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«Every man has three characters - that which he exhibits, that which he has, and that which he thinks he has.»
«Competing at the highest level is the greatest test of one's character.»
«Excellence is not a singular act, but a habit. You are what you repeatedly do.»
«Entitlement and privelege corrupt.»
Author: Vice Admiral James B. Stockdale
(Politician, US Navy officer, War Veteran)
| About:
Character,
Freedom,
Leadership,
Responsibility
«Do not be afraid of showing your affection. Be warm and tender, thoughtful and affectionate. Men are more helped by sympathy, than by service; love is more than money, and a kind word will give more pleasure than a present.»
Author: John Lubbock
(Biologist, Politician)
| About:
Affection,
Character,
Kindness,
Love,
Sympathy,
Tenderness
| Keywords:
affectionate, helped, thoughtful
«Don't let your special character and values, the secret that you know and no one else does, the truth - don't let that get swallowed up by the great chewing complacency.»
«Distance tests a horse's strength. Time reveals a person's character.»
«Dreams are the touchstones of our character.»
Author: Henry David Thoreau
(Essayist, Philosopher, Poet)
| About:
Character,
Dreams
| Keywords:
touchstones
«Each morning my characters greet me with misty faces willing, though chilled, to muster for another day's progress through the dazzling quicksand the marsh of blank paper.»
«Do what you know and perception is converted into character.»
Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
(Essayist, Lecturer, Poet)
| About:
Character
| Keywords:
converted, perception
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