I dont invent characters because the Almighty has already invented millions. Just like experts at fingerprints do not create fingerprints but learn how to read them.
If you wish to be miserable think about yourself about what you want what you like what respect people ought to pay you what people think of you; and then to you nothing will be pure. You will spoil everything you touch; you will make sin and misery for yourself out of everything God sends you; you will be as wretched as you choose.
In all thy humors whether grave or mellow Thou art such a touchy testy pleasant fellow; Hast so much wit and mirth and spleen about thee That theres no living with thee or without thee.
In later life as in earlier only a few persons influence the formation of our character; the multitude pass us by like a distant army. One friend one teacher one beloved one club one dining table one work table are the means by which ones nation and the spirit of ones nation affect the individual.
Small kindnesses small courtesies small considerations habitually practiced in our social intercourse give a greater charm to the character than the display of great talent and accomplishments.
These are times in which a genius would wish to live. It is not in the still calm of life or in the repose of a pacific station that great challenges are formed…. Great necessities call out great virtues.
In all thy humours whether grave or mellow Thourt such a touchy testy pleasant fellow Hast so much wit and mirth and spleen about thee There is no living with thee nor without thee.
The moment a question comes to your mind see yourself mentally taking hold of it and disposing of it. In that moment is your choice made. Thus you learn to take the path to the right. Thus you learn to become the decider and not the vacillator. Thus you build character.
Some day in years to come you will be wrestling with the great temptation or trembling under the great sorrow of your life. But the real struggle is here now in these quiet weeks. Now it is being decided whether in the day of your supreme sorrow or temptation you shall miserably fail or gloriously conquer. Character cannot be made except by a steady long-continued process.
It is an old saying and one of fearful and fathomless import that we are forming characters for eternity. Form- ing characters? Whose? Our own or others? Bothand in that momentous act lies the peril and responsibility of our existence.
Character isnt inherited. One builds it daily by the way one thinks and acts thought by thought action by action. If one lets fear or hate or anger take possession of the mind they become self-forged chains.
A good character is in all cases the fruit of personal exertion. It is not inherited from parents; it is not created by external advantages; it is no necessary appendage of birth wealth talents or station; but it is the result of ones own endeavorsthe fruit and reward of good principles manifested in a course of virtuous and honorable action.
The fate of all extremes is such Men may be read as well as books too much. To observations which ourselves we make We grow more partial for th observers sake.
All your life you have heard yourself denounced; not for your faults but for your greatest virtues. You have been hated not for your mistakes but for your achievements. You have been scorned for all those qualities of character which are your highest
Many a mans reputation would not know his character if they met on the street.
I dont invent characters because the Almighty has already invented millions. Just like experts at fingerprints do not create fingerprints but learn how to read them.
The true test of civilization is not the census nor the size of the cities nor the crops but the kind of man that the country turns out.
Be your character what it will it will be known; And nobody will take it upon your word.
Faced with crisis the man of character falls back on himself. He imposes his own stamp of action takes responsibility for it makes it his own.
Characters do not change.- Opinions alter but characters Are only developed.
A man?s character is his fate.
If you wish to be miserable think about yourself about what you want what you like what respect people ought to pay you what people think of you; and then to you nothing will be pure. You will spoil everything you touch; you will make sin and misery for yourself out of everything God sends you; you will be as wretched as you choose.
By constant self-discipline and self-control you can develop greatness of character.
Weakness of character is the only defect which cannot be amended.
Action looks words steps form the alphabet by which you may spell character.
Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.
The measure of a mans real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out.
In all thy humors whether grave or mellow Thou art such a touchy testy pleasant fellow; Hast so much wit and mirth and spleen about thee That theres no living with thee or without thee.
All the world is queer save thee and me and even thou art a little queer.
The measure of a man is the way he bears up under misfortune.
In later life as in earlier only a few persons influence the formation of our character; the multitude pass us by like a distant army. One friend one teacher one beloved one club one dining table one work table are the means by which ones nation and the spirit of ones nation affect the individual.
Small kindnesses small courtesies small considerations habitually practiced in our social intercourse give a greater charm to the character than the display of great talent and accomplishments.
Occasions do not make a man either strong or weak; they show what he is.
These are times in which a genius would wish to live. It is not in the still calm of life or in the repose of a pacific station that great challenges are formed…. Great necessities call out great virtues.
In all thy humours whether grave or mellow Thourt such a touchy testy pleasant fellow Hast so much wit and mirth and spleen about thee There is no living with thee nor without thee.
The moment a question comes to your mind see yourself mentally taking hold of it and disposing of it. In that moment is your choice made. Thus you learn to take the path to the right. Thus you learn to become the decider and not the vacillator. Thus you build character.
Character is that which reveals moral purpose exposing the class of things a man chooses or avoids
Character builds slowly but it can be torn down with incredible swiftness.
The tragedy of the man who has found himself out.
Some day in years to come you will be wrestling with the great temptation or trembling under the great sorrow of your life. But the real struggle is here now in these quiet weeks. Now it is being decided whether in the day of your supreme sorrow or temptation you shall miserably fail or gloriously conquer. Character cannot be made except by a steady long-continued process.
Our character is what we do when we think no one is looking.
It is an old saying and one of fearful and fathomless import that we are forming characters for eternity. Form- ing characters? Whose? Our own or others? Bothand in that momentous act lies the peril and responsibility of our existence.
How many cares one loses when one decides not to be something but to be someone.
Of all the properties which belong to honorable men not one is so highly prized as that of character.
Industry thrift and self-control are not sought because they create wealth but because they create character.
Character isnt inherited. One builds it daily by the way one thinks and acts thought by thought action by action. If one lets fear or hate or anger take possession of the mind they become self-forged chains.
Character is not made in a crisis it is only exhibited.
You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge yourself one.
Success is always temporary. When all is said and done the only thing youll have left is your character.
Our friends show us what we can do; our enemies teach us what we must do.
A good character is in all cases the fruit of personal exertion. It is not inherited from parents; it is not created by external advantages; it is no necessary appendage of birth wealth talents or station; but it is the result of ones own endeavorsthe fruit and reward of good principles manifested in a course of virtuous and honorable action.
To keep your character intact you cannot stoop to filthy acts. It makes it easier to stoop the next time.
When we do the best we can we never know what miracle is wrought in our life or in the life of another.
The true test of character is not how much we know how to do but how we behave when we dont know what to do.
He is happy whose circumstances suit his temper; but he is more excellent who can suit his temper to any circumstances.
Underneath this flabby exterior is an enormous lack of character.
A person reveals his character by nothing so clearly as the joke he resents.
Circumstances are the rulers of the weak; they are but the instruments of the wise.
Character consists of what you do on the third and fourth tries.
Few men have been admired by their own households.
Character is what you are in the dark.
Character is much easier kept than recovered.
The fate of all extremes is such Men may be read as well as books too much. To observations which ourselves we make We grow more partial for th observers sake.
All your life you have heard yourself denounced; not for your faults but for your greatest virtues. You have been hated not for your mistakes but for your achievements. You have been scorned for all those qualities of character which are your highest