The true measure of your character is what you do when nobody’s watching. Charles Caleb Colton View this quote
If rich, it is easy enough to conceal our wealth; but, if poor, it is not quite so easy to conceal our poverty. We shall find that it is less difficult to hide a thousand guineas, than one hole in our coat. Charles Caleb Colton
Charles Caleb Colton
If sensuality be our only happiness we ought to envy the brutes, for instinct is a surer, shorter, safer guide to such happiness than reason. Charles Caleb Colton
Ignorance is a blank sheet, on which we may write; but error is a scribbled one, on which we must first erase. Charles Caleb Colton
In life we shall find many men that are great, and some that are good, but very few men that are both great and good. Charles Caleb Colton
It is better to have wisdom without learning than learning without wisdom. Charles Caleb Colton
It is better to meet danger than to wait for it. Charles Caleb Colton
It is more easy to forgive the weak who have injured us than the powerful whom we have injured. Charles Caleb Colton
It is only when the rich are sick that they fully feel the impotence of wealth. Charles Caleb Colton
Life isn’t like a book. Life isn’t logical or sensible or orderly. Life is a mess most of the time. And theology must be lived in the midst of that mess. Charles Caleb Colton
Men of great and shining qualities do not always succeed in life, but the fault lies more often in themselves than in others. Charles Caleb Colton
British priest and writer
January 1st, 1780 - January 1st, 1832
