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"Be the silent watcher of your thoughts and behavior. You are beneath the thinker. You are the stillness beneath the mental noise. You are the love and joy beneath the pain." ~Eckhart Tolle
"Behaviour is always greater than knowledge, because in life there are many situations where knowledge fails but behaviour can still handle." ~Anon\
"Behavior is the mirror in which everyone shows their image." ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
"Change the self image and you change the personality and the behavior." ~Dr. Maxwell Maltz
"I forgive people but that doesn't mean I accept their behavior or trust them. I forgive them for me, so I can let go and move on with my life." ~Anon
“It's a question of what you might do in your wildest imagination, not what you might do because you are bound by the strictures of polite behaviour. We don't want our writing to be bound by that. We'd like our stories to be greatly expressive of our fantasy life.” ~David Mamet
"It is so easy to identify and judge the bad behavior and wrongdoings of another person. It is far more difficult, and even more important, to see and consider how your own prior bad acts have attracted certain people, situations, and experiences into your own life." ~Iyanla Vanzant
"Leadership's not a title. It's a behaviour. Live it." ~Robin Sharma
"I forgive people but that doesn't mean I accept their behavior or trust them. I forgive them for me, so I can let go and move on with my life." ~Anon
“It's a question of what you might do in your wildest imagination, not what you might do because you are bound by the strictures of polite behaviour. We don't want our writing to be bound by that. We'd like our stories to be greatly expressive of our fantasy life.” ~David Mamet
"It is so easy to identify and judge the bad behavior and wrongdoings of another person. It is far more difficult, and even more important, to see and consider how your own prior bad acts have attracted certain people, situations, and experiences into your own life." ~Iyanla Vanzant
"Leadership's not a title. It's a behaviour. Live it." ~Robin Sharma
“Temporary brain synchronisation occurs when the behaviour of two people is coordinated.” ~Eva Amsen
"The best apology is changed behaviour." ~Lessons Learned in Life
"The ’self-image’ is the key to human personality and human behavior." ~Dr. Maxwell Maltz
"There is no beautifier of complexion, or form, or behavior, like the wish to scatter joy and not pain around us." ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Trying to understand the behaviour of some people is like trying to smell the colour 9." ~Anon
"When adults change their behaviour in response to a child's intense reactions, it can change the child's reactions." ~Dan Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson
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CHARACTER
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"A carefree easy life seldom brings out the best in our character; it's the difficulties of life that give us the chance to develop whatever strength of character we may possess."~Francis Gay, The Friendship Book 1981
"A man"s character is his fate." ~Heraclitus
“A single bad habit will mar an otherwise faultless character, as an ink-drop soileth the pure white page.” ~Hosea Ballou
"A man's true character comes out when he's drunk." ~Charlie Chaplin
"All our lives want a suitable background... Character always secures for itself this advantage, and is thus distinct and unrelated to near or trivial objects whether things or persons." ~Henry David Thoreau
"At the end of life, what really matters is not what we bought but what we built; not what we got but what we shared; not competence but our character; and not our success but our significance. Live a life that matters. Live a life of Love." ~Law of Attraction
"Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there." ~John Wooden
"There is no beautifier of complexion, or form, or behavior, like the wish to scatter joy and not pain around us." ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Trying to understand the behaviour of some people is like trying to smell the colour 9." ~Anon
"When adults change their behaviour in response to a child's intense reactions, it can change the child's reactions." ~Dan Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson
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"A carefree easy life seldom brings out the best in our character; it's the difficulties of life that give us the chance to develop whatever strength of character we may possess."~Francis Gay, The Friendship Book 1981
"A man"s character is his fate." ~Heraclitus
“A single bad habit will mar an otherwise faultless character, as an ink-drop soileth the pure white page.” ~Hosea Ballou
"A man's true character comes out when he's drunk." ~Charlie Chaplin
"All our lives want a suitable background... Character always secures for itself this advantage, and is thus distinct and unrelated to near or trivial objects whether things or persons." ~Henry David Thoreau
"At the end of life, what really matters is not what we bought but what we built; not what we got but what we shared; not competence but our character; and not our success but our significance. Live a life that matters. Live a life of Love." ~Law of Attraction
"Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there." ~John Wooden
“Always have a character like salt - its presence isn’t felt but its absence makes things tasteless.” ~The Salt Box
"Be as careful of the books you read, as of the company you keep; for your habits and character will be as much influenced by the former as by the latter." ~Paxton Hood
"Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are." - John Wooden
"Be your character. What it will, it will be known, and nobody will take it upon your word." ~Lord Chesterfield
"Beauty comes from the expression and character in your face—not just its symmetry." ~Robert Jones
"Beauty is a radiance that originates from within and comes from inner security and strong character." ~Jane Seymour
"Beauty of style and harmony and grace and good rhythm depend on simplicity — I mean the true simplicity of a rightly and nobly ordered mind and character, not that other simplicity which is only a euphemism for folly." ~Plato from THE REPUBLIC
"Character and attitude top education any day of the week." ~Trevor Bailey, NZ
"Character can never be undervalued or underestimated." ~from Inspire More dot com
"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." ~Helen Keller
"Character develops itself in the stream of life." ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
"Character is built on the choices you make and habits you cultivate." ~Bob and Debby Gass, How's Your Marriage?, THE WORD FOR TODAY, Vision Christian Media
"Character is doing the right thing when nobody's looking. There are too many people who think that the only thing that's right is to get by, and the only thing that's wrong is to get caught." ~J.C. Watts
"Character is forged on the anvil of adversity." ~Anon on Proverb (thought to be attributed to Lance Hill during his tenure at the University of Delaware circa 1988-89, according to Answer dot com)
"Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live as well as think." ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Character is how you treat those who can do nothing for you." ~Anon
"Character is like a tree and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing." ~Abraham Lincoln
"Character is like pregnancy. It cannot be hidden forever." ~African Proverbs
"Character is like the foundation of the building, it is below the surface." ~Felizardo Demetillo
"Character is much easier kept than recovered." ~Thomas Paine
"Character is not made in a crisis it is only exhibited." ~Robert Freeman
"Character is that which reveals moral purpose, exposing the class of things a man chooses and avoids." ~Aristotle
"Character lives in a man, reputation outside of him." ~J. G. Holland
"Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion." ~Aristotle
"Commerce is of trivial import; love, faith, truth of character, the aspiration of man, these are sacred." ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Courtesies of a small and trivial character are the ones which strike deepest in the grateful and appreciating heart." ~Henry Clay
“Dogs don’t make judgments about physical appearance or abilities, and they don’t care how big your house is or what you do for a living. They care about the quality of your character and your capacity to love.” ~Elizabeth Eiler
"Don’t let someone’s words blind you from their behavior." ~Steve Maraboli
"During my 87 years, I have witnessed a whole succession of technological revolutions. But none of them has done away with the need for character in the individual or the ability to think." ~Bernard Baruch
"Eccentricity has always abounded where strength of character has abounded; and the amount of eccentricity in a society has generally been proportional to the amount of genius, mental vigor, and moral courage which it contained. That so few now dare to be eccentric marks the chief danger of the time." ~John Stuart Mill
"... even though all things come to pass, our deeds will outlast our mortal lives. No amount of success, power, or position can ever compensate for the greed and corruption of human character." ~President Duterte, November 1, 2016
"Every human being is intended to have a character of his or her own; to be what no other is, and to do what no other can do." ~William Ellery Channing
"Every phase of our life belongs to us. The moon does not, except in appearance, lose her first thin, luminous curve, nor her silvery crescent, in rounding to her full. The woman is still both child and girl, in the completeness of womanly character." ~Lucy Larcom
“Every problem is a character-building opportunity “ ~Rick Warren
"Every thought willingly contemplated, every word meaningly spoken, every action freely done, consolidates itself in the character, and will project itself onward in a permanent continuity." ~Henry Giles
"Forcing good behavior is itself a bad behavior. You can only teach good behavior by living it." ~Bryant McGill
"Good character and true friendship is all about how a person nurtures another person who is vulnerable and can give nothing in return. So when you have been through tough times and come out the other side, look around you. The people still standing beside you are your true friends." ~Marc and Angel Hack Life
"Goodness is about character - integrity, honesty, kindness, generosity, moral courage, and the like. More than anything else, it is about how we treat other people." ~Dennis Prager
"Housework is the only political problem in which doing less and not caring are the solution, where apathy is the most sensible and progressive attitude”. ~Stephen Marche, Canadian writer
"Human life must be some form of mistake” ~Arthur Schopenhauer "It is with trifles, and when he is off guard, that a man best reveals his character." ~Arthur Schopenhauer
"I choose my friends for their good looks, my acquaintances for their good characters, and my enemies for their good intellects. A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies." ~Oscar Wilde
"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character." ~Martin Luther King on The Journey Home.
