When a man is no longer anxious to do better than well, he is done for.

- Benjamin Haydon

The safest principle through life, instead of reforming others, is to set about perfecting yourself.

- Benjamin Haydon

Temperance in everything is requisite for happiness.

- Benjamin Haydon

The great difficulty is first to win a reputation; the next to keep it while you live; and the next to preserve it after you die, when affection and …

- Benjamin Haydon

Never disregard what your enemies say. They may be severe, they may be prejudiced, they may be determined to see only in one direction, but still in …

- Benjamin Haydon

The greatest geniuses have always attributed everything to God, as if conscious of being possessed of a spark of His divinity.

- Benjamin Haydon

Fortunately for serious minds, a bias recognized is a bias sterilized.

- Benjamin Haydon

Never suffer youth to be an excuse for inadequacy, nor age and fame to be an excuse for indolence.

- Benjamin Haydon

It is highly convenient to believe in the infinite mercy of God when you feel the need of mercy, but remember also his infinite justice.

- Benjamin Haydon