He who closes his ears to the views of others shows little confidence in the integrity of his own views.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
He who stands aloof runs the risk of believing himself better than others and misusing his critique of society as an ideology for his private interest.
One who is too insistent on his own views, finds few to agree with him.
He who believes in nobody knows that he himself is not to be trusted.
The person who talks most of his own virtue is often the least virtuous.
He that knows himself, knows others; and he that is ignorant of himself, could not write a very profound lecture on other men's heads.
A man's opinion is in others; his being is in himself.
A politician's words reveal less about what he thinks about his subject than what he thinks about his audience.
There is a very thin line between confidence and arrogance.
One of Obama's most impressive attributes is his quiet confidence: Voters sense that he is comfortable in his own skin, a dedicated father and friend who won't waste time with the phony rituals of Washington.
He who doesn't consider himself is seldom considerate of others.