"I know of no higher fortitude than stubborness in the face of overwhelming odds." ~Louis Nizer
"Be as careful of the books you read, as of the company you keep; for your habits and character will be as much influenced by the former as by the latter." ~Paxton Hood
"Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are." - John Wooden
"Be your character. What it will, it will be known, and nobody will take it upon your word." ~Lord Chesterfield
"Beauty comes from the expression and character in your face—not just its symmetry." ~Robert Jones
"Beauty is a radiance that originates from within and comes from inner security and strong character." ~Jane Seymour
"Beauty of style and harmony and grace and good rhythm depend on simplicity — I mean the true simplicity of a rightly and nobly ordered mind and character, not that other simplicity which is only a euphemism for folly." ~Plato from THE REPUBLIC
"Character and attitude top education any day of the week." ~Trevor Bailey, NZ
"Character can never be undervalued or underestimated." ~from Inspire More dot com
"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." ~Helen Keller
"Character develops itself in the stream of life." ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
"Character is built on the choices you make and habits you cultivate." ~Bob and Debby Gass, How's Your Marriage?, THE WORD FOR TODAY, Vision Christian Media
"Character is doing the right thing when nobody's looking. There are too many people who think that the only thing that's right is to get by, and the only thing that's wrong is to get caught." ~J.C. Watts
"Character is forged on the anvil of adversity." ~Anon on Proverb (thought to be attributed to Lance Hill during his tenure at the University of Delaware circa 1988-89, according to Answer dot com)
"Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live as well as think." ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Character is how you treat those who can do nothing for you." ~Anon
"Character is like a tree and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing." ~Abraham Lincoln
"Character is like pregnancy. It cannot be hidden forever." ~African Proverbs
"Character is like the foundation of the building, it is below the surface." ~Felizardo Demetillo
"Character is much easier kept than recovered." ~Thomas Paine
"Character is not made in a crisis it is only exhibited." ~Robert Freeman
"Character is that which reveals moral purpose, exposing the class of things a man chooses and avoids." ~Aristotle
"Character lives in a man, reputation outside of him." ~J. G. Holland
"Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion." ~Aristotle
"Commerce is of trivial import; love, faith, truth of character, the aspiration of man, these are sacred." ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Courtesies of a small and trivial character are the ones which strike deepest in the grateful and appreciating heart." ~Henry Clay
“Dogs don’t make judgments about physical appearance or abilities, and they don’t care how big your house is or what you do for a living. They care about the quality of your character and your capacity to love.” ~Elizabeth Eiler
"Don’t let someone’s words blind you from their behavior." ~Steve Maraboli
"During my 87 years, I have witnessed a whole succession of technological revolutions. But none of them has done away with the need for character in the individual or the ability to think." ~Bernard Baruch
"Eccentricity has always abounded where strength of character has abounded; and the amount of eccentricity in a society has generally been proportional to the amount of genius, mental vigor, and moral courage which it contained. That so few now dare to be eccentric marks the chief danger of the time." ~John Stuart Mill
"... even though all things come to pass, our deeds will outlast our mortal lives. No amount of success, power, or position can ever compensate for the greed and corruption of human character." ~President Duterte, November 1, 2016
"Every human being is intended to have a character of his or her own; to be what no other is, and to do what no other can do." ~William Ellery Channing
"Every phase of our life belongs to us. The moon does not, except in appearance, lose her first thin, luminous curve, nor her silvery crescent, in rounding to her full. The woman is still both child and girl, in the completeness of womanly character." ~Lucy Larcom
“Every problem is a character-building opportunity “ ~Rick Warren
"Every thought willingly contemplated, every word meaningly spoken, every action freely done, consolidates itself in the character, and will project itself onward in a permanent continuity." ~Henry Giles
"Forcing good behavior is itself a bad behavior. You can only teach good behavior by living it." ~Bryant McGill
"Good character and true friendship is all about how a person nurtures another person who is vulnerable and can give nothing in return. So when you have been through tough times and come out the other side, look around you. The people still standing beside you are your true friends." ~Marc and Angel Hack Life
"Goodness is about character - integrity, honesty, kindness, generosity, moral courage, and the like. More than anything else, it is about how we treat other people." ~Dennis Prager
"Housework is the only political problem in which doing less and not caring are the solution, where apathy is the most sensible and progressive attitude”. ~Stephen Marche, Canadian writer
"Human life must be some form of mistake” ~Arthur Schopenhauer "It is with trifles, and when he is off guard, that a man best reveals his character." ~Arthur Schopenhauer
"I choose my friends for their good looks, my acquaintances for their good characters, and my enemies for their good intellects. A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies." ~Oscar Wilde
"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character." ~Martin Luther King on The Journey Home.
"I know of no higher fortitude than stubborness in the face of overwhelming odds." ~Louis Nizer
"I think about the people I love meeting when I travel, the characters, the wanderers, the adventurers. The friendly people, the kind people, the decent people." ~~Ben Groundwater, Sydney Morning Herald, April 19, 2023 on Aussie Travellers
"If you want the secondary greatness of recognized talent, focus first on primary greatness of character." ~Stephen R. Covey
"In attempts to improve your character, know what is in your power and what is beyond it." ~Francis Thompson
"In character, in manner, in style, in all things, the supreme excellence is simplicity." ~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
"It is in the character of very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered. " ~Aeschylus
"It's not the easy days that develop character, it's the tough ones." ~Anon
"It is not the still calm of life, or in the repose of a specific situation, that great characters are formed." ~Abigail Adams, 1744-1818, American First Lady
"It is with trifles, and when he is off guard, that a man best reveals his character." ~Arthur Schopenhauer
"It is about our own character, which is reflected by our treatment of others." ~Lessons Learned In Life
"It's not about the gender of the leader that matters, it's all about the character, the desire to serve and protect the people of the country he or she represents that would move the country forward to progress!" ~Adrianjr Rivera
“It was character that got us out of bed, commitment that moved us into action, and discipline that enabled us to follow through.” ~Zig Ziglar
“Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams.” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
"... literacy creates attitude to some
not just pride but conceit
stripping them of humility
that they were once
stupid and ignorant."
~Grace Lim, FB
“Men show their character in nothing more clearly than by what they think laughable.” ~Johann Wolfgang Goethe
“Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.” ~Abraham Lincoln
“No pain that we suffer, no trial that we experience is wasted. It ministers to our education, to the development of such qualities as patience, faith, fortitude and humility. All that we suffer and all that we endure, especially when we endure it patiently, builds up our characters, purifies our hearts, expands our souls, and makes us more tender and charitable, more worthy to be called the children of God . . ." ~Orson F. Whitney
"Nothing shows a man's character more than what he laughs at." ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
"If you want the secondary greatness of recognized talent, focus first on primary greatness of character." ~Stephen R. Covey
"In attempts to improve your character, know what is in your power and what is beyond it." ~Francis Thompson
"In character, in manner, in style, in all things, the supreme excellence is simplicity." ~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
"It is in the character of very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered. " ~Aeschylus
"It's not the easy days that develop character, it's the tough ones." ~Anon
"It is not the still calm of life, or in the repose of a specific situation, that great characters are formed." ~Abigail Adams, 1744-1818, American First Lady
"It is with trifles, and when he is off guard, that a man best reveals his character." ~Arthur Schopenhauer
"It is about our own character, which is reflected by our treatment of others." ~Lessons Learned In Life
"It's not about the gender of the leader that matters, it's all about the character, the desire to serve and protect the people of the country he or she represents that would move the country forward to progress!" ~Adrianjr Rivera
“It was character that got us out of bed, commitment that moved us into action, and discipline that enabled us to follow through.” ~Zig Ziglar
“Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams.” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
"... literacy creates attitude to some
not just pride but conceit
stripping them of humility
that they were once
stupid and ignorant."
