know how old you are?

How old would you be if you didn't know how old you are?

You gotta keep the ball off the fat part of the bat.

You gotta keep the ball off the fat part of the bat.

Work like you don't need the money, love like you've never been hurt and dance...

Work like you don't need the money, love like you've never been hurt and dance...

I don't generally like running. I believe in training by rising gently up and down...

I don't generally like running. I believe in training by rising gently up and down...

Money and women. They're two of the strongest things in the world. The things you...

Money and women. They're two of the strongest things in the world. The things you...

Don't look back. Something might be gaining on you.

Don't look back. Something might be gaining on you.

Ain't no man can avoid being born average, but there ain't no man got to...

Ain't no man can avoid being born average, but there ain't no man got to...

Not to be cheered by praise, not to be grieved by blame, but to know...

Not to be cheered by praise, not to be grieved by blame, but to know...

He is most powerful who has power over himself

He is most powerful who has power over himself

Leaders in all realms and activities of life knew that the power they had come...

Leaders in all realms and activities of life knew that the power they had come...

Truth resides in every human heart, and one has to search for it there, and...

Truth resides in every human heart, and one has to search for it there, and...

Sweet is the scene where genial friendship plays, the pleasing game of interchanging praise.

Sweet is the scene where genial friendship plays, the pleasing game of interchanging praise.

Vice has more martyrs than virtue; and it often happens that men suffer more to...

Vice has more martyrs than virtue; and it often happens that men suffer more to...