What is character but the determination of incident? What is incident but the illustration of character?
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What is character but the determination of incident? What is incident but the illustration of character?
There are certain bad habits we've groomed our whole life -- from personality flaws to fashion faux pas. And it has been the role of parents and friends, outside of some minor tweaking, to reinforce the belief that we're okay just as we are. But it's not enough to just be yourself. You have to be your best self. And that's a tall order if you haven't found your best self yet.
I had much rather be adorned by beauty of character than by jewels. Jewels are the gift of fortune, character comes from within.
Character, in the long run, is the decisive factor in the life of an individual and of nations alike.
The measure of a man's real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out.
A man never discloses his own character so clearly as when he describes anothers.
A person reveals his character by nothing so clearly as the joke he resents.
What a man's mind can create, man's character can control.
You can tell alot about a fellow's character by his way of eating jellybeans.
Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet.
Weakness of character is the only defect which cannot be amended.
When wealth is lost, nothing is lost; when health is lost, something is lost; when character is lost, all is lost.
If a man's character is to be abused there's nobody like a relative to do the business.
There is nothing in which people more betray their character than in what they laugh at.
Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back upon himself.
Every human being is intended to have a character of his own; to be what no others are, and to do what no other can do.
People with courage and character always seem sinister to the rest.
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