Charles Fenno Hoffman quotes

Charles Fenno Hoffman quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“Kindness is the evidence of greatness. If anyone is glad that you are here, then you have not lived in vain.”
-- Charles Fenno Hoffman

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“Sparkling and bright in liquid light Does the wine our goblets gleam in; With hue as red as the rosy bed Which a bee would choose to dream in.”
-- Charles Fenno Hoffman

Source : Charles Fenno Hoffman (1873). “The Poems of Charles Fenno Hoffman”, p.195

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“I have endured a great deal of ridicule without much malice; and have received a great deal of kindness, not quite free from ridicule. I am used to it.”
“The level of our success is limited only by our imagination and no act of kindness, however small, is ever wasted.”
“I'm a kind person, I'm kind to everyone, but if you are unkind to me, then kindness is not what you'll remember me for”
“You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry”
“The greatness of every mighty organization embodying an idea in this world lies in the religious fanaticism and intolerance with which, fanatically convinced of its own right, it intolerantly imposes its will against all others.”
“Education has a tremendous power on man. Can't we see to which astonishing disciple the people of Sparte have submitted ("s'est pliÃ©", Fr.) for centuries, and this with a view to very petty purposes: purely outer greatness, the military predominace of Sparte. This example proves that man can everything on themselves when they want it ("peuvent tout sur eux-mÃªmes quand ils le veulent", Fr.); therefore it would only be a question of making them will the good.”
“You treat people with greatness and greatness will come back to you.”

Source : "Q & A: Afrika Bambaataa Spins Hip-Hop Knowledge". Q&A with Simon McCormack, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 26, 2010.
“The United States is a big country but unfortunately it seems it has the brain of a little bird not befitting the greatness of the country.”

Source : "Iran's ex-president: U.S should show goodwill". Interview with Barbara Slavin, usatoday30.usatoday.com. February 6, 2005.
“The difficulties of life do not keep you from greatness.Â They show you to its door.”
“Most Hollywood men are too vain and shallow for me.”

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