CHARACTERSamuel Smiles

• Unless above himself he can,

Erect himself,how poor thing is a man (Daniel)

• Without an honest manly heart,no man wasworth regarding..

• Character is property. It is the noblest of possessions.

• Without principles, a man is like a shipwithout rudder or compass,left to drift hitheran thither with every wind that blows

• Truthfulness is at the foundation of allpersonal excellence

• In the affairs of life, or of business,it is not intellect thattells so much as character, not brains so much as heart, not genius so much as self control,patience anddiscipline,regulated by judgment.

• The man of character is conscientious. He putshis conscience into his work,into his words,into his every action.

• Energy of will,self originating force,is the soul of every great character. Where it is ,there is life,where it is not,there is faintness,helplessnessand despondency

• The man dies and disappears,but his thoughtsand acts survive

• Character,embodied in thought and deed,is of the nature of immortality..

• To have a character , man must needs also be reverential,disciplined,self controlling ,anddevoted to duty..

• The greatness of a country does not dependupon the extent of its territory,but on thecharacter of its people.

• Where it ceases to esteem and to practice thevirtues of truthfulness,honesty and integrity,andjustice,it does not deserve to live..

• The millstreams that turn the clappers of theworld arise in solitary places

• Civilisation mainly reselves itself into a question of individual training

• The training of the character is in progress of thetemper,the will,and the habits on which so muchof the happiness of human beings in after-life depends

Dis moi qui t’admire,et je dirai qui tu es

Example is the school of mankind

Remember,resemble,persevere

• Arise therefore and be doing,and the lord be with you..

• C’est par le travail qu’on regne

• Work is one of the best educators of practicalcharacter.It evokes and disciplines obedience,self control,attention,application,and perseverance; giving a man deftness and skill in his specialcalling,and aptitude and dexterity in dealing in dealing with the affairs of ordinary life.

• Indolence is equally degrading to individuals as tonations. Sloth never made its mark in theworld,and never will. Indolence always failed in life,and always will.It is in the nature of things thatit should not succeed in anything.It is a burden,an incumbrance,and a nuissance,alwaysuseless,complaining,melancholy,and miserable

• The true happiness is never found in torpor of thefaculties,but in their action and usefulemployment. It is indolence that exhausts,not action,in which there is life,health,and pleausure

• You can not escape from anxiety and labour,it is thedestiny of humanity..

• It is true ,there are men who die of overwork,but many more die of selfishness,indulgence andidleness..

• Constant useful occupation is thuswholesome,not only for the body,but for themind.

• VITA SINE LITARIS MORS EST

• TOUJOURS AU TRAVAIL..

• The greatest geniuses have without exception ,beenthe greatest workers,even to the extent of drudgery.

• Power belong only to the workers,the idlers are alwayspowerless.

• It is the laborious and painstaking men whoare the rulers of the world.

• Montaigne has said of the truephilosophers,that if they were great in science,they were yet much greater in action.

• It is not but the tempest that doth show theseaman’s cunning,but the field that tries thecaptain’s courage,and we come to know Bestwhat men are,in their worst jeopardies..

• The courage that displays itself in silent effort andendeavour that dares to endure all and suffer all fortruth and duty,more truly heroic than theachievements of physical valour,which are rewardedby honours and titles,or by laurels sometimessteeped in blood.

• Calling upon others for help in forming a decisionis worse than useless. A man must so train his habits as to rely upon his own powers nd dependupon his own courage in moments of emergency.

• It is the strong and courageous men who lead andguide and rule the world.

• Courage,combined with energy and perseverance,willovercome difficulties apparently insurmountable

• Energy and temperament,with a moderatedegree of wisdom,will carry a man furtherthan any amount of intellect without it.

• The government of one’s self is the only truefreedom for the individual.

• Self-control is only courage under another form.

• To be moraly free-to be more than an animal-man must be able resist instinctive impulse,andthis can only be done by the exercise of self-control.

• The most self-reliant,self governing man is alwaysunder discipline: and the more perfect thediscipline,the higher will be his moral condition.

• It is by patience and self control that the trulyheroic character is perfected.

• The mouth of a wise man, is in his heart, theheart of a fool is in his mouth.

• Be silent or say something better than silence

• Life will always be, to a great extend,what weourselves make it.

• Human life to each of us,it is for the mostpart,but the reflection of ourselves..

• Strict adherence to even the smallest detailsof morality is the foundation of all manly andnoble character..

• Not lose my temper,if possible,at any time,andnever during the hours of business..

• I slept ,and dreamt that life was beauty,

• I woke and found that life was duty..

• To live really is to act energetically

• Life is a battle to be fought valiantly

• The valiant good man is he ,who by the resoluteexercise of his freewill,has so disciplined himselfas to have acquired the habit of virtue..

• Duty is closely allied to truthfulness of character; and the dutiful man is,above all things,truthful in his words as in his actions..

• He says and he does the right thing,in the rightway and the right time..

• Whose armour is his honest thought,

And simple truth his utmost skill,

• Manners are not idle,but the fruit,

Of noble nature and of loyal mind,

• We must be gentle,now we are gentlemen. (Shakespeare)

• There is a common saying,manners make theman

• A man’s manner to a certain extent,indicates his character.

• The truest politeness comes of sincerity

• Tact is an intuitive artof manner,which carriesone through a difficulty better.

• Practical wisdom is only to be learnt in theschool of experience

• To be worth anyting,character must be capable of standing firm upon its feet in the world of dailywork,temptation,and trial and able to bear thewear and tear of actual life.

• The brave man will not be baffled,but triesand tries again until he succeeds

• The lives of some of the greatest men havebeen a continuous struggle with difficulty andapparent defeat..