Trials, temptations, disappointments -- all these help instead of hinder, if one uses them rightly. They not only test the read more

Trials, temptations, disappointments -- all these help instead of hinder, if one uses them rightly. They not only test the fiber of a character, but strengthen it. Every conquered temptation represents a new fund of moral energy. Every trial endured and weathered in the right spirit makes a soul nobler and stronger than it was before.

Character is a victory, not a gift.

Character is a victory, not a gift.

No, when the fight begins within himself,
A man's worth something.

No, when the fight begins within himself,
A man's worth something.

There is so much good in the worst of us,
And so much bad in the best of us,
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There is so much good in the worst of us,
And so much bad in the best of us,
That it ill behoves any of us
To find fault with the rest of us.

Excellence is not a singular act, but a habit. You are what you repeatedly do.

Excellence is not a singular act, but a habit. You are what you repeatedly do.

A man never discloses his own character so clearly as when he describes another's.

A man never discloses his own character so clearly as when he describes another's.

One can acquire everything in solitude except character.

One can acquire everything in solitude except character.

Our character is what we do when we think no one is looking.

Our character is what we do when we think no one is looking.

To wish you were someone else is to waste the person you are.

To wish you were someone else is to waste the person you are.