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Letter "C" » character
«Success builds character, failure reveals it»
«The purpose of Christianity is not to avoid difficulty, but to produce a character adequate to meet it when it comes. It does not make life easy; rather it tries to make us great enough for life.»
Author: James L. Christensen
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About:
Christianity
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Keywords:
adequate,
adequate to,
avoid,
character,
Christianity,
difficulty,
easy,
meet,
produce,
purpose,
tries
«The true test of character is not how much we know how to do, but how we behave when we don't know what to do.»
«The man who cannot believe in himself cannot believe in anything else. The basis of all integrity and character is whatever faith we have in our own integrity.»
«When wealth is lost, nothing is lost; when health is lost, something is lost; when character is lost, all is lost.»
«The depth and strength of a human character are defined by its moral reserves. People reveal themselves completely only when they are thrown out of the customary conditions of their life, for only then do they have to fall back on their reserves.»
Author: Leonardo da Vinci
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Architect,
Engineer,
Painter,
Sculptor)
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Keywords:
character,
conditions,
customary,
defined,
depth,
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in depth,
moral,
moral character,
only when,
reserves,
reserving,
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strength,
themselves,
thrown,
throw in,
throw out,
throw up
«The Roots of Violence: Wealth without work, Pleasure without conscience, Knowledge without character, Commerce without morality, Science without humanity, Worship without sacrifice, Politics without principles»
Author: Mahatma Gandhi
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Philosopher)
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About:
Sin
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Keywords:
character,
commerce,
conscience,
humanities,
humanity,
In Humanity,
knowledge,
moralities,
morality,
pleasure,
pleasure principle,
pleasuring,
politics,
principles,
rooting,
roots,
roots of,
root out,
sacrifice,
science,
take root,
The Roots,
violence,
wealth,
worship,
worshipping
«Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.»
«We should come home from adventures, and perils, and discoveries every day with new experience and character»
Author: Henry David Thoreau
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Essayist,
Philosopher,
Poet)
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About:
Adventure
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Keywords:
adventured,
adventures,
adventuring,
character,
come home,
Coming Home,
discoveries,
every day,
experience,
home,
new,
perils,
The Perils of
«Talent is commonly developed at the expense of character.»