Character

"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 ...

"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 ...

“Almost all absurdity of conduct arises from the imitation of those whom we cannot resemble.” - Samuel Johnson ...

"What we think or what we know or what we believe is, in the end, of little consequence. The only thing of consequence is what we do." - John Ruskin ...