Preston Brooks quotes

Preston Brooks quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“I should have forfeited my own self-respect, and perhaps the good opinion of my countrymen, if I had failed to resent such an injury by calling the offender in question to a personal account.”
-- Preston Brooks

#Respect Quotes #Self Quotes #Calling Quotes
“Whatever insults my state insults me,”
-- Preston Brooks

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“Nothing is more despicable than respect based on fear.”

Source : Albert Camus (1963). “Carnets: 1935-1942”
“Self-respect cannot be hunted. It cannot be purchased. It is never for sale. It cannot be fabricated out of public relations. It comes to us when we are alone, in quiet moments, in quiet places, when we suddenly realize that, knowing the good, we have done it; knowing the beautiful, we have served it; knowing the truth we have spoken it”

Source : Alfred Whitney Griswold (1959). “Liberal Education and the Democratic Ideal: And Other Essays”
“If Miss means respectably unmarried, and Mrs. respectably married, then Ms. means nudge, nudge, wink, wink.”
“But it's important, while we are supporting lessons in respecting others, to remember that many of our youngest kids need to learn to respect themselves. You learn your worth from the way you are treated.”
“Just try to learn the truth by approaching a spiritual master. Inquire from him submissively and render service unto him. The self-realized soul can impart knowledge unto you because he has seen the truth.”
“I'm addicted to self-improvement. The thing is, there's so damn much about myself to improve.”

Source : "Drop Dead Healthy" by A.J. Jacobs, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 13, 2012.
“I have a dreadful fear that the more you try to prevent revealing the self, the more you do.”
“Inspiration may be a form of superconsciousness, or perhaps of subconsciousness - I wouldn't know. But I am sure it is the antithesis of self-consciousness.”
“Maybe God is calling you to do something extraordinary that isn't on your calendar; something to revive your soul!”
“The idea of â€˜calling' was fundamentally redefined: no longer was it about being called to serve God by leaving the world; it was now about serving God in the world”

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