"The truest characters of ignorance are vanity and pride and arrogance."
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"Character produces endurance and persistence when the going gets tough, and life truly is an endurance race, not a sprint."
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"I sincerely believe that there is nothing truly great in any man or woman except their character, their willingness to move beyond the realm of self and into a greater realm of selflessness. Giving back is the ultimate talent in life. That is the greatest trophy on my mantel."
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"You don't know me. Don't ever think you know me. The only things you know about me are the things you made me do, and that illustrates your character, not mine."
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"We all have defining moments. It is in these moments that we find our true characters. We become heroes or cowards; truth tellers or liars; we go forward or we go backward."
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"When an acting teacher tells a student 'that wasn't honest work' or 'that didn't seem real,' what does this mean? In life, we are rarely 'truthful' or 'honest' or 'real'. And characters in plays are almost never 'truthful' or 'honest' or 'real'. What exactly do teachers even mean by these words? A more useful question is: What is the story the actor was telling in their work? An actor is always telling a story. We all are telling stories, all the time. Story: that is what it is all about."
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"The law of harvest is to reap more than you sow. Sow an act, and you reap a habit. Sow a habit and you reap a character. Sow a character and you reap a destiny."
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"The discipline of desire is the background of character."
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"Intelligence plus character-that is the goal of true education."
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"I have found it easier to identify with the characters who verge upon hysteria, who were frightened of life, who were desperate to reach out to another person. But these seemingly fragile people are the strong people really."
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"I'm not a villain, I've never hurt anyone. I'm just a tawdry character who explodes now and again."
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"We are either a United people, or we are not. If the former, let us, in all maters of general concern act as a nation, which have national objects to promote, and a national character to support. If we are not, let us no longer act a farce by pretending to it."
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"Whatever you think the world is withholding from you, you are withholding from the world."
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"The genuine investor in common stocks does not need a great equipment of brain and knowledge, but he does need some unusual qualities of character"
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"We are what we frequently do."
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"Temperance is a tree which as for its root very little contentment, and for its fruit calm and peace."
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"How many understand that Nature is the essential character of whatever is. It's something you'll find by looking not at, but in, always in. It's always inside the thing, and it makes the outside. And some day, when you get sufficiently proficient in understanding the use of the term, you can tell by the outside pretty much from what's inside."
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"People reveal themselves completely only when they are thrown out of the customary conditions of their life."
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"Good moral character is not something that we can achieve on our own. We need a culture that supports the conditions under which self-love and friendship flourish."
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"Those who understand the gospel cannot possibly look down on anyone, since they were saved by sheer grace, not by their perfect doctrine or strong moral character."
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