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The highest
qualities of character… must be earned.
-- Lyman Abbott
1835-1922, American
Congregational Clergyman and Editor
It is in the
character of very few men to honor without envy a friend who
has prospered.
-- Aeschylus
BC 525-456, Greek Dramatist
Be thou
incapable of change in that which is right, and men will
rely upon thee. Establish unto thyself principles of action;
and see that thou ever act according to them. First know
that thy principles are just, and then be thou
-- Akhenaton
BC -~1375, Egyptian King,
Monotheist
Honor is the
inner garment of the Soul; the first thing put on by it with
the flesh, and the last it layeth down at its separation
from it.
-- Akhenaton
BC -~1375, Egyptian King,
Monotheist
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It is not what
he had, or even what he does which expresses the worth of a
man, but what he is.
-- Henri Frederic Amiel
1821-1881, Swiss Philosopher,
Poet, Critic
The quality of
strength lined with tenderness is an unbeatable combination,
as are intelligence and necessity when unblunted by formal
education.
-- Maya Angelou
1928-, African-American poet,
Writer, Performer
Temperance is
simply a disposition of the mind which binds the passion.
-- St. Thomas Aquinas
1225-1274, Italian Scholastic
Philosopher and Theologian
Character is
that which reveals moral purpose, exposing the class of
things a man chooses or avoids.
-- Aristotle
BC 384-322, Greek Philosopher
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