Confucius Quotes, Inspirational Quotes, Character Quotes

When we see persons of worth, we should think of equaling them; when we see persons of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves.

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The virtue you would like to have, assume it is already yours, appropriate it, enter into the part and live the character just as the great actor is absorbed in... the part he plays.

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

That which dominates our imagination and our thoughts will determine our life and character.

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It is our choice of good or evil that determines our character, not our opinion about good or evil.

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Tags : Aristotle Quotes , Character Quotes , Evil Quotes

I will now claim - until dispossesed - that I was the first person in the world to apply the typewriter to literature. ... The early machine was full of caprices, full of defects- devilish ones. It had as many immoralities as the machine of today has virtues. After a year or two I found that it was degrading my character, so I thought I would give it to Howells. ... He took it home to Boston, and my morals began to improve, but his have never recovered.

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Tags : Mark Twain Quotes , Character Quotes , Home Quotes

I care not what others think of what I do, but I care very much about what I think of what I do! That is character!

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Tags : Theodore Roosevelt Quotes , Wisdom Quotes , Character Quotes

Never forget that a man is made great and perfect as much by his faults as by his virtues. So we must not seek to rob a nation of its character, even if it could be proved that the character was all faults.

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Tags : Swami Vivekananda Quotes , Character Quotes , Men Quotes

In the tale proper--where there is no space for development of character or for great profusion and variety of incident--mere construction is, of course, far more imperatively demanded than in the novel.

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Tags : Edgar Allan Poe Quotes , Character Quotes , Space Quotes

Character gives us qualities, but it is in our actions — what we do — that we are happy or the reverse.

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Watch your character for your character is your destiny.

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Tags : Winston Churchill Quotes , Character Quotes , Destiny Quotes

Beauty that shocks you, parts that none will trust, Wit that can creep, and pride that licks the dust.

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Tags : Alexander Pope Quotes , Character Quotes , Pride Quotes

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

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Tags : Aaron Gillespie Quotes , Character Quotes , People Quotes

When the character's right, looks are a greater delight.

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Tags : Ovid Quotes , Character Quotes , Looks Quotes

It takes a good deal of character to judge a person by his future instead of his past

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

The elevation of appearance over substance, of celebrity over character, of short term gains over lasting achievement displays a poverty of ambition. It distracts you from what's truly important.

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Tags : Barack Obama Quotes , Ambition Quotes , Character Quotes

A man shows his character just in the way in which he deals with trifles, for then he is off his guard.

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Tags : Arthur Schopenhauer Quotes , Character Quotes , Men 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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Tags : Abraham Lincoln Quotes , Integrity Quotes , Character Quotes

Every man's nature is a sufficient advertisement to him of the character of his fellows.

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

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Tags : Aristotle Quotes , Character Quotes , Fool Quotes

Whatever a man wants badly and persistently enough will determine the man's character.

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