Albert Einstein Quotes, Memorable Quotes, Character Quotes

It is abhorrent to me when a fine intelligence is paired with an unsavory character.

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I am sure, Though you can guess what temperance should be, You know not what it is.

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You know lots of criticism is written by characters who are very academic and think it is a sign you are worthless if you make jokes or kid or even clown. I wouldn't kid Our Lord if he was on the cross. But I would attempt a joke with him if I ran into him chasing the money changers out of the temple.

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When one's character begins to fall under suspicion and disfavor, how swift, then, is the work of disintegration and destruction.

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What you do is as important as anything government does. I ask you to seek a common good beyond your comfort; to defend needed reforms against easy attacks; to serve your nation, beginning with your neighbor. I ask you to be citizens: citizens, not spectators; citizens, not subjects; responsible citizens, building communities of service and a nation of character.

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The victories of character are instant, and victories for all.

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Tags : Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes , Character Quotes , Victory Quotes

Spirituality is the master key of the Indian mind. It is this dominant inclination of India which gives character to all the expressions of her culture. In fact, they have grown out of her inborn spiritual tendency of which her religion is a natural out flowering. The Indian mind has always realized that the Supreme is the Infinite and perceived that to the soul in Nature the Infinite must always present itself in an infinite variety of aspects.

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Reason must approach nature in order to be taught by it. It must not, however, do so in the character of a pupil who listens to everything that the teacher chooses to say, but of an appointed judge who compels the witness to answer questions which he has himself formulated.

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Tags : Immanuel Kant Quotes , Teacher Quotes , Character Quotes

No religion which is narrow and which cannot satisfy the test of reason, will survive the coming reconstruction of society in which the values will have changed and character, not possession of wealth, title or birth, will be the test of merit.

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Tags : Mahatma Gandhi Quotes , Character Quotes , Religion Quotes

'There may be some, perhaps - I don't know that there are - who abuse his kindness,' said Mr. Wickfield. 'Never be one of those, Trotwood, in anything. He is the least suspicious of mankind; and whether that's a merit, or whether it's a blemish, it deserves consideration in all dealings with the Doctor, great or small.

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Tags : Charles Dickens Quotes , Kindness Quotes , Character Quotes

Commitment is what transforms a promise into a reality... Commitment is the stuff character is made of; the power to change the face of things. It is the daily triumph of integrity over skepticism.

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Thus it is well to seem merciful, faithful, humane, sincere, religious, and also to be so; but you must have the mind so disposed that when it is needful to be otherwise you may be able to change to the opposite qualities.

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Those who listened to Lord Chatham felt that there was something finer in the man, than anything which he said.

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Tags : Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes , Character Quotes , Self Confidence Quotes

And from that hour his poor maimed spirit, only remembering the place where it had broken its wings, cancelled the dream through which it had since groped, and knew of nothing beyond the Marshalsea.

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There is the physical mind which is mechanical but the awareness which is the essential character (dharma) of the mind is also to some extent present there.

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Moral character is assessed not by what a man knows but by what he loves

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Playing different characters in different films helps keep you excited about what you do. It always seems like a whole new adventure.

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To be able to discern that what is true is true, and that what is false is false,--this is the mark and character of intelligence.

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Those who think religion has nothing to do with politics understand neither religion or politics... The things that will destroy us are: politics without principles, pleasures without conscience, knowledge without character, business without morality.

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Tags : Mahatma Gandhi Quotes , Character Quotes , Thinking Quotes

It was the first time it had ever occurred to me, that this detestable cant of false humility might have originated out of the Heep family. I had seen the harvest, but had never thought of the seed.

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