Washington Allston Quotes

We all have faults, and mine is being wicked.

The faults of a superior person are like the sun and moon. They have their faults, and everyone sees them; they change and everyone looks up to them.

Best men oft are moulded out of faults.

Were we faultless, we would not derive such satisfaction from remarking the faults of others.

We endeavor to make a virtue of the faults we are unwilling to correct.

People will allow their faults to be shown them; they will let themselves be punished for them; they will patiently endure many things because of them; they only become impatient when they have to lay them aside.

They say best men are molded out of faults, And, for the most, become much more the better For being a little bad

Wink at small faults; remember thou hast great ones.

We have to try to cure our faults by attention and not by will.

I don't think you have to be perfect to be a role model.

We are dismayed when we find that even disaster cannot cure us of our faults.

I deplore my shortcomings, but plan to keep them.

When the defects of others are perceived with so much clarity, it is because one possesses them oneself.

A man does not mind being blamed for his faults, and being punished for them, and he patiently suffers much for them; but he becomes impatient if he is required to give them up.

Ozzy is a powerful and attractive man. When I grow up I want to be Ozzy.

Jay-Z's my favorite rapper, but why can't I aspire to be better than him?

What we cut off from our other faults is very often but so much added to our pride.

I criticize myself ruthlessly, but never mention the faults of which I am truly ashamed.

Ask yourself this question everyday: What is it about me that other people would change if they could?

If you look at me as a role model, I agree with it. If you look at me as an idol, I don't because an idol for me is someone that you want to replicate. You want to be them and I don't wish that on anyone to lose what they have personally, because that's when your spark is lost.

The way I like to measure greatness is... How many people can you make want to be better?

We like to think of our champions and idols as superheroes who were born different from us. We don’t like to think of them as relatively ordinary people who made themselves extraordinary.

The weakest man is the one who is able to correct his moral defects, but doesn't take action.

I don't think being flawed is a bad thing for a character... nor do I think it's a bad thing for a person in life, because that's how we all are.