Character

“Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfills the same function as pain in the human body. It calls attention to an unhealthy state of things.” - Winston Churchill ...

"Character is simply habit long continued." - Plutarch ...

“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 ...

"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit." - Aristotle ...

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

“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?” - ...

"I have a terrible memory; I never forget a thing." - Edith Konecky ...

"When a man is wrapped up in himself, he makes a pretty small package." - John Ruskin ...

"Man will do many things to get himself loved; he will do all things to get himself envied." - Mark Twain ...

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