The true measure of your character is what you do when nobody’s watching. Charles Caleb Colton View this quote
Grant graciously what you cannot refuse safely and conciliate those you cannot conquer. Charles Caleb Colton
Charles Caleb Colton
Great minds had rather deserve contemporaneous applause without obtaining it, than obtain without deserving it. If it follow them it is well, but they will not deviate to follow it. Charles Caleb Colton
Gross and vulgar minds will always pay a higher respect to wealth than to talent; for wealth, although it be a far less efficient source of power than talent, happens to be far more intelligible. Charles Caleb Colton
He that aspires to be the head of a party will find it more difficult to please his friends than to perplex his foes. He must often act from false reasons which are weak, because he dares not avow the true reasons which are strong. Charles Caleb Colton
He that can enjoy the intimacy of the great, and on no occasion disgust them by familiarity, or disgrace himself by servility, proves that he is as perfect a gentleman by nature as his companions are by rank. Charles Caleb Colton
He that dies a martyr proves that he was not a knave, but by no means that he was not a fool. Charles Caleb Colton
He that gives a portion of his time and talent to the investigation of mathematical truth, will come to all other questions with a decided advantage over his opponents. Charles Caleb Colton
He that has energy enough to root out a vice should go further, and try to plant a virtue in its place. Charles Caleb Colton
He that studies only men will get the body of knowledge without the soul; and he that studies only books, the soul without the body. Charles Caleb Colton
He that will often put eternity and the world before him, and who will dare to look steadfastly at both of them, will find that the more often he contemplates them, the former will grow greater, and the latter less. Charles Caleb Colton
British priest and writer
January 1st, 1780 - January 1st, 1832
