12.08.06
Ambition Quote
Vain the ambition of kings
Who seek by trophies and dead things
To leave a living name behind,
And weave but nets to catch the wind.
–John Webster
09.22.06
Ideals
Ideals are like stars: you will not succeed in touching them with your
hands, but like the seafaring man on the ocean desert of waters, you
choose them as your guides, and following them, you reach your destiny.”
-Carl Schurz
08.18.06
Character Quotes
“A man is literally what he thinks, his character being the complete sum of his thoughts.”
—James Allen, ‘As a Man Thinketh’
01.03.06
Character Quotes
Character Quotes
Character may be manifested in the great moments, but it is made in the small ones.
- Phillips Brooks (1835-1893) - American Bishop
Once the curtain is raised, the actor is ceases to belong to himself. He belongs to his character, to his author, to his public. He must do the impossible to identify himself with the first, not to betray the second, and not to disappoint the third.
- Sarah Bernhardt (1844-1923) French actor
He’s not the finest character that ever lived. But he’s a human being, and a terrible thing is happening to him. So attention must be paid.
- Arthur Miller (1915-2005) US playwright
Character Quotes
Character Quotes
Character, in the long run, is the decisive factor in the life of an individual and of nations alike.
- Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) US President (26)
A vote is like a rifle; its usefulness depends upon the character of the user.
- Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) US President (26)
