A Quote by Augustus William Hare

Who is fit to govern others? He who governs himself. You might as well have said: nobody.

Augustus William Hare

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Augustus William Hare
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November 17, 1792 - January 22, 1834

If man is not fit to govern himself, how can he be fit to govern someone else?

James Madison

A man must first govern himself ere he is fit to govern a family; and his family ere he be fit to bear the government of the commonwealth.

Walter Raleigh

It is easier to find people fit to govern themselves than people fit to govern others.

Lord Acton

The Athenians govern the Greeks; I govern the Athenians; you, my wife, govern me; your son governs you.

Themistocles

When the white man governs himself, that is self-government; but when he governs himself and also governs another man, that is more than self-government-that is despotism.

Abraham Lincoln

When the white man governs himself, that is self-government; but when he governs himself and also governs another man, that is more than self-government - that is despotism.

Abraham Lincoln

A man cannot govern a nation if he cannot govern a city; he cannot govern a city if he cannot govern a family; he cannot govern a family unless he can govern himself; and he cannot govern himself unless his passions are subject to reason

Hugo Grotius

No one ever teaches well who wants to teach, or governs well who wants to govern.

Plato

Best way then is to be waiting for them to bring Halt and the others out of that prison,” he said, almost to himself. “There’s only one reason I can think of that they might do that,” Umar said. “That’s if they are going to execute them.” Will lookd at him for several seconds before speaking. “Well, that’s a big comfort.

John Flanagan

Ask advice of him who governs himself well.

Leonardo da Vinci

But a man's best friend is the one who not only wishes him well but wishes it for his own sake (even though nobody will ever know it): and this condition is best fulfilled by his attitude towards himself - and similarly with all the other attributes that go to define a friend. For we have said before that all friendly feelings for others are extensions of a man's feelings for himself.

Aristotle

Sometimes it is said that man cannot be trusted with the government of himself. Can he, then be trusted with the government of others? Or have we found angels in the form of kings to govern him? Let history answer this question.

Thomas Jefferson

He that would govern others, first should be Master of himself.

Philip Massinger

He that would govern others, first should be the master of himself.

Philip Massinger

A good Catholic meddles in politics, offering the best of himself, so that those who govern can govern. But what is the best that we can offer to those who govern? Prayer!

Pope Francis

A wise man neither suffers himself to be governed, nor attempts to govern others.

Jean de la Bruyere

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