Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge.
William Shakespeare

In a false quarrel there is no true valor.
William Shakespeare

It is a fine thing to have ability, but the ability to discover ability in others is the true test.
Lou Holtz

They would not find me changed from him they knew - only more sure of all I thought was true.
Robert Frost

The ear is the only true writer and the only true reader.
Robert Frost

Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly and they will show themselves great.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

A true friend is one soul in two bodies.
Aristotle

To run away from trouble is a form of cowardice and, while it is true that the suicide braves death, he does it not for some noble object but to escape some ill.
Aristotle

In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief; to the old they are a comfort and aid in their weakness, and those in the prime of life they incite to noble deeds.
Aristotle

Strong managers who make tough decisions to cut jobs provide the only true job security in today's world. Weak managers are the problem. Weak managers destroy jobs.
Jack Welch

Be true to your work, your word, and your friend.
Henry David Thoreau

Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.
Henry David Thoreau

Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also a prison.
Henry David Thoreau

Great men, unknown to their generation, have their fame among the great who have preceded them, and all true worldly fame subsides from their high estimate beyond the stars.
Henry David Thoreau

There are certain pursuits which, if not wholly poetic and true, do at least suggest a nobler and finer relation to nature than we know. The keeping of bees, for instance.
Henry David Thoreau

True friendship can afford true knowledge. It does not depend on darkness and ignorance.
Henry David Thoreau

It is not part of a true culture to tame tigers, any more than it is to make sheep ferocious.
Henry David Thoreau

You always do what you want to do. This is true with every act. You may say that you had to do something, or that you were forced to, but actually, whatever you do, you do by choice. Only you have the power to choose for yourself.
W. Clement Stone

Mastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power.
Lao Tzu

A true man hates no one.
Napoleon Bonaparte