Al Gore Quotes, Character Quotes, Opportunity Quotes

As many know, the Chinese expression for "crisis" consists of two characters side by side. The first is the symbol for "danger," the second the symbol for "opportunity."

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Let the character as it began be preserved to the last; and let it be consistent with itself.

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We want the spirit of America to be efficient; we want American character to be efficient; we want American character to display itself in what I may, perhaps, be allowed to call spiritual efficiency - clear disinterested thinking and fearless action

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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

The Mirror Empire is the most original fantasy I've read in a long time, set in a world full of new ideas, expanding the horizons of the genre. A complex and intricate book full of elegant ideas and finely-drawn characters.

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The character which results from wealth is that of a prosperous fool.

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You can't slit the throat of everyone whose character it would improve.

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The oligarchic character of the modern English commonwealth does not rest, like many oligarchies, on the cruelty of the rich to the poor. It does not even rest on the kindness of the rich to the poor. It rests on the perennial and unfailing kindness of the poor to the rich.

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Tags : Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes , Kindness Quotes , Character Quotes

No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character.

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

The presidency is a serious job that requires sound judgment and good ideas, and there's no doubt in my mind that Jeb Bush has the experience and the character to be a great president.

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What the tender and poetic youth dreams to-day, and conjures up with inarticulate speech, is to-morrow the vociferated result of public opinion, and the day after is the character of nations.

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

I'm not sure if we're going to or not because what happens is I'd always love to see certain characters back, there's so many. Some of it has to do with, if we want them back, are they available and the other aspect is do they fit with the storyline we're telling.

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Tags : Aaron Korsh Quotes , Character Quotes , Want Quotes

The difference between the most dissimilar characters, between a philosopher and a common street porter, for example, seems to arise not so much from nature, as from habit, custom, and education.

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Tags : Adam Smith Quotes , Character Quotes , Division Of Labor Quotes

The poet presents the imagination with images from life and human characters and situations, sets them all in motion and leaves itto the beholder to let these images take his thoughts as far as his mental powers will permit. This is why he is able to engage men of the most differing capabilities, indeed fools and sages together. The philosopher, on the other hand, presents not life itself but the finished thoughts which he has abstracted from it and then demands that the reader should think precisely as, and precisely as far as, he himself thinks. That is why his public is so small.

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Tags : Arthur Schopenhauer Quotes , Philosophical Quotes , Character Quotes

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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"Madam," replied Mr. Micawber, "it is my intention to register such a vow on the virgin page of the future."

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....for friendships that are acquired by a price and not by greatness and nobility of character are purchased but are not owned, and at the proper moment they cannot be spent.

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Tags : Niccolo Machiavelli Quotes , Character Quotes , Greatness Quotes

God is not looking for extraordinary characters as His instruments, but He is looking for humble instruments through whom He can be honored throughout the ages.

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Oliver Twist has asked for more!

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That character in conversation which commonly passes for agreeable is made up of civility and falsehood.

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