Quotes from Bryant H. McGill

Callousness and insolence bring to bare unanimous social condemnation, while the simple efforts of politeness are admired; even in those who are otherwise despised.

Courtesy is a silver lining around the dark clouds of civilization; it is the best part of refinement and in many ways, an art of heroic beauty in the vast gallery of man's cruelty and baseness.

I have never read for entertainment, but rather for understanding and to satisfy my eager curiosity.

Emotion is often what we rely upon to carry us across the unfathomable voids in our intelligence.

Within the hearts men, loyalty and consideration are esteemed greater than success.

Self-made men often worship their creator.

Join me in my quest for a greater understanding of our existence. Join me in my desire for a greater self. Join me as I seek the humility to love and understand my fellow man.

Remember that the greatest fool in the world may ask more than the wisest man can answer.

Unfortunately, your reputation often rests not on your ability to do what you say, but rather on your ability to do what people expect.

The woman must be restored to her rightful place, as the strong, loving maternal leader of peace and reason.

The world is starving for original and decisive leadership.

The right to justice is something that no one can bestow, nor take away, for it is in one's heart.

Sometimes power is all a person has, so they will protect it even unto their own destruction, for without power they have nothing.

It has been my experience that if we make the effort to listen to people when we meet them, and work to get to know them a little, it is then easy to find something likeable in practically anyone.

Architects of grandeur are often the master builders of disillusionment.

If we fear the unknown then surely we fear ourselves.

We create in people through our actions and example. In this way people around us become reflections of our own behavioral patterns and internal energies.

There is no happiness outside of ourselves.

You are the artist and the art.

Your attitudes contain your future.

The realities of the world seldom measure up to the sublime designs of human imagination.

The best way to win against the intolerable is to tolerate them, for this they have seldom dealt with. Your indulgence may soften their malice and open their eyes to more honorable ways.

Positive attitudes qualify you for positive experiences.

Birth and death; we all move between these two unknowns.