Character
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- To be good, we must do good; and by doing good we take a sure means of being good, as the use and exercise of the muscles increase their power.
- To be worth anything, character must be capable of standing firm upon its feet in the world of daily work, temptation, and trial; and able to bear the wear and tear of actual life. Cloistered virtues do not count for much.
- To build may have to be the slow and laborious task of years. To destroy can be the thoughtless act of a single day.
- To do nothing by halves is the way of noble minds.
- To do the most that lies in you, you must go with a heart and head full of hope and faith in the world, believing that there is work for you to do, believing that you are the person to accomplish that work, and the one who is going to accomplish it.
- To educate a man in mind and not in morals is to educate a menace to society.
- To err is human; to admit it, superhuman.
- To feel much for others and little for ourselves; to restrain our selfish, and to indulge our benevolent affections, constitute the perfection of human nature.
- To get the greatest good out of life is to do something for somebody else.Booker T. WashingtonSourced
- To get the greatest happiness out of life is to make somebody else happy.
- To have faults and not to reform them,-- this, indeed, should be pronounced having faults.
- To judge human character rightly, a man may sometimes have very small experience, provided he has a very large heart.
- To know a man, observe how he wins his object, rather than how he loses it; for when we fail, our pride supports us,--when we succeed, it betrays us.
- To let no one know of your vulnerabilities is to let no one know of your courage.
- Treat everyone with respect and kindness. Period. No exceptions.
- Trifles lighter than straws are levers in the building up of character!
- True dignity is never gained by place, and never lost when honors are withdrawn.
- True education does not consist merely in the acquiring of a few facts of science, history, literature, or art, but in the development of character.
- True goodness is not without that germ of greatness that can bear with patience the mistakes of the ignorant, and the censures of the malignant.
- Trust is a function of two things: character and competence. Character includes your integrity, your motive and your intent with people. Competence includes your capabilities, your skills, and your track record. Both are vital.
- Trust is built when no one is looking.
- Try to become not a man of success, but try rather to become a man of value.
- Trying to get everyone to like you is a sign of mediocrity.
- Uncompromising integrity of character is invaluable.
- Vertue is not secure against Envy. Men will Lessen what they won't Imitate.
- Virtue is like precious odours, — most fragrant when they are incensed or crushed.
- Virtue is our true wealth and the true reward of its possessor; it cannot be lost, it never deserts us until life leaves us.
- Virtue without talent is a coat of mail without a sword; it may indeed defend the wearer, but will not enable him to protect his friend.
- Waste no more time talking about great souls and how they should be. Become one yourself!
- Watch your thoughts; they become words. Watch your words; they become actions. Watch your actions; they become habits. Watch your habits; they become character. Watch your character; it becomes your destiny.
- We accuse our neighbours for minor things, and excuse ourselves for major ones.
- We acquire the strength we have overcome. Without war, no soldier; without enemies, no hero. The sun were insipid if the universe were not opaque.
- We all know that the secret of breakdown and wreck is seldom so much an insufficient knowledge of the route, as imperfect discipline of the will.
- We are all role models to someone in this world, and we can all have an impact, for good.
- We are ruled by our habits. When habits are young they are like lion-cubs, soft, fluffy, funny, frolicsome little animals. They grow day by day. Eventually they rule you.
- We are the children of our own deeds.
- We are told to let our light shine, and if it does, we won't need to tell anybody it does. Lighthouses don't fire cannons to call attention to their shining- they just shine.
- We are what our thoughts have made us; so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live; they travel far.
- We are what we repeatedly do.
- We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make the world.