Quote Genre: Character

John Calvin Coolidge – ‘Industry thrift and self-con…

‘Industry thrift and self-control are not sought because they create wealth but because they create character.’

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William Shakespeare – ‘Our remedies oft in ourselve…

‘Our remedies oft in ourselves do lie Which we ascribe to heaven.’

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Edward O. Sisson – ‘Self-respect is the very cem…

‘Self-respect is the very cement of character without which character will not form nor stand; a personal ideal is the only possible foundation for self-respect without which self-respect degenerates into vanity or conceit or is lost entirely its place being … Continue reading →

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Elihu Burritt – ‘It is an old saying and one …

‘It is an old saying and one of fearful and fathomless import that we are forming characters for eternity. Form- ing characters? Whose? Our own or others? Bothand in that momentous act lies the peril and responsibility of our existence.’

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H. Jackson Browne – ‘Our character is what we do …

‘Our character is what we do when we think no one is looking.’

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Phillips Brooks – ‘Some day in years to come yo…

‘Some day in years to come you will be wrestling with the great temptation or trembling under the great sorrow of your life. But the real struggle is here now in these quiet weeks. Now it is being decided whether … Continue reading →

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Theodore Roosevelt – ‘I am far from underestimatin…

‘I am far from underestimating the importance of dividends but I rank dividends below human character.’

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Captain Edward Eddie Vernon Rickenbacker – ‘The four cornerstones of cha…

‘The four cornerstones of character on which the structure of this nation was built are: Initiative Imagination Individuality and Independence.’

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Ronald Wilson Reagan – ‘You can tell a lot about a f…

‘You can tell a lot about a fellows character by his way of eating jelly beans.’

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Ayn Rand – ‘All your life you have heard…

‘All your life you have heard yourself denounced; not for your faults but for your greatest virtues. You have been hated not for your mistakes but for your achievements. You have been scorned for all those qualities of character which … Continue reading →

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