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Letter "C" » Character
«The proper time to influence the character of a child is about a hundred years before he is born»
«The man of character, sensitive to the meaning of what he is doing, will know how to discover the ethical paths in the maze of possible behavior.»
Author: Earl Warren
(Judge, Politician)
| About:
Behavior,
Character,
Men
| Keywords:
ethical, ethical behavior, maze, mazes, sensitive, The Maze
«The four cornerstones of character on which the structure of this nation was built are: Initiative, Imagination, Individuality and Independence»
Author: Edward Vernon Rickenbacker
(Aviator, Businessman, Pilot)
| About:
Character,
Imagination,
Individuality
| Keywords:
cornerstone, cornerstones, independence, individuality, initiative, structure, The Four
«The true test of character is not how much we know how to do, but how we behave when we don't know what to do.»
Author: John W. Holt, Jr.
| About:
Behavior,
Character
| Keywords:
behave, character, How to, Know how, test, the true, well behaved
«The real character of a man is found out by his amusements.»
«To have courage for whatever comes in life - everything lies in that.»
«Thoughts lead on to purpose, purpose leads on to actions, actions form habits, habits decide character, and character fixes our destiny»
Author: Tryon Edwards
(Theologian)
| About:
Action,
Character,
Habit,
Thinking
| Keywords:
fixes, lead on
«To marry a man out of pity is folly; and if you think you are going to influence the kind of fellow who has 'never had a chance, poor devil', you are profoundly mistaken. One can only influence the strong characters in life, not the weak; and it is the height of vanity to suppose that you can make an honest man of anyone.»
Author: Margot Asquith
| About:
Character,
Influence,
Marriage
| Keywords:
Characters in, poor devil, profoundly
«The same energy of character which renders a man a daring villain would have rendered him useful in society, had that society been well organized.»
Author: Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
(Novelist)
| About:
Character
| Keywords:
organized society, rendered, renders, villain
«To murder character is as truly a crime as to murder the body: the tongue of the slanderer is brother to the dagger of the assassin»
Author: Tryon Edwards
(Theologian)
| About:
Character,
Murder
| Keywords:
assassin, Body The, dagger, daggers, slanderer, slanderers, The Assassin, The Assassins
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