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Great tranquility of heart is his who cares for neither praise nor blame.


Thomas a Kempis

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He has great tranquillity of heart who cares neither for the praises nor the fault-finding of men.
THOMAS KEMPIS Thus neither the praise nor the blame is our own.
WILLIAM COWPER That man is great, and he alone, Who serves a greatness not his own, For neither praise nor pe...
LORD LYTTON (EDWARD ROBERT BULWER LYTTON) ("OWEN MEREDITH") That man is great, and he alone,
Who serves a greatness not his own,
For neither praise nor pe...
EDWARD GEORGE BULWER-LYTTON Neither blame or praise yourself.
PROVERB Neither blame or praise yourself.
PLUTARCH Praise me not too much, Nor blame me, for thou speakest to the Greeks Who know me.
HOMER ("SMYRNS OF CHIOS") It is neither wealth nor splendor, but tranquility and occupation which give happiness.
THOMAS JEFFERSON It is neither wealth nor splendor, but tranquility and occupation, which give happiness
THOMAS JEFFERSON For neither life nor nature cares if justice is ever done or not.
PATRICIA HIGHSMITH It is neither wealth nor splendor; but tranquility and occupation which give you happiness.
THOMAS JEFFERSON From praise, as from a shadow, a man is neither bigger nor smaller
DANISH PROVERB Some judge of authors' names, not works, and then nor praise nor blame the writings, but the men.
ALEXANDER POPE DNA neither cares nor knows. DNA just is. And we dance to its music.
RICHARD DAWKINS Neither praise nor dispraise thy selfe, thy actins serve the turne.
GEORGE HERBERT Commemoration of Thomas à Kempis, priest, spiritual writer, 1471 Every man naturally desir...
THOMAS À KEMPIS I offer neither pay, nor quarters, nor provisions; I offer hunger, thirst, forced marches, battles a...
GIUSEPPE GARIBALDI I offer neither pay, nor quarters, nor food; I offer only hunger, thirst, forced marches, battles an...
GIUSEPPE GARIBALDI He that had neither beene kithe nor kin, Might have seene a full fayre sight. - Thomas Percy...
THOMAS PERCY Neither lose heart nor hope.
LAILAH GIFTY AKITA He alone is great and happy who requires neither to command nor to obey in order to secure his being...
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE You are pretty,--we know it; and young,--it is true; and rich,-- who can deny it? But when you prai...
MARCUS VALERIUS MARTIAL Praise out of season, or tactlessly bestowed, can freeze the heart as much as blame.
PEARL BUCK Praise out of season, or tactlessly bestowed, can freeze the heart as much as blame.
PEARL S. BUCK The currency of the great is neither Yen,nor Naira,nor Dollar ,nor Pound sterling,but faith.
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) No one is to blame. It is neither their fault nor ours. It is the misfortune of being born when a wh...
ALEXANDER HERZEN Give me the critic bred in Nature's school, who neither talks by rote, nor thinks by rule; who feeli...
SIR MARTIN ARCHER SHEE It is neither wise nor brave to question God. It is the folly of a prideful heart
DON WILLIAMS, JR It is neither wise nor brave to question God. It is the folly of a prideful heart
DON WILLIAMS JR There is neither this world nor the world beyond nor happiness for the one who doubts.
BHAGAVAD GITA Commemoration of Thomas à Kempis, priest, spiritual writer, 1471 It is no great matter to...
DAVID KIRK The sad souls of those who lived without blame and without praise.
DANTE ALIGHIERI Commemoration of Thomas Merton, Monk, Spiritual Writer, 1968 The great thing, and the only thing,...
THOMAS MERTON When anyone remains modest, not after praise but after blame, then his modesty is real
JEAN PAUL RICHTER Blame is safer than praise.
RALPH WALDO EMERSON Blame is safer than praise
RALPH WALDO EMERSON Kate would have Thomas, no one blame her can: Tom won't have Kate, and who can blame the Man?
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN If you are humble nothing will touch you, neither praise nor disgrace, because you know what you are...
MOTHER TERESA A man who loves a bad name cares less about the future of his great grand children.
