Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power. The man who fights for his ideals is the man who is alive. This explains why we have so many stupid leaders. Sloan Wilson Loyalty to petrified opinions never yet broke a chain or freed a human soul in this world-and never will. Someday I want to be rich.
Some people get so rich they lose all respect for humanity.
That's how rich I want to be. Victor Hugo Nobody makes a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could only do a little. Edmund Burke Men seldom, or rather never for a length of time and deliberately, rebel against anything that does not deserve rebelling against. Today I can complain because roses have thorns or I can celebrate that thorns have roses. Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.