Category Archives: Character Quotes
are easily cracked and never well mended.”
– Benjamin Franklin
– Benjamin Franklin
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Humility vs. Arrogance
Acknowledging that achievement results from the investment of others in my life
The older I get the more I realize I am mostly the product of what God has placed in me and what others have invested in my life. I am grateful to those whose character has left a lasting impression on me…
Download the full list of the 49 character qualities and their definitions from the Character Training Institute.
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“The foundations of our national policy will be laid in the pure and immutable principles of private morality, and the preeminence of free government be exemplified by all the attributes which can win the affections of its citizens, and command the respect of the world.”
–George Washington, First Inaugural Address, 1789
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… and if this cannot be inspired into our people, in a greater measure than they have it now, they may change their rulers, and the forms of government, but they will not obtain a lasting liberty.”
—John Adams, letter to Zabdiel Adams, 1776
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“… that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. ‘Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death.”
—Thomas Paine, The Crisis, 1776
I just finished reading Valley Forge by Newt Gingrich and William Forstchen. Regardless of your political leanings, it was an excellent read. Incredible character demonstrated by George Washington, Baron Von Steuben, and others to whom we owe so much…
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Nice guys are winners before the game even starts…!”
– Addison Mort Walker
American cartoonist and creator of Beetle Bailey
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“Courage is not simply one of the virtues… but the form of every virtue at its testing point.” — C.S. Lewis
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“… Without law, liberty also loses its nature and its name, and becomes licentiousness.”
—James Wilson
American Founding Father and signer of the Declaration of Independence
When properly understood and applied, the law and liberty become two sides of the same coin.
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