Famous Quotes / George P.T. Sargent
George P.T. Sargent: "We like to think it is enough if we keep our own lives straight. Quite plainly it is not. If we talk cynically or encourage a lowering of standards, even though we control our own actions, we become responsible for the failure of those who, weakened by our influence, fail to stand upright."
| Actions | Become | Control | Cynically |
| Encourage | Enough | Even | Fail |
| Failure | Influence | Keep | Lives |
| Lowering | Plainly | Quite | Responsible |
| Stand | Standards | Straight | Talk |
| Think | Though | Upright | Weakened |