~Grace Lim, FB
“Men show their character in nothing more clearly than by what they think laughable.” ~Johann Wolfgang Goethe
“Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.” ~Abraham Lincoln
“No pain that we suffer, no trial that we experience is wasted. It ministers to our education, to the development of such qualities as patience, faith, fortitude and humility. All that we suffer and all that we endure, especially when we endure it patiently, builds up our characters, purifies our hearts, expands our souls, and makes us more tender and charitable, more worthy to be called the children of God . . ." ~Orson F. Whitney
"Nothing shows a man's character more than what he laughs at." ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.” ~Khalil Gibran
"Paint the essential character of things." ~Camille Pissarro
"People do not seem to realize that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character." ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Personality can open doors but only character can keep them open." ~Elmer G. Letterman
"Put more trust in nobility of character than in an oath." ~Solon
"Remember that your character is the sum total of your habits. You can’t claim to be kind unless you are habitually kind—you show kindness without even thinking about it. You can’t claim to have integrity unless it is your habit to always be honest." ~Rick Warren
"Show class, have pride, and display character. If you do, winning takes care of itself." ~Earl Kuhn, Artist
"Show respect even to people who don't deserve it; not as a reflection of their character, but as a reflection of yours." ~Dave Willis
"Sow a thought, reap an action; sow an action, reap a habit; sow a habit, reap a character; sow a character, reap a destiny." ~Celtic Proverb
"Sports do not build character. They reveal it." ~John Wooden
“Success builds character, failure reveals it” ~Dave Checkett
"Talents are best nurtured in solitude, but character is best formed in the stormy billows of the world.." ~Johann Wolfgang Van Goethe
"The farther behind I leave the past, the closer I am to forging my own character." ~Isabelle Eberhardt
"The influence of a beautiful, helpful, hopeful character is contagious. ...People radiate what is in their minds and in their hearts." ~Eleanor H. Porter
"The long span of the bridge of your life is supported by countless cables called habits, attitudes, and desires." ~L.G. Elliott
"The measure of a man's character is what he would do if he knew he never would be found out." ~Macauley
"The mind is exercised by the variety and multiplicity of the subject matter, while the character is moulded by the contemplation of virtue and vice." ~Quintilian
"...... the process to Christ-likeness is character development. And our character as children of God is hammered during sufferings." ~Kyle Reygel Perales
“The purpose of Christianity is not to avoid difficulty, but to produce a character adequate to meet it when it comes. It does not make life easy; rather it tries to make us great enough for life.” ~James L. Christensen
"The true character of a society is revealed in how it treats its children." ~Nelson Mandela during the launch of the Blue Train, Worcester Station, Worcester, South Africa, 27 September 1997
"The true test of a man's character is what he does when no one is watching. " ~John Wooden
"To note an artist's limitations is but to define his talent. A reporter can write equally well about everything that is presented to his view, but a creative writer can do his best only with what lies within the range and character of his deepest sympathies." ~Willa Cather (1873-1947)
“There was a saying that a man's true character was revealed in defeat. I thought it was also revealed in victory.” ~Alison Goodman
“Truth is not exciting enough to those who depend on the characters and lives of their neighbors for all their amusement.” ~George Bancroft
"Paint the essential character of things." ~Camille Pissarro
"People do not seem to realize that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character." ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Personality can open doors but only character can keep them open." ~Elmer G. Letterman
"Put more trust in nobility of character than in an oath." ~Solon
"Remember that your character is the sum total of your habits. You can’t claim to be kind unless you are habitually kind—you show kindness without even thinking about it. You can’t claim to have integrity unless it is your habit to always be honest." ~Rick Warren
"Show class, have pride, and display character. If you do, winning takes care of itself." ~Earl Kuhn, Artist
"Show respect even to people who don't deserve it; not as a reflection of their character, but as a reflection of yours." ~Dave Willis
"Sow a thought, reap an action; sow an action, reap a habit; sow a habit, reap a character; sow a character, reap a destiny." ~Celtic Proverb
"Sports do not build character. They reveal it." ~John Wooden
“Success builds character, failure reveals it” ~Dave Checkett
"Talents are best nurtured in solitude, but character is best formed in the stormy billows of the world.." ~Johann Wolfgang Van Goethe
"The farther behind I leave the past, the closer I am to forging my own character." ~Isabelle Eberhardt
"The influence of a beautiful, helpful, hopeful character is contagious. ...People radiate what is in their minds and in their hearts." ~Eleanor H. Porter
"The long span of the bridge of your life is supported by countless cables called habits, attitudes, and desires." ~L.G. Elliott
"The measure of a man's character is what he would do if he knew he never would be found out." ~Macauley
"The mind is exercised by the variety and multiplicity of the subject matter, while the character is moulded by the contemplation of virtue and vice." ~Quintilian
"...... the process to Christ-likeness is character development. And our character as children of God is hammered during sufferings." ~Kyle Reygel Perales
“The purpose of Christianity is not to avoid difficulty, but to produce a character adequate to meet it when it comes. It does not make life easy; rather it tries to make us great enough for life.” ~James L. Christensen
"The true character of a society is revealed in how it treats its children." ~Nelson Mandela during the launch of the Blue Train, Worcester Station, Worcester, South Africa, 27 September 1997
"The true test of a man's character is what he does when no one is watching. " ~John Wooden
"To note an artist's limitations is but to define his talent. A reporter can write equally well about everything that is presented to his view, but a creative writer can do his best only with what lies within the range and character of his deepest sympathies." ~Willa Cather (1873-1947)
“There was a saying that a man's true character was revealed in defeat. I thought it was also revealed in victory.” ~Alison Goodman
“Truth is not exciting enough to those who depend on the characters and lives of their neighbors for all their amusement.” ~George Bancroft
"We are too focused on physical appearance. Character and values propel a nation to greatness." ~Ethel Pineda
"We should measure the success of our parenting not by the happiness of our children but by the goodness of their character." ~Meg Meeker, MD
"We tend to judge others by their behaviour, and ourselves by our intentions." ~Albert F. Schlieder
"What if you looked in the mirror and saw your character instead of the face?" ~Sue Fitzmaurice
"When the character of a man is not clear to you, look at his friends." ~Japanese Proverb
"When wealth is lost, nothing is lost; when health is lost, something is lost; when character is lost, all is lost." ~Billy Graham
"When you understand that life is a test, you realize that nothing is insignificant in your life. Even the smallest incident has significance for your character development. Every day is an important day, and every second is a growth opportunity to deepen your character, to demonstrate love, or to depend on God. Some tests seem overwhelming, while others you don’t even notice. But all of them have eternal implications." ~Rick Warren
"With age comes beauty and character." ~House of Fifty
"You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him." ~Johann Wolgang von Goethe
"You can judge a man's true character by the way he treats his fellow animals." ~Paul McCartney
"You can speak with spiritual eloquence, pray in public, and maintain a holy appearance, but it is your behaviour that will reveal your true character." ~Steve Maraboli
"You could meet someone tomorrow who has better intentions for you than someone you've known forever. Time means nothing. Character does." ~Anon
"Your beliefs don’t make you a better person, your behaviour does." ~~Hannah Craner
"We should measure the success of our parenting not by the happiness of our children but by the goodness of their character." ~Meg Meeker, MD
"We tend to judge others by their behaviour, and ourselves by our intentions." ~Albert F. Schlieder
"What if you looked in the mirror and saw your character instead of the face?" ~Sue Fitzmaurice
"When the character of a man is not clear to you, look at his friends." ~Japanese Proverb
"When wealth is lost, nothing is lost; when health is lost, something is lost; when character is lost, all is lost." ~Billy Graham
"When you understand that life is a test, you realize that nothing is insignificant in your life. Even the smallest incident has significance for your character development. Every day is an important day, and every second is a growth opportunity to deepen your character, to demonstrate love, or to depend on God. Some tests seem overwhelming, while others you don’t even notice. But all of them have eternal implications." ~Rick Warren
"With age comes beauty and character." ~House of Fifty
