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"History is the record of an encounter between character and circumstances."	Donald Creighton
"The degradation which characterizes the state into which you plunge him by punishing him pleases, amuses, and delights him. Deep down he enjoys having gone so far as to deserve being treated in such a way."	Marquis de Sade
"If I had to select one quality, one personal characteristic that I regard as being most highly correlated with success, whatever the field, I would pick the trait of persistence. Determination. The will to endure to the end, to get knocked down seventy times and get up off the floor saying, "Here comes number seventy-one!"	Richard M. Devos
"Character--the willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life--is the source from which self-respect springs."	Joan Didion
"Character isn't inherited. One builds it daily by the way one thinks and acts, thought by thought, action by action. If one lets fear or hate or anger take possession of the mind, they become self-forged chains."	Helen Gahagan Douglas
"It is characteristic of all deep human problems that they are not to be approached without some humor and some bewilderment."	Freeman John Dyson
"There is no leveler like Christianity, but it levels by lifting all who receive it to the lofty table-land of a true character and of undying hope both for this world and the next."	Johathan Edwards
"Thoughts lead on to purposes; purposes go forth in action; actions form habits; habits decide character; and character fixes our destiny."	Tryon Edwards
"Innumerable voices have been asserting for some time now that human society is passing through a crisis, that its stability has been gravely shattered. It is characteristic of such a situation that individuals feel indifferent or even hostile toward the group, small or large, to which they belong. In order to illustrate my meaning, let me record here a personal experience. I recently discussed with an intelligent and well-disposed man the threat of another war, which in my opinion would seriously endanger the existence of mankind, and I remarked that only a supranational organization would offer protection from that danger. Thereupon my visitor, very calmly and coolly, said to me: "Why are you so deeply opposed to the disappearance of the human race?"	Albert Einstein
"True art is characterized by an irresistible urge in the creative artist."	Albert Einstein
"Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character."	Albert Einstein
"It seems to me that perfection of means and confusion of goals seems to characterize our age."	Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Character is what can do without success."	Ralph Waldo Emerson
"People do not seem to realize that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character."	Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live as well as think."	Ralph Waldo Emerson
"A signature always reveals a man's character - and sometimes even his name."	Evan Esar
"Wealth stays with us a little moment if at all: only our characters are steadfast, not our gold."	Euripides
"Working hard overcomes a who lot of other obstacles. You can have unbelievable intelligence, you can have connections, you can have opportunities fall out of the sky. But in the end, hard work is the true, enduring characteristic of successful people."	Marsha Evans
"Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves, some turn up their noses, and some don't turn up at all."	Sam Ewing
"Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands."	Anne Frank
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