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“Character is determined more by the lack of certain experiences than by those one has had.”
Friedrich Nietzsche
“A vote is like a rifle; its usefulness depends upon the character of the user.”
Theodore Roosevelt
“Dreams are the touchstones of our character.”
Henry David Thoreau
“Do what you know and perception is converted into character.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Society is a masked ball, where every one hides his real character, and reveals it by hiding”
“Another flaw in the human character is that everybody wants to build and nobody wants to do maintenance.”
Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
“Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. To keep our faces toward change and behave like free spirits in the presence of fate is strength undefeatable.”
Helen Keller
“Music has a power of forming the character, and should therefore be introduced into the education of the young.”
Aristotle
“When wealth is lost, nothing is lost; when health is lost, something is lost; when character is lost, all is lost.”
Billy Graham
“In character, in manner, in style, in all things, the supreme excellence is simplicity.”
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow