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Character is what you are in the dark.
Dwight L. Moody1837–1899Often credited to John Whorfin
Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them.
Aristotle384–322 BC
He that is kind is free, though he is a slave; he that is evil is a slave, though he be a king.
Augustine of Hippo354–430
- Freedom
- Slavery
Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.
George Washington1732–1799Letter to Major-General Robert Howe (17 August 1779), published in “The Writings of George Washington”: 1778-1779, edited by Worthington Chauncey Ford (1890)
- Money
It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.
William Blake1757–1827Jerusalem The Emanation of The Giant Albion (c. 1803–1820), Ch. 4, plate 91, line 1
It is a grand mistake to think of being great without goodness and I pronounce it as certain that there was never a truly great man that was not at the same time truly virtuous.
Benjamin Franklin1706–1790
Humility is the foundation of all the other virtues hence, in the soul in which this virtue does not exist there cannot be any other virtue except in mere appearance.
Augustine of Hippo354–430
A hero is no braver than an ordinary person, but he is braver five minutes longer.
Ralph Waldo Emerson1803–1882
- Courage
Live so that you wouldn’t be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the town gossip.
Will Rogers1879–1935
- Morality
Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.
Voltaire1694–1778
I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man.
George Washington1732–1799Letter to Alexander Hamilton (28 August 1788)
I do not believe one can settle how much we ought to give. I am afraid the only safe rule is to give more than we can spare.
C. S. Lewis1898–1963
- Charity
All virtue is summed up in dealing justly.
Aristotle384–322 BC
Principles only mean something when you stick to them when its inconvenient.
?Unattributed
If an American is to amount to anything he must rely upon himself, and not upon the State; he must take pride in his own work, instead of sitting idle to envy the luck of others. He must face life with resolute courage, win victory if he can, and accept defeat if he must, without seeking to place on his fellow man a responsibility which is not theirs.
Theodore Roosevelt1858–1919
- Responsibility