"I have frequently gained my first real insight into the character of parents by studying their children."

Character, Children, First, Parents

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"Anyone who has gumption knows what it is and anyone who hasn't can never know what it is."

L. M. Montgomery, Canadian Author

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"Faithfulness to one's word is one of the principles of discipline."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

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"He was one of those rare people, rare in our town as elsewhere, who have the courage of their good feelings. What little he told of his personal life vouched for acts of kindness and a capacity for affection that no one in our times dares own to."

Albert Camus, French Philosopher

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"An arrogant person considers himself perfect. This is the chief harm of arrogance. It interferes with a person's main task in life - becoming a better person."

Leo Tolstoy, Russian Novelist

Character, Arrogance, Humility, Self, Improvement

"Integrity is an eternal virtue we should focus our mind on and not miracles."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Character, Integrity, Virtue, Faith, Values

"The fact that a man is a newspaper reporter is evidence of some flaw of character."

Lyndon B. Johnson, American President

Character, Fact, Man

"It is only the man that delays his gratification that is a man indeed."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Character, Gratification, Patience, Manhood, Virtue

"(Kindness) is much more a sign of character than mere niceness. Kindness connects to who you are, while niceness connects to how you want to be seen."

David Levithan, American Author

Character, Kindness, Identity, Connection

"Every year, I have to spend another hour working out. Pretty soon I'll be spending eight hours working out just to fit in the costume. I have the feeling that the minute I stop doing the character, boom, Roseanne Barr."

Cassandra Peterson, American Comedian

Character, Feeling, Pretty

"Character is what can do without success."

Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet

Character, Success, Ability

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"The most difficult crime to track is the one which is purposeless."

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"Sir Walter, with his 61 years of life, although he never wrote a novel until he was over 40, had, fortunately for the world, a longer working career than most of his brethren."

Life

"Of all ghosts, the ghosts of our old loves are the worst."

Memory

"Circumstantial evidence is occasionally very convincing, as when you find a trout in the milk, to quote Thoreau's example."

Writing

"Some believe what separates men from animals is our ability to reason. Others say it's language or romantic love, or opposable thumbs. Living here in this lost world, I've come to believe it is more than our biology. What truly makes us human is our unending search, our abiding desire for immortality."

Philosophy

"The lowest and vilest alleys of London do not present a more dreadful record of sin than does the smiling and beautiful countryside."

Writing

"It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely the most important."

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"Anyone who has gumption knows what it is and anyone who hasn't can never know what it is."

"Faithfulness to one's word is one of the principles of discipline."

"He was one of those rare people, rare in our town as elsewhere, who have the courage of their good feelings. What little he told of his personal life vouched for acts of kindness and a capacity for affection that no one in our times dares own to."

"An arrogant person considers himself perfect. This is the chief harm of arrogance. It interferes with a person's main task in life - becoming a better person."

"Integrity is an eternal virtue we should focus our mind on and not miracles."

"The fact that a man is a newspaper reporter is evidence of some flaw of character."

"It is only the man that delays his gratification that is a man indeed."

"(Kindness) is much more a sign of character than mere niceness. Kindness connects to who you are, while niceness connects to how you want to be seen."

"Every year, I have to spend another hour working out. Pretty soon I'll be spending eight hours working out just to fit in the costume. I have the feeling that the minute I stop doing the character, boom, Roseanne Barr."

"Character is what can do without success."

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"The most difficult crime to track is the one which is purposeless."

"Sir Walter, with his 61 years of life, although he never wrote a novel until he was over 40, had, fortunately for the world, a longer working career than most of his brethren."

"Of all ghosts, the ghosts of our old loves are the worst."

"Circumstantial evidence is occasionally very convincing, as when you find a trout in the milk, to quote Thoreau's example."

"She was as good as she was beautiful and as intelligent as she was good."

"It would be superfluous todrive us mad, my dear Watson."

"Desultory readers are seldom remarkable for the exactness of their learning."

"The lowest and vilest alleys of London do not present a more dreadful record of sin than does the smiling and beautiful countryside."

"It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely the most important."