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It’s Better to Have Character than Be a Character

September 27, 2011 by Joi 1 Comment

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Character

The best index to a person’s character is (a) how he treats people who can’t do him any good, and (b) how he treats people who can’t fight back. – Abigail Van Buren

It is far more impressive when others discover your good qualities without your help. – Judith S. Martin

Your life may be the only Bible some people read.  – Author Unknown

Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person’s character lies in their own hands. – Anne Frank

Character is like a tree and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing. – Abraham Lincoln

When wealth is lost, nothing is lost; when health is lost, something is lost; when character is lost, all is lost. – Billy Graham

Don’t try to be different.  Just be good.  To be good is different enough.  – Arthur Freed

Character is much easier kept than recovered.  – Thomas Paine

Character is doing the right thing when nobody is looking. – J.C. Watts

Don’t make friends who are comfortable to be with. Make friends who will force you to lever yourself up. – Thomas J. Watson, Sr.

I never had a policy; I have just tried to do my very best each and every day. – Abraham Lincoln

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Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live. – Oscar Wilde

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  1. adnan says

    July 3, 2012 at 11:01 am

    What a collection!!!just amazing,really got the better collection.If we can’t gain a better character it won’t be possible to make success.Thanks for sharing the nice collection.

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