Character, in great and little things, means carrying through what you feel able to do.

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

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In comradeship is danger countered best.

In comradeship is danger countered best.

Every spoken word arouses our self-will.

Every spoken word arouses our self-will.

If your treat an individual... as if he were what he ought to be and...

If your treat an individual... as if he were what he ought to be and...

Nothing is more fearful than imagination without taste.

Nothing is more fearful than imagination without taste.

What does not kill me makes me stronger.

What does not kill me makes me stronger.

Talent develops in tranquillity, character in the full current of human life.

Talent develops in tranquillity, character in the full current of human life.

Doubt can only be removed by action.

Doubt can only be removed by action.

What is my life if I am no longer useful to others.

What is my life if I am no longer useful to others.

Those who know nothing of foreign languages know nothing of their own.

Those who know nothing of foreign languages know nothing of their own.

We usually lose today, because there has been a yesterday, and tomorrow is coming.

We usually lose today, because there has been a yesterday, and tomorrow is coming.

Those who hope for no other life are dead even for this.

Those who hope for no other life are dead even for this.

To appreciate the noble is a gain which can never be torn from us.

To appreciate the noble is a gain which can never be torn from us.

A really great talent finds its happiness in execution.

A really great talent finds its happiness in execution.

Whatever you cannot understand, you cannot possess.

Whatever you cannot understand, you cannot possess.

A correct answer is like an affectionate kiss.

A correct answer is like an affectionate kiss.

Precaution is better than cure.

Precaution is better than cure.

A noble person attracts noble people, and knows how to hold on to them.

A noble person attracts noble people, and knows how to hold on to them.

Be generous with kindly words, especially about those who are absent.

Be generous with kindly words, especially about those who are absent.

Being generous, just helping ones relatives and being blameless in ones actions; this is the...

Being generous, just helping ones relatives and being blameless in ones actions; this is the...

What seems to be generosity is often no more than disguised ambition, which overlooks a...

What seems to be generosity is often no more than disguised ambition, which overlooks a...

Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust,...

Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust,...