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James Anthony Froude: You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge one for…

You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge one for yourself.

In today’s wordsYou can't dream your way into character; you have to hammer one out and forge it yourself.

James Anthony FroudeCommonly attributed
Source
From the book Quoted in Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers, compiled by Josiah H. Gilbert, 1895

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