Quotation Collection

One act of beneficence, one act of real usefulness, is worth all the abstract sentiment in the world. Sentiment is a disgrace, instead of an ornament, unless it lead us to good actions. Ann Radcliffe

• charity
• service

There's nothing better for building confidence than learning you can do something you thought you couldn't. Amy Chua

• confidence

Perhaps I am not a good judge of these things, but in my opinion the religion that makes men rebel and fight against a just government in defense of an unjust institution that makes slaves of men whom God made free is not the genuine article. The religion that reconciles men to the idea of eating their bread in the sweat of other men's faces is not the kind to get to heaven on. Abraham Lincoln

• slavery

It is easier to love humanity than to love one's neighbor. Eric Hoffer

• relationships