Character
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Bad things do happen; how I respond to them defines my character and the quality of my life. I can choose to sit in perpetual sadness, immobilized by the gravity of my loss, or I can choose to rise from the pain and treasure the most precious gift I have — life itself.
Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.
To be a good father and mother requires that the parents defer many of their own needs and desires in favor of the needs of their children. As a consequence of this sacrifice, conscientious parents develop a nobility of character and learn to put into practice the selfless truths taught by the Savior Himself.
There can be no failure to a man who has not lost his courage, his character, his self respect, or his self-confidence. He is still a King.
Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.
Knowledge will give you power, but character respect.
Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
Teaching is a very noble profession that shapes the character, caliber, and future of an individual. If the people remember me as a good teacher, that will be the biggest honour for me.
In men of the highest character and noblest genius there is to be found an insatiable desire for honour, command, power, and glory.
Everyone has the obligation to ponder well his own specific traits of character. He must also regulate them adequately and not wonder whether someone else's traits might suit him better. The more definitely his own a man's character is, the better it fits him.
If all else fails, the character of a man can be recognized by nothing so surely as by a jest which he takes badly.
When we see men of worth, we should think of equaling them; when we see men of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves.
A man's character may be learned from the adjectives which he habitually uses in conversation.
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