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.

Characters do not change. Opinions alter, but characters are only developed.

Characters do not change. Opinions alter, but characters are only developed.

Pride slays thanksgiving, but a humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally grow. A proud man is read more

Pride slays thanksgiving, but a humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally grow. A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves.

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

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

With more capacity for love than earth
Bestows on most of mortal mould and birth,
His early read more

With more capacity for love than earth
Bestows on most of mortal mould and birth,
His early dreams of good out-stripp'd the truth,
And troubled manhood follow'd baffled youth.

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.

Genteel in personage,
Conduct, and equipage;
Noble by heritage,
Generous and free.

Genteel in personage,
Conduct, and equipage;
Noble by heritage,
Generous and free.

One can acquire everything in solitude except character.

One can acquire everything in solitude except character.

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.