George Eliot Quotes

Men of action, above all those whose actions are guided by love, live forever.

People do not always understand the motives of sublime conduct, and when they are astonished they are very apt to think they ought to be alarmed. The truth is none are fit judges of greatness but those who are capable of it.

I want to be remembered as a great actor - and a shining example of humanity.

If I'm remembered for having done a few good things, and if my presence here has sparked some good energies, that's plenty.

Every charitable act is a stepping stone toward heaven.

Men are only as great as they are kind.

Greatness lies, not in being strong, but in the right using of strength; and strength is not used rightly when it serves only to carry a man above his fellows for his own solitary glory. He is the greatest whose strength carries up the most hearts by the attraction of his own.

He lives to build, not boast, a generous race; No tenth transmitter of a foolish face.

Leibniz dedicated his life to efforts to educate people to understand that true happiness is found by locating their identity in benefitting mankind and their posterity.

What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal.

What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal.

Although it sounds cliche, the main thing I want to do is touch people with what I do. I want everything I do to be meaningful, and I want it to be about more than just myself, or the money.

The power of noble deeds is to be preserved and passed on to the future.

What a man does for others, not what they do for him, gives him immortality.

Hearts are strongest when they beat in response to noble ideals.

Man is only truly great when he acts from the passions.

To be good is noble but to show others how to be good is nobler.

If to be venerated for benevolence, if to be admired for talents, if to be esteemed for patriotism, if to be beloved for philanthropy, can gratify the human mind, you must have the pleasing consolation to know that you have not lived in vain.

I never knew Mother Teresa, but I admired her, especially in this day and age when there aren't many heroes.

My daughter told me, 'Daddy, if I don't make it, I don't want you to stop helping these other kids.' So that's where I've been able to go on. I tell people - and I really believe this - I didn't lose a daughter; I gained so many other kids.

Honestly, I want to be known as a great ball player, but it's more important for me to be known as a good person. Like seriously, the greatest gift you have as a person is to give something to somebody else.

As one lamp lights another, nor grows less,So nobleness enkindleth nobleness.

All the big words -virtue, justice, truth, ...- are dwarfed by the greatness of kindness

Only great souls know the grandeur there is in charity.