Quotes with character…

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  • Stephen R. Covey It takes a great deal of character strength to apologize quickly out of one's heart rather than out of pity. A person must possess himself and have a deep sense of security in fundamental principles and values in order to genuinely apologize.
    Stephen R. Covey
    American educator, author and businessman (1932 - 2012)
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • Henry David Thoreau Pity the man who has a character to support - it is worse than a large family - he is silent poor indeed.
    Henry David Thoreau
    American writer (1817 - 1862)
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  • John Wooden Sports do not build character. They reveal it.
    John Wooden
    American basketball player and head coach (1910 - 2010)
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  • Stephen R. Covey The character ethic, which I believe to be the foundation of success, teaches that there are basic principles of effective living, and that people can only experience true success and enduring happiness as they learn and integrate these principles into their basic character.
    Stephen R. Covey
    American educator, author and businessman (1932 - 2012)
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  • John Locke The discipline of desire is the background of character.
    John Locke
    English philosopher (1632 - 1704)
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  • Bo Bennett The discipline you learn and character you build from setting and achieving a goal can be more valuable than the achievement of the goal itself.
    Bo Bennett
    American author (1972 - )
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  • Lyman Abbott The highest qualities of character… must be earned.
    Lyman Abbott
    American Congregationalist theologian, editor, and author. (1835 - 1922)
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  • Voltaire The true character of liberty is independence, maintained by force.
    Voltaire
    French writer and philosopher (ps. of Fran ois Marie Arouet) (1694 - 1778)
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  • Bruce Lipton There's a theory that says that life is based on a competition and the struggle and the fight for survival, and it's interesting because when you look at the fractal character of evolution, it's totally different. It's based on cooperation among the elements in the geometry and not competition.
    Bruce Lipton
    American developmental biologist (1944 - )
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  • Barbara Windsor 'EastEnders' has been wonderful to me and it's no secret that it changed my life all of those years ago. I'll be so sad to leave Peggy behind; she's such a wonderful character to play. I have had the pleasure of working with a marvelous cast and crew and have made many lasting good friends.
    Barbara Windsor
    English actress (1937 - )
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  • Bailey Chase 'Longmire' is more of a show about the characters, and you couldn't pay a bigger compliment than to want to know more about my character, or the characters on the show.
    Bailey Chase
    American actor (1972 - )
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  • Ben Shapiro 'The Butler' has virtually nothing in common with its source material, the life of White House butler Gene Allen, except for the fact that the main character of the film and Allen were both black butlers in the White House.
    Ben Shapiro
    American conservative political commentator and attorney (1984 - )
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson A character is like an acrostic or Alexandrian stanza; read it forward, backward, or across, it still spells the same thing.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • Bill Skarsgard A character on screen that's the 'good guy' or the 'bad guy,' they're never interesting. There's got to be an internal struggle, the duality is important to find.
    Bill Skarsgard
    Swedish actor (1990 - )
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  • Bobby Bowden A guy's who has all the money he needs and never faced any hard times, he won't have any character. But when you've had it tough and you've had it rough and you thought you were at the end of the rope and you work your way out of it, that's the way you build character.
    Bobby Bowden
    American football coach (1929 - )
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  • Billy Eichner A lot of comics aren't their on-screen personas; Chris Rock isn't always ranting and raving. What I do is make myself this over-the-top character that people either find endearing or they think is a joke. Then I can do anything I want.
    Billy Eichner
    American comedian, actor, and producer (1978 - )
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  • Bjork A lot of the time I get obsessed by little nerdy things in my corner that no one else is interested in. I have that nerd factor in my character.
    Bjork
    Icelandic singer, songwriter and actress (1965 - )
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  • Heraclitus A man's character is his guardian divinity.
    Heraclitus
    Greek philosopher (540 - 480)
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  • William Somerset Maugham A man's height gives him a different outlook on his environment and so changes his character.
    William Somerset Maugham
    English writer (1874 - 1965)
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