Even the roughest character, underneath all that hurt, is someone who wants to love and be loved.

Even the roughest character, underneath all that hurt, is someone who wants to love and be loved.

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.

Resolved: never to do anything which I should be afraid to do if it were the last hour of my read more

Resolved: never to do anything which I should be afraid to do if it were the last hour of my life.

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.

Many men are mere warehouses full of merchandise--the head, the
heart, are stuffed with goods. . . . There read more

Many men are mere warehouses full of merchandise--the head, the
heart, are stuffed with goods. . . . There are apartments in
their souls which were once tenanted by taste, and love, and joy,
and worship, but they are all deserted now, and the rooms are
filled with earthy and material things.

A truly strong person does not need the approval of others any more than a lion needs the approval of read more

A truly strong person does not need the approval of others any more than a lion needs the approval of sheep.

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.

In brief, I don't stick to declare, Father Dick,
So they call him for short, is a regular brick;
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In brief, I don't stick to declare, Father Dick,
So they call him for short, is a regular brick;
A metaphor taken--I have not the page aright--
From an ethical work by the Stagyrite.

You must look into people, as well as at them.

You must look into people, as well as at them.