Character

"Do not stand on a high pedestal and take 5 cents in your hand and say, 'here, my poor man', but be grateful that the poor man is there, so by making a gift to him you are able to ...

"The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience." - Harper Lee ...

“When the Japanese mend broken objects, they aggrandize the damage by filling the cracks with gold. They believe that when something's suffered damage and has a history it becomes more beautiful.”  - Barbara Bloom ...

"A man is not a man until he's able and willing to accept his own vision of the world, no matter how radically this vision departs from that of others." - James Baldwin ...

"Half of the harm done in this world is due to people who want to feel important." - T.S. Eliot ...

“Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.”                   - Helen Keller ...

“On the whole, human beings want to be good, but not too good and not quite all the time." - George Orwell ...

"There are only two distinct classes of people on this earth: those who espouse enthusiasm and those who despise it." - Germaine de Stael ...

"Character is much easier kept than recovered." - Thomas Paine ...

"Elegance is the only beauty that never fades." - Audrey Hepburn ...