Character

"Do not stand on a high pedestal and take 5 cents in your hand and say, 'here, my poor man', but be grateful that the poor man is there, so by making a gift to him you are able to ...

"Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not." - Dr. Seuss ...

"Preach not to others what they should eat, but eat as becomes you and be silent." - Epictetus ...

"True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever cost." - Arthur Ashe ...

"I prefer people who rock the boat to people who jump out." - Orson Welles ...

“When the Japanese mend broken objects, they aggrandize the damage by filling the cracks with gold. They believe that when something's suffered damage and has a history it becomes more beautiful.”  - Barbara Bloom ...

"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit." - Aristotle ...

“Confidence... thrives on honesty, on honor, on the sacredness of obligations, on faithful protection and on unselfish performance. Without them it cannot live.” - Franklin D. Roosevelt ...

"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in a moment of comfort and convenience but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy."                 - Martin Luther King Jr ...

"When people show you — or tell you—who they are, believe them the first time."                 - Maya Angelou ...