An effective human being is a whole that is greater than the sum of its parts.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
All human excellence is but comparative. There may be persons who excel us, as much as we fancy we excel the meanest.
Human improvement is from within outward.
The measure of a decent human being is how he or she treats the defenseless.
A human being is a being who is constantly 'under construction,' but also, in a parallel fashion, always in a state of constant destruction.
If human beings are perceived as potentials rather than problems, as possessing strengths instead of weaknesses, as unlimited rather that dull and unresponsive, then they thrive and grow to their capabilities.
The active part of man consists of powerful instincts, some of which are gentle and continuous; others violent and short; some baser, some nobler, and all necessary.
For a man to achieve all that is demanded of him he must regard himself as greater than he is.
If I'm not a successful human being, who I am?
A strong, successful man is not the victim of his environment. He creates favorable conditions. His own inherent force and energy compel things to turn out as he desires.
All of us are much more human than otherwise.
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