„Value of a man depends upon his courage; his veracity depends upon his self-respect and his chastity depends upon his sense of honor.“

— Ali

Tags:

„The expectations of life depend upon diligence the mechanic that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools.“
— Confucius
„Upon the sacredness of property civilization itself depends—the right of the laborer to his hundred dollars in the savings bank, and equally the legal right of the millionaire to his millions.“
— Andrew Carnegie
„The State is not force alone. It depends upon the credulity of man quite as much as upon his docility. Its aim is not merely to make him obey, but also to make him want to obey.“
— H.L. Mencken
„Whether a young man shall reap pleasure or pain from winning the objects of his choice, depends, not only upon his wisdom or folly in selecting those objects, but upon the right or wrong methods by which he pursues them.“
— Horace Mann
„The individual has become more conscious than ever of his dependence upon society. But he does not experience this dependence as a positive asset, as an organic tie, as a protective force, but rather as a threat to his natural rights, or even to his economic existence. Moreover, his position in society is such that the egotistical drives of his make-up are constantly being accentuated, while his social drives, which are by nature weaker, progressively deteriorate.“
— Albert Einstein