Top 25 Worthy Quotes of 191 - Page 7

It is proof of a narrow mind when things worthy of esteem are distinguished from things worthy of love. Great minds naturally love whatever is worthy of their esteem.

Luc de Clapiers

Mind, Proof, Worthy

Jean de La Bruyère, Luc de Clapiers marquis de Vauvenargues (1903). “La Bruyère and Vauvenargues: Selections from the Characters, Reflexions and Maxims”

If you are untrustworthy, people will not trust you.

Laozi

Trust, People, Untrustworthy

The story of how I left Huckleberry begins -- as do all worthy stories -- with a goat

John Scalzi

Stories, Goats, Worthy

John Scalzi (2010). “The Last Colony”, p.4, Pan Macmillan

YOU are valuable and rare and worthy of love.

John Green

Worthy, Valuable, Worthy Of Love

We may not be worthy to be forgiven, but He is worthy to forgive us.

J. D. Greear

Forgiving, May, Worthy

J. D. Greear (2013). “Stop Asking Jesus Into Your Heart: How to Know for Sure You Are Saved”, p.30, B&H Publishing Group

We inherit nothing truly, but what our actions make us worthy of.

George Chapman

Our Actions, Action, Worthy

George Chapman, James Shirley (1824). “The Ball”, p.66

It is praiseworthy even to attempt a great action.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Action, Praiseworthy

no one is more trustworthy than the repentant sinner who has been found out.

Ethel Smyth

Trustworthy, Repentance, Found

Ethel Smyth (1940). “What happened next”, Longmans, Green

What is common sense? That which attracts the least opposition that which brings most agreeable and worthy results.

E. W. Howe

Common Sense, Results, Worthy

Sinner Sermons (p. 7)

We must treat others as if they matter, as if they are worthy of care and attention.

Chip Espinoza

Attention, Care, Worthy

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To be a celebrity, I couldn't think of anything more cringe-worthy.

Bryan Adams

Thinking, Worthy, Cringe

"Bryan Adams on learning to deal with fame". Interview with Shirley Halperin, uk.reuters.com. March 22, 2011.

The one thing that keeps us out of connection is our fear that we're not worthy of connection.

Brené Brown

Connections, Worthy, Not Worthy

Then, you must fall each into your proper place. You'll do your business, and she, if she's worthy of you, will do hers; but it's your business to please yourself, and hers to please you.

Anne Bronte

Fall, Worthy, Please

Anne Bronte (2017). “The Tenant of Wildfell Hall”, p.51, Litres

Nothing natural can be wholly unworthy.

Anna Julia Cooper

Natural, Unworthy

Anna Julia Cooper, Charles C. Lemert, Esme Bhan (1998). “The Voice of Anna Julia Cooper: Including A Voice from the South and Other Important Essays, Papers, and Letters”, p.135, Rowman & Littlefield

To secure to each laborer the whole product of his labor, or as nearly as possible, is a worthy object of any good government.

Abraham Lincoln

Government, Worthy, Labor

Abraham Lincoln (2012). “The Life and Writings of Abraham Lincoln”, p.338, Modern Library

We cannot love something solely because it has been ignored. It must also be worthy of our attention.

Zadie Smith

Attention, Ignored, Worthy

Men ruin themselves headlong for unworthy women.

Wilkie Collins

Men, Ruins, Unworthy

Wilkie Collins (1870). “Man and Wife: A Novel”, p.272

As you approach the presidency, no one seems worthy of it, since it wasn't designed for a human in the first place.

Wilfrid Sheed

Firsts, Worthy, Approach

Wilfrid Sheed (1978). “The good word & other words”, Dutton Adult

Nor can you trust in God because everything that you attempt to trust is coming from someone who is not trustworthy to begin with. So everything that you think, feel or act upon is based upon coming from someone who is untrustworthy. Therefore, you'll always be lost.

Wayne Dyer

Thinking, Untrustworthy, Trust In God

"Become A Mighty Manifester An Interview with Wayne Dyer". Interview with Randy Peyser, www.randypeyser.com.