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Quotes about character
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Egotist: A person of low taste, more interested in himself than in me. (Cross David)
Meekness: Uncommon patience in planning a revenge that is worth while. (Cross David)
To bear failure with courage is the best proof of character that anyone can give. (Cross David)
It always seemed strange to me that the things we admire in men, kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, understanding and feeling are the concomitants of failure in our system. And those traits we detest, sharpness, greed, aquisitiveness, meanness, egotism and selfinterest are the traits of sucess. And while men admire the quality of the first, they love the produce of the second. (Cross David)
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If you create an act, you create a habit. If you create a habit, you create a character. If you create a character, you create a destiny. (Cross David)
Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts. (Cross David)
I care not what others think of what I do, but I care very much about what I think of what I do! That is character. (Cross David)
With self-discipline most anything is possible. (Cross David)
I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen. (Cross David)
There is nothing so fatal to character as half-finished tasks. (Cross David)
I walk slowly, but I never walk backward. (Cross David)
Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing. (Cross David)
It is with trifles and when he is off guard that a man best reveals his character. (Cross David)
It is part of the American character to consider nothing as desperate -- to surmount every difficulty by resolution and contrivance. (Cross David)
Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain but it takes character and self control to be understanding and forgiving. (Cross David)
Better to live one year as a tiger, then a hundred as sheep. (Cross David)
I always thought I should be treated like a star. (Cross David)
If I was a girl again, I would like to be like my fans, I would like to be like Madonna. (Cross David)
We are like chameleons, we take our hue and the color of our moral character, from those who are around us. (Cross David)
A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty. (Cross David)
By swallowing evil words unsaid, no one has ever harmed his stomach. (Cross David)
It is a fine thing to be honest, but it is also very important to be right. (Cross David)
I was a personality before I became a person. I am simple, complex, generous, selfish, unattractive, beautiful, lazy and driven. (Cross David)
He that respects himself is safe from others. He wears a coat of mail that none can pierce. (Cross David)
In character, in manner, in style, in all things, the supreme excellence is simplicity. (Cross David)
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