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"Character, not circumstances, makes the man."
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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."
"Failures make character, not success."
"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."
"Fruits of the spirit in the man attract others to him."
"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!"
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"We do not want the men of another color for our brothers-in-law, but we do want them for our brothers."
"At the bottom of education, at the bottom of politics, even at the bottom of religion, there must be for our race economic independence."
"No race can prosper till it learns that there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem."
"No greater injury can be done to any youth than to let him feel that because he belongs to this or that race he will be advanced in life regardless of his own merits or efforts."
"Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome."
"Associate yourself with people of good quality, for it is better to be alone than in bad company."
"No man, who continues to add something to the material, intellectual and moral well-being of the place in which he lives, is left long without proper reward."
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