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• A good character is the only guarantee of everlasting, carefree happiness.

  Seneca the Younger

  Happiness, Character, Guarantees

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• As a parent, you have to figure out how to shape your kid's character. You want to have human beings who learn about good character. You have to be able to see your child with clarity, see the good side and the bad side of them, and work on the bad side and make them better so they fulfill their potential.

  Joan Cusack

  Children, Character, Kids

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• And once we have given our community a good start,' I pointed out, ' the process will be cumulative. By maintaining a sound system of education you produce citizens of good character, and citizens of sound character, with the advantage of a good education, produce in turn children better than themselves and better able to produce still better children in their turn, as can be seen with animals.

  Plato

  Children, Educational, Character

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• Fame is what you have taken, / Character's what you give; / When to this truth you waken, / Then you begin to live.

  Bayard Taylor

  Taken, Character, Giving

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• Every time I've done something that doesn't feel right, it's ended up not being right.

  Mario Cuomo

  Inspirational, Honesty, Integrity

  "In God's Care: Daily Meditations on Spirituality in Recovery". Book by Karen Casey, 1991.

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• This above all; to thine own self be true.

  William Shakespeare

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Graduation

  'Hamlet' (1601) act 1, sc. 3, l. 58

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• Under capitalism everybody is the architect of his own fortune.

  Ludwig von Mises

  Character, Kwanzaa, Architect

  Ludwig Von Mises (1969). “Bureaucracy”, ICON Group International

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• Carve your name on hearts, not on marble

  Charles Spurgeon

  Christian, Kindness, Tombstone

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• Character develops itself in the stream of life.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Life, Character, Streams

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• Depth and strength of a human character are defined by its moral reserves.

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Being Strong, Character, Depth

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• The farther behind I leave the past, the closer I am to forging my own character.

  Isabelle Eberhardt

  Letting Go, Spiritual, Character

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• People reveal themselves completely only when they are thrown out of the customary conditions of their life.

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Being Strong, Character, People

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• Life is a series of experiences, each one of which makes us bigger, even though sometimes it is hard to realize this.

  Henry Ford

  Success, Character, Adversity

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• Be your character what it will, it will be known, and nobody will take it upon your word.

  Lord Chesterfield

  Inspirational, Character, Known

  Lord Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield (1855). “The Works of Lord Chesterfield: Including His Letters to His Son, Etc : to which is Prefixed, an Original Life of the Author”, p.224

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• Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: By his good character a believer will attain the degree of one who prays during the night and fasts during the day.

  Abu Dawood

  Wisdom, Religious, Peace

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• In the current era, more than prodigies in mathematics, science, athletics, or art, I believe we need prodigies of good character and integrity. People who have polished their character and integrity until they shine are the ones who can be the real heroes the world needs to solve its problems. I think that, when people have the correct understanding of the meaning of human character, there will be a solution.

  Ilchi Lee

  Art, Real, Integrity

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• The right time to show your good character is when you are pestered by someone weaker than you.

  Gautama Buddha

  Strength, Buddhist, Character

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• We have to keep company with supposedly bad characters if we are to survive and not succumb to mental atrophy. People of good character, so called, are the ones who end up boring us to death.

  Thomas Bernhard

  Character, People, Boring

  Thomas Bernhard (2013). “Extinction: A Novel”, p.115, Vintage

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• Character is doing the right thing even when it costs more than you want to pay. When it comes to character, you dont have to be sick to get better. Its easier for a good person to get better than for a bad person to get good.

  Michael Josephson

  Character, Sick, Get Better

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• Diaghilev was the first to notice good character dancers and that sort of thing.

  Ninette de Valois

  Dance, Character, Firsts

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• Whoever feels pain in hearing a good character of his neighbor, will feel a pleasure in the reverse. And those who despair to rise in distinction by their virtues, are happy if others can be depressed to a level of themselves.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Pain, Character, Despair

  Benjamin Franklin (1848). “The works of Dr. Benjamin Franklin: Consisting of essays, humorous, moral, and literary: with his life, written by himself”, p.209, S. Andrus

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• If I keep my good character, I shall be rich enough.

  Apuleius

  Character, Carpe Diem, Rich

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• A good character is something you must make for yourself. It cannot be inherited from parents.

  L. Tom Perry

  Character, Parent

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• Sportsmanship is the ethical and moral dimension of sports. It is demonstrated by a number of attributes and attitudes such as fair play, respect for the rules and traditions of the sport and various traits of good character including integrity (abiding by the letter and spirit of the rules and concepts of honor); demonstrated respect for others including teammates, opponents, officials and spectators; accountability, self-control, and graciousness in victory and defeat.

  Michael Josephson

  Sports, Respect, Attitude

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• Instill the love of you into all the world, for a good character is what is remembered.

  Merikare

  Character, World, Remembered

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