Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes, Character Quotes, Giving Quotes

The magnanimous know very well that they who give time, or money, or shelter, to the stranger--so it be done for love, and not forostentation--do, as it were, put God under obligation to them, so perfect are the compensations of the universe.

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We can do noble acts without ruling the earth and sea.

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The State must follow, and not lead, the character and progress of the citizen.

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Character is higher than intellect. Thinking is the function; living is the functionary.

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Character is that which can do without success.

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...Intelligence and character of the masses are incomparably lower than the intelligence and character of the few who produce something valuable for the community.

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If a man has a very decided character, has a strongly accentuated career, it is normally the case of course that he makes ardent friends and bitter enemies.

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Since I have fought against these Jewish-Soviet ideas in Germany, since I have conquered and stamped out this peril, I fancy that I possess a better comprehension of its character than do these men who have only to deal with it in the field of literature.

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Real faith never disappoints because it is in God, grounded on His character, promises, covenant and oath.

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Be more interested in people's character, than their contributions.

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Very few people in the world would care to listen to the real defense of their own characters. The real defense, the defense which belongs to the Day of Judgment, would make such damaging admissions, would clear away so many artificial virtues, would tell such tragedies of weakness and failure, that a man would sooner be misunderstood and censured by the world than exposed to that awful and merciless eulogy.

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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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Watch people do their most common actions; these are indeed the things that will tell you the real character of a great person.

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Character is like a tree, and reputation is like its shadow.

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Up to here, in general, we have mainly stuffed the brain of the young people with a indigestible multitude of varios notions, without thinking about enough of the prime necessity to form their character.

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In this consists the difference between the character of a miser and that of a person of exact economy and assiduity. The one is anxious about small matters for their own sake; the other attends to them only in consequence of the scheme of life which he has laid down to himself.

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I've been recognized very seldom. I think I just look different in person than I do as the character.

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Empathy is a quality of character that can change the world.

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The superior man cannot be known in little matters, but he may be entrusted with great concerns. The small man may not be entrusted with great concerns, but he may be known in little matters.

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He had a certain air of being a handsome man-which he was not; and a certain air of being a well-bred man-which he was not. It was mere swagger and challenge; but in this particular, as in many others, blustering assertion goes for proof, half over the world.

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