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) Neither a life of anarchy nor one beneath a despot should you praise; to all that lies in the middle...
AESCHYLUS Neither great poverty nor great riches will hear reason.
HENRY FIELDING A statesman who keeps his ear permanently glued to the ground will have neither elegance of posture ...
ABBA EBAN ...neither life nor history is an enterprise for those who seek simplicity and consistency.
JARED DIAMOND Mediocrity inspires neither great love nor hate.
VANNA BONTA Never mind whom you praise, but be very careful who you blame
EDMUND GOSSE An actor remembers his first piece of published praise. It is written on his heart.
CONRAD VEIDT It neither is reason nor in any wise to be suffered that the young king, our master and kinsman, sho...
RICHARD III OF ENGLAND Politics is the profession of those who have neither trade nor art.
MUHAMMAD HIJAZI History is the story of events, with praise or blame.
COTTON MATHER Anyone who trades liberty for security deserves neither liberty nor security
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Neither praise or blame is the object of true criticism. Justly to discriminate, firmly to establish...
WILLIAM GILMORE SIMMS has neither asked for nor sought a pardon, and we take him at his word.
ARI FLEISCHER Praise more, blame less.
JIM GENOVESE Blessings be with them, and eternal praise,Who gave us nobler loves, and nobler cares!
WILLIAM WORDSWORTH He is neither a strategist nor is he schooled in the operational arts, nor is he a tactician, nor is...
NORMAN SCHWARZKOPF For I am convinced that neither death nor life neither angels nor demons neither the present nor the...
ANONYMOUS If a square peg doesn’t fit a round hole, neither the peg nor the hole is to blame. Between two pe...
JEFFREY BRYANT Neither the player nor his number were recognizable.
KLAUS BEIER He has great tranquillity of heart who cares neither for the praises nor the fault-finding of men. H...
JOHN OWEN But this I know; the writer who possesses the creative gift owns something of which he is not always...
CHARLOTTE BRONTE But this I know; the writer who possesses the creative gift owns something of which he is not always...
CHARLOTTE BRONTE I worship impersonal Nature, which is neither "good" or "bad", and who knows neither love nor hatred...
SAVITRI DEVI He that has neither fools, whores nor beggars among his kindred, is the son of a thunder-gust
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN A position of authority is neither necessary nor sufficient for the exercise of leadership.
ERIC WERKOWITZ There is neither creation nor destruction,
neither destiny nor free will, neither
path nor...
RAMANA MAHARSHI Neither in this world nor elsewhere is there any happiness in store for him who always doubts.
BHAGAVAD GITA He is neither a strategist nor is he schooled in the operational arts, nor is he a tactician, nor is...
NORMAN SCHWARZKOPF Who are neither children nor gods, but men in a world of men!
RUDYARD KIPLING Be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be, since you cannot make yourself as y...
THOMAS A KEMPIS Neither beg of him who has been a beggar, nor serve him who has been a servant
PROVERB A Great man is he who does not lose his childlike heart.
MENCIUS (MENGZI MENG-TSE) Neither lend money to a great man nor borrow it from a powerful one.
VIKRANT PARSAI There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet is there ...
BIBLE It is more difficult to praise rightly than to blame.
THOMAS FULLER A knight errant who turns mad for a reason deserves neither merit nor thanks. The thing is to do it ...
MIGUEL DE CERVANTES SAAVEDRA I praise loudly, I blame softly.
CATHERINE II OF RUSSIA I praise loudly, I blame softly
CATHERINE THE GREAT I praise loudly. I blame softly.
CATHERINE THE GREAT I praise loudly, I blame softly
CATHERINE GREAT There can be a fundamental gulf of gracelessness in a human heart which neither our love nor our cou...
PATRICK CAMPBELL Who letts his wife goe to every feast, and his horse drinke at every water, shall neither have good...
GEORGE HERBERT It is great wisdom to know how to be silent and to look at neither the remarks, nor the deeds, nor t...
SAINT JOHN OF THE CROSS It is great wisdom to know how to be silent and to look at neither the remarks, nor the deeds, nor t...
