“We say ‘things will turn out’, but no. It’s what we do that actually creates the future.”
-— Mae Jemison
“What is this self inside us, this silent observer, Severe and speechless critic, who can terrorize us, And urge us on to futile activity, And in the end, judge us still more severely, For the errors into which his own reproaches drove us?”
— T. S. Eliot
“Self-acceptance is my refusal to be in an adversarial relationship to myself.”
— Nathaniel Branden
“Considering positive possibilities expands your use of your brilliant secondary/creative mind.”
— William DeFoore
“Money and success don’t change people; they merely amplify what is already there.”
— Will Smith
“Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.”
— Abraham Lincoln
“People do not seem to realize that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Force always attracts men of low morality.”
— Albert Einstein
“Watch your thoughts, for they become words. Watch your words, for they become actions. Watch your actions, for they become habits. Watch your habits, for they become character. Watch your character, for it becomes your destiny.”
— Anonymous
“Power is of two kinds. One is obtained by the fear of punishment and the other by acts of love. Power based on love is a thousand times more effective and permanent then the one derived from fear of punishment.”
— Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi
“You can easily judge the character of others by how they treat those who can do nothing for them or to them.”
— Malcolm S. Forbes
“Be more concerned with your character than your reputation.”
— John Wooden
“Our character is what we do when we think no one is looking.”
— H. Jackson Brown, Jr.