Pride is founded not on the sense of happiness, but on the sense of power.
William HazlittRead
I like a person who knows his own mind and sticks to it; who sees at once what, in given circumstances, is to be done, and does it.
Interpretation
What this quote means
The quote values decisiveness and self-awareness in a person.
William Hazlitt highlights the importance of knowing oneself and having the confidence to act accordingly. A person who is aware of their beliefs and stands firm in their convictions, particularly in challenging situations, demonstrates strength of character and effective decision-making.
Themes
DecisivenessSelf-AwarenessActionConvictionStrength
In practice
Example use cases
This quote can be used in a motivational speech about the importance of personal integrity.
More from William Hazlitt
All quotes βThe world loves to be amused by hollow professions, to be deceived by flattering appearances, to live in a state of hallucination; and can forgive everything but the plain, downright, simple, honest truth.
William HazlittRead
Our repugnance to death increases in proportion to our consciousness of having lived in vain.
William HazlittRead
We can bear to be deprived of everything but our self-conceit.
William HazlittRead
There are few things in which we deceive ourselves more than in the esteem we profess to entertain for our firends. It is little better than a piece of quackery. The truth is, we think of them as we please, that is, as they please or displease us.
William HazlittRead
Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity is a greater. Possession pampers the mind; privation trains and strengthens it.
William HazlittRead
Similar quotes
I had a period when I was sixteen where I started to get a big head. I was going through puberty, and I was nominated for an Academy Award. My head got inflated. My friends were the real ones who said, 'You're acting different.' But the truth is that I don't need that, because I don't get out of hand.
Leonardo DicaprioRead
There's something fascinating about seeing something you don't like at first but directly know you will loveβin time. People are that way, all through life. You come against a personality, and it questions yours. You shy away but know there are gratifying secrets there, and the half-open door is often more exciting than the wide.
Vincent PriceRead
It is another's fault if he be ungrateful, but it is mine if I do not give. To find one thankful man, I will oblige a great many that are not so.
Seneca The YoungerRead
However great may be the work for which we are responsible, we will always do well if we pause to spend time in sacred praise.
Charles SpurgeonRead
Discovery is the privilege of the child: the child who has no fear of being once again wrong, of looking like an idiot, of not being serious, of not doing things like everyone else.
Alexander GrothendieckRead
People will never know how hard it is to get information, especially if it's locked up behind official doors where, if politicians had their way, they'd stamp 'top secret' on the color of the walls.
Helen ThomasRead