"From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life."
-- Arthur Ashe
"The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong."
-- Mahatma Gandhi
"Be aware that a halo has to fall only a few inches to be a noose."
-- Dan McKinnon
"People are eternally divided into two classes, the believer, builder, and praiser, and the unbeliever, destroyer and critic."
-- John Ruskin
The key to facing and beating adversity is to welcome and challenge adversity.
"I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying."
-- Michael Jordan
In trying times, don't quit trying.
"Character may be manifested in the great moments, but it is made in the small ones."
-- Philip Brooks
"Outside show is a poor substitute for inner worth."
-- Aesop
"It is nothing against you to fall down flat, but to lie there--that's disgrace."
-- Edmund Vance Cooke
The strength of the group is in the will of the leader and the will is in the character of action.
To be persuasive, you must be believable. To be believable, you must be credible. To be credible, you must be truthful.
Remember this your lifetime through -
Tomorrow, there will be more to do.
And failure waits for all who stay
With some success made yesterday.
Tomorrow, you must try once more
And even harder than before.
"Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there."
-- John Wooden
You can't be brave if you've only had wonderful things happen to you.
Stubbornness we deprecate,
Firmness we condone.
The former is our neighbor's trait,
The latter is our own.
Be more concerned with your character than with your reputation, because your character is what you really are while your reputation is merely what others think you are.
Be kinder than necessary.
"I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith."
-- II Timothy 4:7
If you are not willing to take responsibility for what you do, then don't do it.
"If someone's ungrateful and you tell him he's ungrateful, okay, you've called him a name. You haven't solved anything."
-- Robert M. Pirsig
"If you cheat yourself in practice, you'll cheat yourself in a game; and if you cheat in a game, you'll cheat yourself for the rest of your life."
-- Vince Lombardi
"Associate yourself with men of good quality, if you esteem your own reputation, for 'tis better to be alone than in bad company."
-- George Washington
"You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing which you cannot do."
-- Eleanor Roosevelt
"You are either part of the solution or part of the problem"
-- Eldridge Cleaver
"A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor people perfected without trial."
-- Chinese Proverb
"When a man is wrapped up in himself he makes a pretty small package."
-- John Ruskin
"When life knocks you down, try to land on your back. Because if you can look up, you can get up. Let your reason get you back up."
-- Les Brown
The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is one is strong will and the other is strong won't. The wise person speaks softly and sweetly. You never know when you may have to eat your words.
"The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good."
-- Ann Landers
"Great ambition is the passion of a great character. Those endowed with it may perform very good or very bad acts. All depends on the principals which direct them."
-- Napolean Bonaparte
You cannot discover new oceans unless you have the courage to lose sight of the shore.
"The easiest person to deceive is one's own self."
-- Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
"It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not."
-- Andre Gide
"When we see men of contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves."
-- Confucius
"To see what is right and not to do it, is want of courage or of principle."
-- Confucius
"Loyalty means nothing unless it has at its heart the absolute principle of self-sacrifice."
-- Woodrow Wilson
"Class is an aura of confidence that is being sure without being cocky. Class has nothing to do with money. Class never runs scared. It is self-discipline and self-knowledge. It's the sure footedness that comes with having proved you can meet life."
-- Ann Landers
"A Native American grandfather was talking to his grandson about how he felt. He said, 'I feel as if I have two wolves fighting in my heart. One wolf is the vengeful, violent one, the other wolf is the loving compassionate one.' The grandson asked him, 'Which wolf will win the fight in your heart?' The grandfather answered, 'The one I feed.'"
-- Blackhawk
"A jackass can kick a barn door down, but it takes a carpenter to build one."
-- Sam Rayburn
"The end result of kindness is that it draws people to you."
-- Anita Roddick
“Character is the ability to carry out a good resolution long after the excitement of the moment has passed.”
-- Cavett Robert
"Great hearts are forged in great trouble."
-- Jim Molinari
"Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power."
-- Abraham Lincoln
"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us."
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Character develops itself in the stream of life."
-- Johann Wolfgang vonGoethe
"In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock."
-- Thomas Jefferson
Be yourself.
"Remember that what you believe will depend very much on what you are."
-- Noah Porter
"They're only truly great who are truly good."
-- George Chapman
"The flea, though he kill none, he does all the harm he can."
-- John Donne
"He that lies with the dogs, riseth with the fleas."
-- George Herbert
"Look well into thyself; there is a source of strength which will always spring up if thou wilt always look there."
-- Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
"That you may retain your self-respect, it is better to displease the people by doing what you know is right, than to temporarily please them by doing what you know is wrong."
-- William J.H. Boetcker
"When your values are clear to you, making decisions becomes easier."
-- Roy Disney
"After I'm dead I'd rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have one."
-- Cato the Elder
"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy."
-- Martin Luther King Jr.
"When no one is watching, live as if someone is."
-- Max Lucado
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