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• A good character is the only guarantee of everlasting, carefree happiness.

  Seneca the Younger

  Happiness, Character, Guarantees

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• As a parent, you have to figure out how to shape your kid's character. You want to have human beings who learn about good character. You have to be able to see your child with clarity, see the good side and the bad side of them, and work on the bad side and make them better so they fulfill their potential.

  Joan Cusack

  Children, Character, Kids

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• And once we have given our community a good start,' I pointed out, ' the process will be cumulative. By maintaining a sound system of education you produce citizens of good character, and citizens of sound character, with the advantage of a good education, produce in turn children better than themselves and better able to produce still better children in their turn, as can be seen with animals.

  Plato

  Children, Educational, Character

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• Character develops itself in the stream of life.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Life, Character, Streams

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• This above all; to thine own self be true.

  William Shakespeare

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Graduation

  'Hamlet' (1601) act 1, sc. 3, l. 58

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• Under capitalism everybody is the architect of his own fortune.

  Ludwig von Mises

  Character, Kwanzaa, Architect

  Ludwig Von Mises (1969). “Bureaucracy”, ICON Group International

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• Fame is what you have taken, / Character's what you give; / When to this truth you waken, / Then you begin to live.

  Bayard Taylor

  Taken, Character, Giving

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• Be your character what it will, it will be known, and nobody will take it upon your word.

  Lord Chesterfield

  Inspirational, Character, Known

  Lord Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield (1855). “The Works of Lord Chesterfield: Including His Letters to His Son, Etc : to which is Prefixed, an Original Life of the Author”, p.224

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• Life is a series of experiences, each one of which makes us bigger, even though sometimes it is hard to realize this.

  Henry Ford

  Success, Character, Adversity

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• The farther behind I leave the past, the closer I am to forging my own character.

  Isabelle Eberhardt

  Letting Go, Spiritual, Character

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• Depth and strength of a human character are defined by its moral reserves.

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Being Strong, Character, Depth

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• People reveal themselves completely only when they are thrown out of the customary conditions of their life.

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Being Strong, Character, People

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• Every time I've done something that doesn't feel right, it's ended up not being right.

  Mario Cuomo

  Inspirational, Honesty, Integrity

  "In God's Care: Daily Meditations on Spirituality in Recovery". Book by Karen Casey, 1991.

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• Carve your name on hearts, not on marble

  Charles Spurgeon

  Christian, Kindness, Tombstone

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• Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: By his good character a believer will attain the degree of one who prays during the night and fasts during the day.

  Abu Dawood

  Wisdom, Religious, Peace

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• Character is doing the right thing even when it costs more than you want to pay. When it comes to character, you dont have to be sick to get better. Its easier for a good person to get better than for a bad person to get good.

  Michael Josephson

  Character, Sick, Get Better

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• When I first started you would pitch a story because without a good story, you didn't really have a film. Later, once sequels started to take off, you pitched a character because a good character could support multiple stories. and now, you pitch a world because a world can support multiple characters and multiple stories across multiple media.

  Henry Jenkins

  Character, Media, Support

  Henry Jenkins (2006). “Convergence Culture: Where Old and New Media Collide”, p.114, NYU Press

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• There is no adversity that cannot be overcome by good character.

  Michael Josephson

  Character, Adversity, Overcoming

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• It's actually easier to truly become a person of good character than to persuade others we are what we are not.

  Michael Josephson

  Character, Easier, Persons

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• No one is born with good character; it's not a hereditary trait. And it isn't determined by a single noble act. Character is established by conscientious adherence to moral values, not by lofty rhetoric or good intentions.

  Michael Josephson

  Character, Noble, Adherence

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• It's easier to make a good person better than to make a bad person good.

  Michael Josephson

  Character, Good Person, Easier

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• Instill the love of you into all the world, for a good character is what is remembered.

  Merikare

  Character, World, Remembered

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• I hadn't done just a straight-out comedy in a long time, just letting an ensemble do really good character acting, having them carry the movie as in my earlier pictures

  Brian De Palma

  Character, Long, Acting

  Brian De Palma, Laurence F. Knapp (2003). “Interviews”, p.60, Univ. Press of Mississippi

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• Number one, it is important that we fix the legal immigration system, because right now we've got a backlog that means years for people to apply legally. And what's worse is, we keep on increasing the fees, so that if you've got a hard working immigrant family, they've got to hire a lawyer; they've got to pay thousands of dollars in fees. They just can't afford it. And it's discriminatory against people who have good character, we should want in this country, but don't have the money. So we've got to fix that.

  Barack Obama

  Country, Character, Mean

  Transcript: Democratic debate in Austin, Texas, www.nytimes.com. December 2, 2008.

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• Sportsmanship is the ethical and moral dimension of sports. It is demonstrated by a number of attributes and attitudes such as fair play, respect for the rules and traditions of the sport and various traits of good character including integrity (abiding by the letter and spirit of the rules and concepts of honor); demonstrated respect for others including teammates, opponents, officials and spectators; accountability, self-control, and graciousness in victory and defeat.

  Michael Josephson

  Sports, Respect, Attitude

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