"Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much."
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"Human greatness does not lie in wealth or power, but in character and goodness."
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"Watch your thoughts for they become words. Watch your words for they become actions. Watch your actions for they become habits. Watch your habits for they become your character. And watch your character for it becomes your destiny. What we think, we become. My father always said that... and I think I am fine."
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"If we had any nerve at all, if we had any real balls as a society, or whatever you need, whatever quality you need, real character, we would make an effort to really address the wrongs in this society, righteously."
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"To understand is hard. Once one understands, action is easy."
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"All paths lead to the same goal: to convey to others what we are."
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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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"A man's character may be learned from the adjectives which he habitually uses in conversation."
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"God is more concerned with our character than with our achievements. Achievements have importance only in the realm of time. Character is eternal. It determines what we will be through eternity."
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"Great work requires great and persistent effort for a long time. ... Character has to be established through a thousand stumbles."
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"Truthfulness is a cornerstone in character, and if it be not firmly laid in youth, there will ever after be a weak spot in the foundation."
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"Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character."
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"The qualities of a great man are vision, integrity, courage, understanding, the power of articulation, and profundity of character."
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"Great advantage is drawn from knowledge of your adversary, and when you know the measure of his intelligence and character, you can use it to play on his weakness."
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"What is it that we in the theatre give? Instead of images on canvas or in the form of statuary or music, we give our body, voice, feelings, will, imagination — we give a form of pulsating art to life itself; we give it to our characters and we give it to our audiences. Nothing, absolutely nothing remains for us save the pleasure of having given pleasure."
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"The true character of a society is revealed in how it treats its children."
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"Man's main task in life is to give birth to himself, to become what he potentially is. The most important product of his effort is his own personality."
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"Character is determined by choice, not opinion."
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"Everywhere man blames nature and fate yet his fate is mostly but the echo of his character and passion, his mistakes and his weaknesses."
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"Sports teaches you character, it teaches you to play by the rules, it teaches you to know what it feels like to win and lose-it teaches you about life."
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