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• No short-cut that tries to bypass the patient unfolding of the true character of God, and our relationship to him as his children, can ever succeed in providing long-term spiritual therapy.

  Sinclair B. Ferguson

  Spiritual, Children, Character

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• In the following pages I offer nothing more than simple facts, plain arguments, and common sense; and have no other preliminaries to settle with the reader, than that he will divest himself of prejudice and repossession, and suffer his reason and feelings to determine for themselves; and that he will put on, or rather that he will not put off, the true character of man, and generously enlarge his view beyond the present day.

  Thomas Paine

  Character, Science, Simple

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• ...it is how a person goes about quenching his desires or living with them unrequited that the readers get a glimpse of his true character.

  Michael Connelly

  Character, Desire, Glimpse

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• The cross is like a walnut whose outer rind is bitter, but the inner kernel is pleasant and invigorating. So the cross does not offer any charm of outward appearance, but to the cross-bearer its true character is revealed, and he finds in it the choicest sweets of spiritual peace.

  Sadhu Sundar Singh

  Spiritual, Sweet, Character

  Sadhu Sundar Singh (2013). “At The Master's Feet”, p.38, Simon and Schuster

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• Perhaps myself the first, at some expense of popularity, to unfold the true character of Jefferson, it is too late for me to become his apologist. Nor can I have any disposition to do it. I admit that his politics are tinctured with fanaticism, that he is too much in earnest in his democracy, that he has been a mischievous enemy to the principle measures of our past administration, that he is crafty & persevering in his objects, that he is not scrupulous about the means of success, nor very mindful of truth, and that he is a contemptible hypocrite.

  Alexander Hamilton

  Truth, Character, Hypocrite

  Alexander Hamilton (1851). “Correspondence [contin.] 1795-1804; 1777; 1791. Letters of H.G. 1789. Address to public creditors. 1790. Vindication of funding system. 1791”, p.419

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• We need to be more grateful. I think there is no true character without gratitude. It is one of the marks of a real strong character to have a feeling of thanksgiving and gratitude for blessings. We need more of that spirit in our homes, in our daily associations, in the church, everywhere. It doesn't cost anything, and it is so easy to cultivate.

  Ezra Taft Benson

  Gratitude, Strong, Real

  Ezra Taft Benson (1974). “God, family, country: our three great loyalties”

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• No material object, however beautiful or valuable, can make us feel loved, because our deeper identity and true character lie in the subjective nature of the mind.

  Dalai Lama

  Beautiful, Lying, Character

  Dalai Lama XIV, Rajiv Mehrotra (2010). “In My Own Words: An Introduction to My Teachings and Philosophy”, p.7, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• A man's natural rights are his own, against the whole world; and any infringement of them is equally a crime, whether committed by one man, or by millions; whether committed by one man, calling himself a robber, (or by any other name indicating his true character,) or by millions, calling themselves a government.

  Lysander Spooner

  Character, Men, Rights

  Lysander Spooner (1867). “No Treason: No. 1-”, p.7

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• That which the sober man keeps in his breast, the drunken man lets out at the lips. Astute people, when they want to ascertain a man's true character, make him drunk.

  Martin Luther

  Character, Men, People

  Martin Luther (1848). “The table talk or familiar discourse of Martin Luther, tr. by W. Hazlitt”, p.293

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• The Reformation did not directly touch the question of the true character of God's church.

  John Nelson Darby

  Character, Church, Reformation

  John Nelson Darby (2015). “Collected Writings by John Nelson Darby Volume Fourteen: Ecclesiastical”, p.106, Irving Risch

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• It is only by drawing often, drawing everything, drawing incessantly, that one fine day you discover to your surprise that you have rendered something in its true character.

  Camille Pissarro

  Art, Character, Drawing

  Camille Pissarro, John Rewald (1963). “Camille Pissarro”, Harry N Abrams Inc

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• A positive attitude and an open mind are true characteristics of all good fishermen

  Kevin VanDam

  Attitude, Mind, Fisherman

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• It's the misfortune of German authors that not a single one of them dares to expose his true character. Everyone thinks that he has to be better than he is.

  Franz Grillparzer

  Character, Thinking, Dare

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• There was a saying that a man's true character was revealed in defeat. I thought it was also revealed in victory.

  Alison Goodman

  Character, Men, Victory

  Alison Goodman (2010). “Eon”, p.202, Penguin

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• We must build a trickle-up media that reflects the true character of this country and its people. A democratic media serving a democratic society.

  Amy Goodman

  Country, Character, Media

  "The Exception to the Rulers". Book by Amy Goodman and David Goodman, 2004.

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• It is normal to enjoy praise and dislike criticism. True character is when you prevent either from affecting you in a negative matter.

  John Wooden

  Sports, Character, Criticism

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• Growing up I watched examples of how not to treat people. I knew when I got into certain positions that I wasn't going to talk to people the way that they did. My mindset is, if you want to see the true character of a person watch how they treat those who can't do anything for them.

  Charlamagne Tha God

  Growing Up, Character, People

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• In books and in life, you need to read several pages before someone's true character is revealed.

  Gail Carson Levine

  Book, Character, Needs

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• True character stands the test of emergencies. Do not be mistaken, it is weakness from which the awakening is rude.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Character, Rude, Weakness

  "Napoleon : In His Own Words" edited by Jules Bertaut, translated by Herbert Edward Law and Charles Lincoln Rhodes, (Ch. II), 1916.

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• Maybe you have to live under cover for a while before you can find your true character.

  Hugo Hamilton

  Character

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• Come seeking to know Him, and I promise you will find Him and see Him in His true character as the risen, redeeming Savior of the world.

  Alexander B. Morrison

  Character, Promise, World

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• To say that I am made in the image of God is to say that love is the reason for my existence, for God is love. Love is my true identity. Selflessness is my true self. Love is my true character. Love is my name.

  Thomas Merton

  Love, Life, Wisdom

  Thomas Merton (2007). “New Seeds of Contemplation”, p.60, New Directions Publishing

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• It's not our mistakes that define us. It's the lessons we learn that show our true character.

  Cassia Leo

  Mistake, Character, Lessons

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• In the first two years this is a man [Clinton] who tried his best to balance the budget, to reform health care, to fight for gay rights, to support personal freedoms. Couldn’t those be considered doing the right things, evidence of true character?

  Bryant Gumbel

  Character, Fighting, Gay

  "Welfare Reform: Pray for the Children?". MSNBC's "InterNight" with David Maraniss, archive.mrc.org. October 10, 1996.

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• The only way of really finding out a man's true character is to play golf with him. In no other walk of life does the cloven hoof so quickly display itself.

  P. G. Wodehouse

  Character, Golf, Men

  P. G. Wodehouse (2011). “The Clicking of Cuthbert”, p.130, The Floating Press

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