If you create an act, you create a habit. If you create a habit, you create a character. If you create a character, you create a destiny.

Quote by Andre Maurois

Topics: Character Quotes, Destiny Quotes, Habit Quotes

Modesty and unselfishness - these are the virtues which men praise - and pass by.

Modesty and unselfishness - these are the virtues which men praise - and pass by.

Business is a combination of war and sport.

Business is a combination of war and sport.

Smile, for everyone lacks self-confidence and more than any other one thing a smile reassures...

Smile, for everyone lacks self-confidence and more than any other one thing a smile reassures...

An artist must be a reactionary. He has to stand out against the tenor of...

An artist must be a reactionary. He has to stand out against the tenor of...

Old age is far more than white hair, wrinkles, the feeling that it is too...

Old age is far more than white hair, wrinkles, the feeling that it is too...

The really great novel tends to be the exact negative of its author's life.

The really great novel tends to be the exact negative of its author's life.

In literature, as in love, we are astonished at the choice made by other people

In literature, as in love, we are astonished at the choice made by other people

The most important quality in a leader is that of being acknowledged as such. All...

The most important quality in a leader is that of being acknowledged as such. All...

Lost Illusion is the undisclosed title of every novel.

Lost Illusion is the undisclosed title of every novel.

In literature as in love, we are astonished at what is chosen by others.

In literature as in love, we are astonished at what is chosen by others.

There are certain persons for whom pure Truth is a poison.

There are certain persons for whom pure Truth is a poison.

The first recipe for happiness is: Avoid too lengthy meditation on the past.

The first recipe for happiness is: Avoid too lengthy meditation on the past.

Self-pity comes so naturally to all of us. The most solid happiness can be shaken...

Self-pity comes so naturally to all of us. The most solid happiness can be shaken...

Conversation would be vastly improved by the constant use of four simple words: I do...

Conversation would be vastly improved by the constant use of four simple words: I do...

In day-to-day commerce, television is not so much interested in the business of communications as...

In day-to-day commerce, television is not so much interested in the business of communications as...

Art is an effort to create, beside the real world, a more human world

Art is an effort to create, beside the real world, a more human world

Business is a combination of war and sport.

Business is a combination of war and sport.

No one can be profoundly original who does not avoid eccentricity.

No one can be profoundly original who does not avoid eccentricity.

If men could regard the events of their own lives with more open minds, they...

If men could regard the events of their own lives with more open minds, they...

A marriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises.

A marriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises.