" Men show their
characters in what they think laughable "
--Goethe |
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" The greatest truths are the simplest, and so are the greatest
men."
--J.C. and A.W. Hare |
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" There is a
secret person undamaged in every individual."
--Paul
Shepard |
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" The difference between a
psychopath and a neurotic. A
psychopath thinks two and two are five. A neurotic knows
that two
and two are four but he worries about it. "
--Anon |
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" A
Conservative believes nothing should be done for the
first time "
--Lynwood L. Giacomini |
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" Nearly all men can stand adversity, ~ but if you want to test a
man's character,
give him power." –unknown |
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" If I take
care of my character, my reputation will take care
of itself."
---D. L. Moody |
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" Charm is a way of getting
the answer yes without having
asked any clear question "
--Albert Camus |
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" Charisma means
looking like everyone else."
--Marshall Macluhan |
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" If I try to be like him,
who will be like me? "
--Yiddish Proverb |
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" A bore is a man who
deprives you of solitude without providing
you with company"
--Gian Vincenzo Cravina |
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" Character is that which
can do without success. "
--Ralph Waldo Emerson |
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" It has been my experience
that folks who have no vices have
very few virtues. "
--
Abraham Lincoln
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" Until the day of his
death, no man can be sure of his courage."
-- Jean Anouilh |
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" No excellent soul is
exempt from a mixture of madness. "
--Aristotle |
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"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 |
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" Our character is what we
do when we think no one is looking."
-H. Jackson Browne |
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" No pessimist ever
discovered the secret of the stars, or sailed
to an uncharted land, or opened a new doorway for the human
spirit. "
--Helen Keller |
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"
A
Man never shows his own character so plainly as by his
manner of portraying another’s.
" -Richter |
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" No man should judge unless he asks himself in complete
honesty weather in a similar situation he might not have
done the same." --
Viktor
Frankl |
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" Have a heart that never hardens, a temper that never tires,
and a touch that never hurts ."
--Charles Dickens |
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" Character
is destiny."
--Heraclitus |
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"
Good
men need no recommendation and bad men it
wouldn’t
help."
--Jewish Proverb |
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"
That
magnet is unselfishness, thinking of others first when
you learn
to live for others, they will live for you.
--Paramahansa
Yogananda |
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"
The
discipline of desire is the background of character."
--John
Locke |
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"
The
integrity of men is to be measured by their conduct
not by their
professions." --Junius |
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"
Fair and softly goes
far." ~
Miguel De Cervantes |
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"
Discretion
is being able to raise your eyebrow instead of
your
voice." -Anon |
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"
do not assume that she who seeks to comfort you now,
lives untroubled
among the simple and quiet words that
sometimes do you
good. Her life
may also have much
sadness and difficulty, that
remains far beyond yours.
Were it otherwise, she would never
have been able to
find these words."
- Rainer
Maria Rilke |
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"
the best index to a person's character is (a) how he
treats
people who can't do him any good, and (b) how he
treats
people who can't fight back."
-
Abigail Van Buren |
