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Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, read more
Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired, and success achieved.
Character is a victory, not a gift.
Character is a victory, not a gift.
Zealous, yet modest; innocent, though free;
Patient of toil; serene amidst alarms;
Inflexible in faith; invincible in read more
Zealous, yet modest; innocent, though free;
Patient of toil; serene amidst alarms;
Inflexible in faith; invincible in arms.
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.
Character builds slowly, but it can be torn down within incredible swiftness.
Character builds slowly, but it can be torn down within incredible swiftness.
Knight without fear and without reproach.
[Fr., Chevalier sans peur et sans reproche.]
Knight without fear and without reproach.
[Fr., Chevalier sans peur et sans reproche.]
If you don't stand for something, you will fall for anything.
If you don't stand for something, you will fall for anything.
The discipline you learn and character you build from setting and achieving a goal can be more valuable than the read more
The discipline you learn and character you build from setting and achieving a goal can be more valuable than the achievement of the goal itself.