What you cannot enforce, do not command.

Quote by Sophocles

Topics: Leadership Quotes

He who throws away a friend is as bad as he who throws away his...

He who throws away a friend is as bad as he who throws away his...

I would prefer even to fail with honor than to win by cheating

I would prefer even to fail with honor than to win by cheating

One who knows how to show and to accept kindness will be a friend better...

One who knows how to show and to accept kindness will be a friend better...

I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating.

I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating.

One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life; That word is...

One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life; That word is...

Money is the worst currency that ever grew among mankind. This sacks cities, this drives...

Money is the worst currency that ever grew among mankind. This sacks cities, this drives...

An unexamined life is not worth living...

An unexamined life is not worth living...

It's impossible to speak what it is not noble to do.

It's impossible to speak what it is not noble to do.

There are some who praise a man free from disease; to me no man who...

There are some who praise a man free from disease; to me no man who...

Quick decisions are unsafe decisions.

Quick decisions are unsafe decisions.

A fearful man is always hearing things.

A fearful man is always hearing things.

Reason is God's crowning gift to man.

Reason is God's crowning gift to man.

Not to be born is, past all prizing, best.

Not to be born is, past all prizing, best.

It is God's giving if we laugh or weep

It is God's giving if we laugh or weep

There is no happiness where there is no wisdom; No wisdom but in submission to...

There is no happiness where there is no wisdom; No wisdom but in submission to...

For the wretched one night is like a thousand; for someone faring well death is...

For the wretched one night is like a thousand; for someone faring well death is...

I see the state of all of us who live, nothing more than phantoms or...

I see the state of all of us who live, nothing more than phantoms or...

How sweet for those faring badly to forget their misfortunes even for a short time.

How sweet for those faring badly to forget their misfortunes even for a short time.

There is nothing more hateful than bad advice.

There is nothing more hateful than bad advice.

The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.

The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.