"You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him." ~Johann Wolgang von Goethe
"You can judge a man's true character by the way he treats his fellow animals." ~Paul McCartney
"You can speak with spiritual eloquence, pray in public, and maintain a holy appearance, but it is your behaviour that will reveal your true character." ~Steve Maraboli
"You could meet someone tomorrow who has better intentions for you than someone you've known forever. Time means nothing. Character does." ~Anon
"Your beliefs don’t make you a better person, your behaviour does." ~~Hannah Craner
"Your characters are prisoner when they only exist in your head. Set them free." ~The Catharsis Society
"Your dazzling beauty is the result of your character integrity, your personal charm and your fantastic looks. Even your tiny flaws are enchanting because they make you more interesting! " ~Anon
"Your eyes are a direct reflection of your personality. They reveal a lot about your experiences and your strongest character traits." ~from Nametests
"Your habits define your character." ~Rick Warren
"Your image isn’t your character. Character is what you are as a person." ~Derek Jeter
"Your knowledge and life experiences. – Character and wisdom are sculpted over time. They come with loss, lessons, and triumphs. They come after doubts, second guesses, and unknowns. If there was a definitive path to success, everyone would be on it. The seeds of your success are planted in your past failures. Your best stories will come from overcoming your greatest struggles. Your praises will be birthed from your pains. So keep standing, keep learning, and keep living." ~Marc and Angel Hack Life
"Your outlook upon life, your estimate of yourself, your estimate of your value are largely coloured by your environment. Your whole career will be modified, shaped, moulded by your surroundings, by the character of the people with whom you come in contact every day." ~Orison Swett Marden
RELATED QUOTES
“A graceful refusal is better than a lengthy promise.” ~Hazrat Ali Ibn Abu-Talib A.S
“A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right.” ~Thomas Paine
"A person who has good thoughts cannot ever be ugly. You can have a wonky nose and a crooked mouth and a double chin and stick-out teeth, but if you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely." ~Roald Dahl
"All habits gather by unseen degrees,
As brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas."
~John Dryden
"All the promises that education is meant to offer will come to naught if the so called educated are characterless. If all they know is how to enrich themselves at the expense of the poor and the unschooled." ~Maximo Tumbali
"Be professional, prudent and circumspect. Do not abuse. Be true to the code of conduct of your profession." ~Rafael Alunan III
"Change is painful. It involves giving up comfortable old ways and habits. It is often said that the only thing we learn from history is that we do not learn." ~David G. Pumphrey
"Devotion. Loyalty. Trust. Comfort. Love. These are the best characteristics of best friends." ~A.D. Williams
"Your dazzling beauty is the result of your character integrity, your personal charm and your fantastic looks. Even your tiny flaws are enchanting because they make you more interesting! " ~Anon
"Your eyes are a direct reflection of your personality. They reveal a lot about your experiences and your strongest character traits." ~from Nametests
"Your habits define your character." ~Rick Warren
"Your image isn’t your character. Character is what you are as a person." ~Derek Jeter
"Your knowledge and life experiences. – Character and wisdom are sculpted over time. They come with loss, lessons, and triumphs. They come after doubts, second guesses, and unknowns. If there was a definitive path to success, everyone would be on it. The seeds of your success are planted in your past failures. Your best stories will come from overcoming your greatest struggles. Your praises will be birthed from your pains. So keep standing, keep learning, and keep living." ~Marc and Angel Hack Life
"Your outlook upon life, your estimate of yourself, your estimate of your value are largely coloured by your environment. Your whole career will be modified, shaped, moulded by your surroundings, by the character of the people with whom you come in contact every day." ~Orison Swett Marden
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RELATED QUOTES
“A graceful refusal is better than a lengthy promise.” ~Hazrat Ali Ibn Abu-Talib A.S
“A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right.” ~Thomas Paine
"A person who has good thoughts cannot ever be ugly. You can have a wonky nose and a crooked mouth and a double chin and stick-out teeth, but if you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely." ~Roald Dahl
"All habits gather by unseen degrees,
As brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas."
