Greatness is not found in possessions, power, position, or prestige. It is discovered in goodness, humility, service, and character.

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I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will.― Charlotte Brontë

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Knowledge earns you power, character earns you respect.

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Also, I'd like to play an athlete again, while I'm still physically fit, or a musician, like Nat King Cole, because I play the trumpet and sing. I'd like to incorporate that into a character.

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Man's main task in life is to give birth to himself, to become what he potentially is. The most important product of his effort is his own personality.

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Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves, some turn up their noses, and some don’t turn up at all. — Sam Ewing

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One can acquire everything in solitude except character.

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Nothing is more essential to the establishment of manners in a State than that all persons employed in places of power and trust must be men of unexceptionable characters.

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As one digs deeper into the national character of the Americans, one sees that they have sought the value of everything in this world only in the answer to this single question: how much money will it bring in? -Alexis de Tocqueville

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I'll no longer say that I have supernatural powers. I am an entertainer. I want to do a good show. My entire character has changed.

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