Character

“The first test of a truly great man is his humility. By humility I don't mean doubt of his powers or hesitation in speaking his opinion, but merely an understanding of the relationship of what he can say and what ...

"A person may be proud without being vain.  Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think of us." - Jane Austen ...

“The liar's punishment is not in the least that he is not believed, but that he cannot believe anyone else.” ― George Bernard Shaw ...

"It is a general popular error to imagine the loudest complainers for the public to be the most anxious for its welfare." - Edmund Burke ...

“Your beliefs don't make you a better person, your behavior does.” ...

"True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever cost." - Arthur Ashe ...

"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 ...