~John Dryden
"All the promises that education is meant to offer will come to naught if the so called educated are characterless. If all they know is how to enrich themselves at the expense of the poor and the unschooled." ~Maximo Tumbali
"Be professional, prudent and circumspect. Do not abuse. Be true to the code of conduct of your profession." ~Rafael Alunan III
"Change is painful. It involves giving up comfortable old ways and habits. It is often said that the only thing we learn from history is that we do not learn." ~David G. Pumphrey
"Devotion. Loyalty. Trust. Comfort. Love. These are the best characteristics of best friends." ~A.D. Williams
"Don't put off your happiness by putting off the hard work of self improvement. You will find the hard work a lot easier than the burden of past bad habits." ~Paul Friedman
"Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit." ~W. Somerset Maugham (1874-1965)
"Good habits are as easy to form as bad ones." ~Tim McCarver
"Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit." ~W. Somerset Maugham (1874-1965)
"Good habits are as easy to form as bad ones." ~Tim McCarver
“Habit is a habit, and not to be flung out the window by man, but coaxed downstairs, a step at a time.” ~Mark Twain (1835-1910)
"Habits begin as offhanded remarks, ideas and images. And then, layer upon layer, through practice, they grow from cobwebs into cables that shackle or strengthen our lives." ~Denis Waitley
"It is well to be up before daybreak, for such habits contribute to health, wealth, and wisdom." -Aristotle
"My most important project is building the habits that my happiness and freedom require." ~Yung Pueblo
"Our best is going to change from moment to moment; it will be different when we are healthy as opposed to sick. Under any circumstance, simply do your best, and you will avoid self-judgment, self-abuse and regret." ~Miguel Ruiz
"Our conduct is the only proof of the sincerity of our heart." ~Charles Thomson Rees Wilson
"Habits begin as offhanded remarks, ideas and images. And then, layer upon layer, through practice, they grow from cobwebs into cables that shackle or strengthen our lives." ~Denis Waitley
"It is well to be up before daybreak, for such habits contribute to health, wealth, and wisdom." -Aristotle
"My most important project is building the habits that my happiness and freedom require." ~Yung Pueblo
"Our best is going to change from moment to moment; it will be different when we are healthy as opposed to sick. Under any circumstance, simply do your best, and you will avoid self-judgment, self-abuse and regret." ~Miguel Ruiz
"Our conduct is the only proof of the sincerity of our heart." ~Charles Thomson Rees Wilson
"People do not decide their futures, they decide their habits and their habits decide their futures.” ~F. Matthias Alexander
"Persist and persevere, and you will find most things that are attainable, possible." ~Earl of Chesterfield
"The quintessence of every passion is selfishness." ~Moritz (Moses) Gottlieb Saphir
"The strong, calm man is always loved and revered. He is like a shade-giving tree in a thirsty land, or a sheltering rock in a storm." ~James Allen
"The unfortunate thing about this world is that good habits are so much easier to give up than bad ones." ~Somerset Maugham
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MANNERS
"A man's manners are a mirror in which he shows his portrait." ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
"Take your manners with you wherever you go." ~Hating Alison Ashley
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"Persist and persevere, and you will find most things that are attainable, possible." ~Earl of Chesterfield
"The quintessence of every passion is selfishness." ~Moritz (Moses) Gottlieb Saphir
"The strong, calm man is always loved and revered. He is like a shade-giving tree in a thirsty land, or a sheltering rock in a storm." ~James Allen
"The unfortunate thing about this world is that good habits are so much easier to give up than bad ones." ~Somerset Maugham
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MANNERS
"A man's manners are a mirror in which he shows his portrait." ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
"Take your manners with you wherever you go." ~Hating Alison Ashley
DAILY HABITS THAT WILL BRING YOU HAPPINESS:
Connecting - be with people who ‘get’ you.
Meaning - be part of something bigger than yourself.
Positivity - brush negative thoughts away gently.
Exercise - a daily walk outdoors.
Exploring - try new things
Accept - love yourself for who you are.
Gratitude - express thanks for all that is good in your life.
Giving - give of your time and resources to others.
Source: Sue Fitzmaurice, Author/FB
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