“'Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death.”
― Thomas Paine
Breviloquence
“Men of few words are the best men."
― William Shakespeare
Character
“Knowledge will give you power, but character respect.”
― Bruce Lee
Character
“A man is literally what he thinks, his character being the complete sum of all his thoughts.”
― James Allen
Character
“There was a saying that a man's true character was revealed in defeat. I thought it was also revealed in victory.”
― Alison Goodman
Character
“Talent is a gift, but character is a choice.”
― John C. Maxwell
Rectitude
“We cannot live better than in seeking to become better.”
― Socrates
Character
“Character is doing what you don't want to do but know you should do.”
― Joyce Meyer
Character
“When you choose your friends, don't be short-changed by choosing personality over character.”
― W.Somerset Maugham
Character
“People do not seem to realise that their opinion of the world is also a confession of their character.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson
Attitude
“…we get to choose what we put out into the world. I try to put out what I would like back.”
-Lin-Manuel Miranda
Morality
“It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.”
― Mark Twain
Character
“Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.”
― John Wooden
Integrity
“Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters”
― Albert Einstein
Character
“The best index to a person's character is how he treats people who can't do him any good, and how he treats people who can't fight back.”
― Abigail Van Buren
Humility
“There is not one wise man in twenty that will praise himself.”
-William Shakespeare
Humility
“If people knew how hard I had to work to gain my mastery, it would not seem so wonderful at all.”
-Michelangelo
Wisdom
“Learning acquired in youth arrests the evil of old age; and if you understand that old age has wisdom for its food, you will so conduct yourself in youth that your old age will not lack for nourishment.”
-Leonardo Da Vinci
Truth
“All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them.”
-Galileo Galilei
Discovery
“You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him find it within himself.”
-Galileo Galilei
