Sow a thought and you reap an act; Sow an act and you reap a habit; Sow a habit and you reap a character; Sow a character and you reap a destiny. Samuel Smiles (1812–1904)
The measure of a man’s real character is what he would do if he knew he never would be found out. Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800–1859)
There is a difference between one who does right because of his own conscience and him who is kept from wrongdoing because of the presence of others.
What you are thunders so loud that I cannot hear what you say to the contrary. Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
Character is always lost when a high ideal is sacrificed on the altar of conformity and popularity. Charles R. Swindoll
Character is distilled out of our daily confrontation with temptation, out of our regular response to the call of duty. It is formed as we learn to cherish principles and to submit to self-discipline.
Character is the sum total of all the little decisions, the small deeds, the daily reactions to the choices that confront us.
Character is not obtained instantly. We have to mold and hammer and forge ourselves into character.
It is a distant goal to which there is no shortcut. Sidney Greenberg
So live that you would not mind selling your pet parrot to the town gossip. Will Rogers (1879–1935)
“But to this one I will look, To him who is humble and contrite of spirit, and who trembles at My word. Isaiah 66:2
Right is right, even if everyone is against it; and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it. William Penn (1644–1718)
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