You cannot build character and courage by destroying initiative and independence
– William Boetcker
Category Archives: Character
Courage…
Courage is more exhilarating than fear and in the long run it is easier. We do not have to become heroes overnight. Just a step at a time, meeting each thing that comes up, seeing it is not as dreadful as it appeared, discovering we have the strength to stare it down.
– Eleanor Roosevelt
To be…
To be persuasive we must be believable; to be believable we must be credible; to be credible we must be truthful
– Edward Murrow
All…
All that is valuable in human society depends upon the opportunity for development accorded the individual.
– Albert Einstein
You gain…
You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing you think you cannot do.
– Eleanor Roosevelt
Tolerance…
Tolerance is a fundamental character trait of great people and a part of the attitudes and practices of those we admire and respect. People without tolerance are diminished and poor.
– John Carmack
The fact…
The fact is, the higher up we find ourselves in terms of power, influence, and wealth, the more people look up to us, the more vulnerable we are to pride and self-deceit and the more prone we are to be blind to our spiritual needs and deficiencies
– Nancy DeMoss
Good…
Good character is more to be praised than outstanding talent. Most talents are to some extent a gift. Good character, by contrast, is not given to us. We have to build it piece by piece; by thought, choice, courage and determination
– John Luther
It…
It often requires more courage to dare to do right than to fear to do wrong
– Abraham Lincoln
Character…
Character is the result of two things: mental attitude and the way we spend our time.
– Elberd Hubbard
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