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Because power corrupts, society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases.

John Adams

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The discipline you learn and character you build from setting and achieving a goal can be more valuable than the achievement of the goal itself.

Bo Bennett

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Where there is righteousness in the heart, there is beauty in the character. When there is beauty in the character, there is harmony in the home. When there is harmony in the home, there is order in the nation. When there is order in the nation, there is peace in the world.

A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

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Human greatness does not lie in wealth or power, but in character and goodness. People are just people, and all people have faults and shortcomings, but all of us are born with a basic goodness.

Anne Frank

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Simplicity in character, in manners, in style; in all things the supreme excellence is simplicity.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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'Heroine' is about a declining and imbalanced superstar — a very brave and bold role. I wanted to test whether I could carry a role like this. I have given 200 per cent to this role. She's a very complex character, very aggressive, manipulative and bold, yet she's very fragile.

Kareena Kapoor Khan

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The discipline of desire is the background of character.

John Locke

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Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.

Stevie Wonder

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If you do not know the laws of right conduct, you cannot form your character.

Swami Sivananda

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For me, you don't ever want to be defined by the color of your skin. You want to be defined by your work ethic, the person that you are, your character, your personality. That's what I've tried to go out and do.

Robert Griffin III

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There's love for your parents, your family, your spouse, your partner, your friends, but the nature of the connection you have with your child, there's nothing like it. It has its own character and it's so serious and so powerful, and so it's a prism through which I see everything.

Annette Bening

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I never really do much research before signing a film. It is just the script and character that I concentrate on.

Kareena Kapoor Khan

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Just as we develop our physical muscles through overcoming opposition — such as lifting weights — we develop our character muscles by overcoming challenges and adversity.

Stephen Covey

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A vote is like a rifle; its usefulness depends upon the character of the user.

Theodore Roosevelt

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Since I played a warrior in 'Magadheera', my character sported shoulder-length hair and a thick beard.

Ram Charan

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As with the butterfly, adversity is necessary to build character in people.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

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Only what we have wrought into our character during life can we take with us.

Wilhelm von Humboldt

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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. For the world was built to develop character, and we must learn that the setbacks and grieves which we endure help us in our marching onward.

Henry Ford

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Obedience to lawful authority is the foundation of manly character.

Robert E. Lee

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When you are in business for a long time, you go through good times and bad times. When you go through bad times, you learn to control costs, satisfy customers better, satisfy employees better and become more transparent. Therefore, you build character in the company.

N. R. Narayana Murthy

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