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“The man who makes everything that leads to happiness depends upon himself, and not upon other men, has adopted the very best plan for living happily. This is the man of moderation, the man of manly...”
“I am not an angel," I asserted; "and I will not be one till I die: I will be myself.”
“It is ordained in the eternal constitution of things, that men of intemperate minds cannot be free. Their passions forge their fetters.”
“We have to be honest about what we want and take risks rather than lie to ourselves and make excuses to stay in our comfort zone.”
“Integrity is doing the right thing when nobody's watching, doing as you say you would do.”
“Success in business is important. Success as a human being with values, character, kindness, and love is much more important.”
“A dog reflects the family life. Whoever saw a frisky dog in a gloomy family, or a sad dog in a happy one? Snarling people have snarling dogs, dangerous people have dangerous ones.”
“it's through the simple things in life, through its games, when our minds mature the most and we grow knowledgeable. It's also when the cloth masks of our outer, false personalities are torn asunde...”
“We dont have no say, cause we was an afterthought. He yanked us up out o mans ribs, but He made man out the Earth. He made him out the dirt and the mud and made him out the world, so man is the wor...”
“True Christian fortitude consists in strength of mind, through grace, exerted in two things; in ruling and suppressing the evil and unruly passions and affections of the mind; and in steadfastly an...”
“In essence, we are deeper than being; we are character, which contains the conscious forces of love, justice, kindness, faith, and forgiveness.”
“You can't conceive the perverse ingenuity he could put into hiding his affections.”
“When character speaks, many minds listen.”
“There is such a thing as the poetry of a mistake, and when you say, "Mistakes were made," you deprive an action of its poetry, and you sound like a weasel.”
“You can see ugliness or you can see beauty in the same thing - It just indicates your state of mind ~ Ramana Pemmaraju”
“She lives like tomorrow isn't coming and yesterday never happened.”
“Mother's build character.. If one is honest or cheat.. The traits are beveled by care or ignorance of a mother.. So this mother's day let mothers take responsibility.. to eradicate dishonesty from ...”
“Faith in God is optional, but faith in the self in the spirit within, is imperative.”
“Have faith in yourself. Have faith in the human first, then God if you want.”
“Humans elect leaders on the basis of the promises they make. We [vampires] try to elect ours based solely on the strength of their character.”
