Character
“What you see and hear depends a good deal on where you are standing; it also depends on what sort of person you are.” ~C.S. Lewis
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Quote To Ponder ~Saint Ignatius
“Stand firm and immovable as an anvil when it is beaten upon.” ~Saint Ignatius Continue reading
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The Man In The Arena ~Theodore Roosevelt
“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who… Continue reading
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Quote To Ponder ~Victor Hugo
“People do not lack strength; they lack will.” ~Victor Hugo Continue reading
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The Choice of Hercules
Editor’s Note: This excerpt appeared in Jan. 9, 2016 on AOM From the Memorabilia By Xenophon, c. 371 B.C. When Hercules was in that part of his youth in which it was natural for him to consider what course of life he ought to pursue, he one day retired into a desert, where the silence… Continue reading
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Quote To Ponder ~Calvin Coolidge
“Industry, thrift and self-control are not sought because they create wealth, but because they create character.” ~Calvin Coolidge Continue reading
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The Strenuous Life
Excerpt from The Strenuous Life: Essays and Addresses, 1902 By Theodore Roosevelt I wish to preach, not the doctrine of ignoble ease, but the doctrine of the strenuous life, the life of toil and effort, of labor and strife; to preach that highest form of success which comes, not to the man who desires mere… Continue reading
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Quote To Ponder ~Samuel Smiles
“The idle pass through life leaving as little trace of their existence as foam upon water or smoke upon air; whereas the industrious stamp their character upon their age, and influence not only their own but all succeeding generations.” ~Samuel Smiles Continue reading
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Quote To Ponder ~Paulo Coelho
“The world is changed by your example, not by your opinion.“~Paulo Coelho Continue reading
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