"The mind is exercised by the variety and multiplicity of the subject matter, while the character is moulded by the contemplation of virtue and vice."

Character, Virtue, Contemplation, Mind

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"The mind is exercised by the variety and multiplicity of the subject matter, while the character is moulded by the contemplation of virtue and vice."

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"The presence of a noble nature, generous in its wishes, ardent in its charity, changes the lights for us: we begin to see things again in their larger, quieter masses, and to believe that we too can be seen and judged in the wholeness of our character."

George Eliot, British Author

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"Failures make character, not success."

Abhijit Naskar, Indian Author

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"Trials makes you to develop the qualities of a successful man."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

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"When a foundation is built following sound structural principles, with solid, high-quality materials, anything that is layered on top is more secure, durable, and resilient. Your integrity works the same way."

Susan C. Young, American Author

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"Three essential virtues are patient, loyalty and kindness."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

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"Your patient has become humble; have you drawn his attention to the fact? All virtues are less formidable to us once the man is aware that he has them, but this is specially true of humility."

C. S. Lewis, British Author

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"Fruits of the spirit in the man attract others to him."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

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"Instead of trying to be taller than others, stronger than others, more superior to others, try to be gentler than others, more compassionate than others, fairer than others!"

Mehmet Murat ildan, Turkish Philosopher

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"If you treat yourself well, you will be good to others."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

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"Strive to be a person of character not a person of power."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

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"Verse satire indeed is entirely our own."

Writing

"It is the nurse that the child first hears, and her words that he will first attempt to imitate."

Lifestyle

"Nature herself has never attempted to effect great changes rapidly."

Nature

"Consequently the student who is devoid of talent will derive no more profit from this work than barren soil from a treatise on agriculture."

Work

"Though ambition itself be a vice, yet it is often times the cause of virtues."

Ambition

"When we cannot hope to win, it is an advantage to yield."

Hope

"As regards parents, I should like to see them as highly educated as possible, and I do not restrict this remark to fathers alone."

Family

"To my mind the boy who gives least promise is one in whom the critical faculty develops in advance of the imagination."

Imagination

"When defeat is inevitable, it is wisest to yield."

Defeat

"It is worth while too to warn the teacher that undue severity in correcting faults is liable at times to discourage a boy's mind from effort."

Effort