Character

“Have you learned the lessons only of those who admired you, and were tender with you, and stood aside for you? Have you not learned great lessons from those who braced themselves against you, and disputed passage with you?” - ...

"The best way to be boring is to leave nothing out." - Voltaire ...

"I honestly do not know if civil disobedience has any effect on the government. I can promise you it has a great effect on the person who chooses to do it." - Martin Sheen ...

“Confidence... thrives on honesty, on honor, on the sacredness of obligations, on faithful protection and on unselfish performance. Without them it cannot live.” - Franklin D. Roosevelt ...

"Humility is attentive patience." - Simone Weil ...

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

"I prefer people who rock the boat to people who jump out." - Orson Welles ...

"Action speaks louder than words, but not nearly as often." - Mark Twain ...

“Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.” - Abraham Lincoln ...

"You young people will live most of your lives in the next millennium. You must help the Holy Spirit to shape its social, moral and spiri­tual character. You must transmit your joy in being the adopted Sons and daughters of ...