Quotes By Bryant H. McGill

Unfortunately, your reputation often rests not on your ability to do what you say, but rather on your ability to do what people expect.

The test of a belief is not exclusively in the belief itself, but also in the intentions and actions of those who embrace it.

Ambition is not what a man would do, but what a man does, for ambition without action is fantasy.

Our understanding of the world around us is constantly being redefined and expanded, and so therefore, it is wiser to be passionate about seeking for truth than knowing it.

Sometimes power is all a person has, so they will protect it even unto their own destruction, for without power they have nothing.

Emotion is often what we rely upon to carry us across the unfathomable voids in our intelligence.

Do not let your ambitions become a sanctuary for your failures.

Callousness and insolence bring to bare unanimous social condemnation, while the simple efforts of politeness are admired; even in those who are otherwise despised.

In all known time there has never been a greater monster or miracle than the human being.

Never expect a loan to a friend to be paid back if you want to keep that friend.

True education is limited to those people who would die without knowing, whereas the masses in the institutions are merely going through the motions, for education is a way of living.

Truth is often the favorite tool of those who deceive.

Freedom is not a gift nor does it simply exist for us to have, but rather it is a sacred duty, and its blessed yield of hope is born from none other than the blood of the innocent.

In the company of the accomplished, people hope it will rub off on themselves, in the company of the misfortunate, they fear it!

One column of truth cannot hold an institution of ideas from falling into ignorance. It is wiser that a person of prudence and purpose save his strength for battles that can be won.

Enthusiasm is the energy and force that builds literal momentum of the human soul and mind.

The best way to win against the intolerable is to tolerate them, for this they have seldom dealt with. Your indulgence may soften their malice and open their eyes to more honorable ways.

There is no love without forgiveness, and there is no forgiveness without love.

While it is important for people to see your promise you must also remember that hope is the keeper of both happiness and disappointment, the father of both progress and failure.

Knowledge is that possession that no misfortune can destroy, no authority can revoke, and no enemy can control. This makes knowledge the greatest of all freedoms.