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Category Archives: Character
Ralph Waldo Emerson on Greatness
Thomas Carlyle on Conceit
“The greatest of faults, I should say, is to be conscious of none.” Continue reading
Evan Esar on Character
“A signature always reveals a man’s character – and sometimes even his name.” Continue reading
Sun Tzu on War and Wisdom
“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.” Continue reading
Nicholas Chamfort on Character
“In great affairs men show themselves as they wish to be seen; in small things they show themselves as they are.” Continue reading
R. D. Hitchcock on Character and Education
“The secret of all success is to know how to deny yourself. Prove that you can control yourself, and you are an educated man; and without this all other education is good for nothing.” Continue reading
Epictetus on Difficulty
“The greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it.” Continue reading
Abraham Lincoln on Character
“Character is like a tree and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.” Continue reading
Oscar Wilde on Wisdom
“Only the shallow know themselves.” Continue reading
Sharon Salzberg on Life and Education
“We learn and grow and are transformed not so much by what we do but by why and how we do it.” Continue reading
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