If you don't stand for something, you will fall for anything.

If you don't stand for something, you will fall for anything.

What you are thunders so that I cannot hear what you say to the contrary.

What you are thunders so that I cannot hear what you say to the contrary.

He was not merely a chip of the old Block, but the old Block
itself.

He was not merely a chip of the old Block, but the old Block
itself.

Character is like a tree and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree read more

Character is like a tree and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.