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"I care not what others think of what I do, but I care very much about what I think of what I do. That is character!" Theodore Roosevelt 5 avg (0 votes) Rate this Quote
"Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power." Abraham Lincoln 4.94642857142857 avg (0 votes) Rate this Quote
"There is not enough darkness in all the world to put out the light of even one small candle." Robert Alden 4.9 avg (0 votes) Rate this Quote
"Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see." Mark Twain 4.86363636363636 avg (0 votes) Rate this Quote
"What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?" Jean-Jacques Rousseau 4.81818181818182 avg (0 votes) Rate this Quote
"Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heal that has crushed it." Mark Twain 4.81632653061224 avg (0 votes) Rate this Quote
"How I wish that somewhere there existed an island for those who are wise and of goodwill! In such a place even I would be an ardent patriot." Albert Einstein 4.77777777777778 avg (0 votes) Rate this Quote
"Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them." Aristotle 4.75 avg (0 votes) Rate this Quote
"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy." Martin Luther King Jr. 4.70149253731343 avg (0 votes) Rate this Quote
"The act of defending any of the cardinal virtues has today all the exhilaration of a vice." GK Chesterton 4.66666666666667 avg (0 votes) Rate this Quote
"The opposite of talking isn't listening. The opposite of talking is waiting." Fran Lebowitz 4.66666666666667 avg (0 votes) Rate this Quote
"The best index to a person's character is (a) how he treats people who can't do him any good, and (b) how he treats people who can't fight back." Abigail Van Buren 4.66666666666667 avg (0 votes) Rate this Quote
"It still remains true that no justification of virtue will enable a man to be virtuous." C.S. Lewis 4.66666666666667 avg (0 votes) Rate this Quote
"Character consists of what you do on the third and fourth tries." James Michener 4.66666666666667 avg (0 votes) Rate this Quote
"Surely what a man does when he is caught off his guard is the best evidence as to what sort of man he is." C.S. Lewis 4.63157894736842 avg (0 votes) Rate this Quote
"I have learned silence from the talkative, tolerance from the intolerant and kindness from the unkind." Kahlil Gibran 4.625 avg (0 votes) Rate this Quote
"The nearest way to glory is to strive to be what you wish to be thought to be." Socrates 4.61538461538461 avg (0 votes) Rate this Quote
"Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well." Francois Marie Arouet (Voltaire) 4.6 avg (0 votes) Rate this Quote
"Character is what you are in the dark." John Whorfin 4.6 avg (0 votes) Rate this Quote
"Perfect humility dispenses with modesty." C.S. Lewis 4.5 avg (0 votes) Rate this Quote


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