ST. JOHN OF THE CROSS I have neither been there nor done that
NANCY CARTWRIGHT I'm neither a millennial nor a hipster.
AARON SORKIN Neither a man nor a crowd nor a nation can be trusted to act humanely or to think sanely under the i...
BERTRAND RUSSELL Now Darkstripe,' Graypaw hissed to Firepaw under his breath, 'is neither young, nor pretty.
ERIN HUNTER If thou desire the love of God and man, be humble, for the proud heart, as it loves none but itself,...
FRANCIS QUARLES Bob Huggins, a lot of times, is misunderstood. He's someone who cares a great deal about his players...
RICK PITINO A true great Man will neither trample on a Worm, nor sneak to an Emperor.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN For he who has no tranquility there is no concentration.
BHAGAVAD GITA Here lies our good Edmund, whose genius was such We scarcely can praise it or blame it too much; ...
OLIVER GOLDSMITH As far as Saddam Hussein being a great military strategist, he is neither a strategist, nor is he ...
GENERAL NORMAN SCHWARZKOPF It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who c...
GEN. WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who c...
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who c...
WILLIAM T. SHERMAN He neither drank, smoked, nor rode a bicycle. Living frugally, saving his money, he died early, surr...
JOHN BARRYMORE The most essential requirement for leaders is neither age nor gender. It is neither certificates nor...
ISRAELMORE AYIVOR He is a great kid, a caring kid and a kid with a big heart. He cares about his teammates more than a...
JIM COLE Who would not praise Patrico's high desert, His hand unstain'd, his uncorrupted heart, His com...
ALEXANDER POPE

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THOMAS à KEMPIS A wise lover values not so much the gift of the lover as the love of the giver.
THOMAS à KEMPIS A lowly knowledge of thyself is a surer way to God than the deep searching of a man’s learnings. N...
THOMAS à KEMPIS It is vanity, too, to covet honours, and to lift up ourselves on high...It is vanity, to love that w...
THOMAS à KEMPIS There is naturally in every man a desire to know, but what profiteth knowledge without the fear of G...
THOMAS à KEMPIS The cross, therefore, is always ready; it awaits you everywhere. No matter where you may go, you can...
THOMAS à KEMPIS Let all your thoughts be with the Most High, and direct your humble prayers unceasingly to Christ. I...
THOMAS à KEMPIS If you desire to know or learn anything to your advantage, then take delight in being unknown and un...
THOMAS à KEMPIS Grant me prudently to avoid him that flatters me, and to endure patiently him that contradicts me.
THOMAS à KEMPIS For a small reward, a man will hurry away on a long journey; while for eternal life, many will hardl...
THOMAS à KEMPIS No man safely goeth abroad who loveth not to rest at home. No man safely talketh but he who loveth t...
THOMAS À KEMPIS Feast of Mary, Martha & Lazarus, Companions of Our Lord True it is that every man willingly foll...
THOMAS À KEMPIS Commemoration of Thomas à Kempis, priest, spiritual writer, 1471 Be not angry that you c...
THOMAS À KEMPIS Feast of Leo the Great, Bishop of Rome, 461 If we would put some slight stress on ourselves at th...
THOMAS À KEMPIS The more a man hath unity and simplicity in himself, the more things and the deeper things he unders...
THOMAS À KEMPIS It is Truth which we must look for in Holy Writ, not cunning of words. All Scripture ought to be rea...
THOMAS À KEMPIS At the Day of Judgment, we shall not be asked what we have read, but what we have done.
THOMAS À KEMPIS He who loveth God with all his heart feareth not death, nor punishment, nor judgment, nor hell, beca...
THOMAS À KEMPIS Feast of the Holy Cross When you hear someone saying unworthy and hard words of you, then it is g...
THOMAS À KEMPIS Commemoration of Bridget of Sweden, Abbess of Vadstena, 1373 "In pastures green"? Not always; somet...
THOMAS À KEMPIS Feast of Richard of Chichester, Bishop, 1253 Commemoration of Joseph Butler, Bishop of Durham, Moral...
THOMAS À KEMPIS Thou wilt never be spiritually minded and godly unless thou art silent concerning other men's matter...
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