Character
The discipline of desire is the background of character.
Simplicity in character, in manners, in style; in all things the supreme excellence is simplicity.
A man's character may be learned from the adjectives which he habitually uses in conversation.
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.
The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character — that is the goal of true education.
The heart of the theater is the play itself, how it dramatizes life to make it meaningful entertainment. To achieve depth and universality, the playwright must subject himself to intense critique, to know human character and behavior, and finally to construct art from the most mundane of human experience.
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.
In men of the highest character and noblest genius there is to be found an insatiable desire for honour, command, power, and glory.
In character, in manner, in style, in all things, the supreme excellence is simplicity.
The greatest legacy one can pass on to one's children and grandchildren is not money or other material things accumulated in one's life, but rather a legacy of character and faith.
Sports teaches you character, it teaches you to play by the rules, it teaches you to know what it feels like to win and lose-it teaches you about life.
The real ornament of woman is her character, her purity.
I wasn't raised to see color; I was raised to see character.
Good character is not formed in a week or a month. It is created little by little, day by day. Protracted and patient effort is needed to develop good character.
People do not seem to realize that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.
Obedience to lawful authority is the foundation of manly character.
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.
Only what we have wrought into our character during life can we take with us.
A vote is like a rifle; its usefulness depends upon the character of the user.
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.
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