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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.
You can measure a man by the opposition it takes to discourage him.
You can measure a man by the opposition it takes to discourage him.
Genteel in personage,
Conduct, and equipage;
Noble by heritage,
Generous and free.
Genteel in personage,
Conduct, and equipage;
Noble by heritage,
Generous and free.
All men that are ruined, are ruined on the side of their natural
propensities.
All men that are ruined, are ruined on the side of their natural
propensities.
There are four types of people: Smart and lazy, Smart and full of energy, Stupid and lazy, Stupid and full read more
There are four types of people: Smart and lazy, Smart and full of energy, Stupid and lazy, Stupid and full of energy
Instead of saying that man is the creature of circumstance, it would be nearer the mark to say that man read more
Instead of saying that man is the creature of circumstance, it would be nearer the mark to say that man is the architect of circumstance. It is character which builds an existence out of circumstance. From the same materials one man builds palaces, another hovels; one warehouses, another villas; bricks and mortar are mortar and bricks until the architect can make them something else.
Most men are bad.
Most men are bad.
Your father used to come home to my mother, and why may not I be
a chippe of the read more
Your father used to come home to my mother, and why may not I be
a chippe of the same block out of which you two were cutte?