Character

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  • Few can foresee whither their road will lead them, till they come to its end.
        J. R .R. Tolkien   Best?
  • There are all sorts of kisses... from the sticky confection to the kiss of death. Of them all, the kiss of an actress is the most unnerving. How can we tell is she means it or if she's just practicing?
        Ruth Gordon   Best?
  • To see what is in front of one's nose needs a constant struggle.
        George Orwell   Best?
  • The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the ordinary.
        Ralph Waldo Emerson   Best?
  • You may deceive all the people part of the time, and part of the people all the time, but not all the people all the time.
        Abraham Lincoln   Best?
  • I myself do nothing. The Holy Spirit accomplishes all through me.
        William Blake   Best?
  • Only the weak are cruel. Gentleness can only be expected from the strong.
        Leo Buscaglia   Best?
  • When cheese gets it's picture taken, what does it say?
        George Carlin   Best?
  • We are not necessarily doubting that God will do the best for us; we are wondering how painful the best will turn out to be.
        C. S. Lewis   Best?
  • I write down everything I want to remember. That way, instead of spending a lot of time trying to remember what it is I wrote down, I spend the time looking for the paper I wrote it down on.
        Beryl Pfizer   Best?
  • There is no sweeter sound than the crumbling of one's fellow man.
        Groucho Marx   Best?
  • The Bible is God's chart for you to steer by, to keep you from the bottom of the sea, and to show you where the harbor is, and how to reach it without running on rocks or bars.
        Henry Ward Beecher   Best?
  • VOTE, n. The instrument and symbol of a freeman's power to make a fool of himself and a wreck of his country.
        Ambrose Bierce   Best?
  • HIPPOGRIFF, n. An animal (now extinct) which was half horse and half griffin. The griffin was itself a compound creature, half lion and half eagle. The hippogriff was actually, therefore, a one-quarter eagle, which is two dollars and fifty cents in gold. The study of zoology is full of surprises.
        Ambrose Bierce   Best?
  • No amount of experimentation can ever prove me right; a single experiment can prove me wrong.
        Albert Einstein   Best?
  • The measure of a man is what he does with power.
        Pittacus   Best?
  • Reason should direct and appetite obey.
        Cicero   Best?
  • Why do writers write? Because it isn't there.
        Thomas Berger   Best?
  • Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
        Abraham Lincoln   Best?
  • I never forget a face, but in your case I'll be glad to make an exception.
        Groucho Marx   Best?
  • Evil is relative…You can't hang a sign on it. You can't touch it or taste it or cut it with a sword. Evil depends on where you are standing, pointing your indicting finger.
        Glen Cook   Best?
  • The good man is the friend of all living things.
        Mahatma Gandhi   Best?
  • Everybody's weird in their own weird way.
        Ida   Best?
  • No coward sould is mine, No trembler in the world's storm-toubled sphere: I see Heaven's glories shine, And faith shines equale, arming me from fear.
        Emily Bronte   Best?
  • Is yours an honest lament?...Most are not, you know. Most self-imposed burdens are founded on misperceptions. We - at least we of sincere character - always judge ourselves by stricter standards than we expect others to abide by. It is a curse, I suppose, or a blessing, depending on how one views it... Take it as a blessing, my friend, an inner calling that forces you to strive to unattainable heights.
        R. A. Salvatore   Best?
  • We believe that all men are created equal because they are created in the image of God.
        Harry S. Truman   Best?
  • Friend, be not afraid of thy office, thou sendest me to God.
        Saint Thomas More   Best?
  • When you control the ball, you control the score.
        Pele   Best?
  • Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin to slit throats.
        H. L. Mencken   Best?
  • Every citizen should be a soldier. This was the case with the Greeks and Romans, and must be that of every free state.
        Thomas Jefferson   Best?
  • Discretion is the better part of valor.
        Muriel Strode   Best?
  • Blood is inherited and virtue is acquired.
        Venezuelan Proverb   Best?
  • Between two products equal in price, function and quality, the better looking will out sell the other.
        Raymond Loewy   Best?
  • Being born in a duck yard does not matter, if only you are hatched from a swan's egg.
        Hans Christian Andersen   Best?
  • A good resolution is like an old horse, which is often saddled but rarely ridden.
        Mexican Proverb   Best?
  • Sex is part of nature, I go with nature.
        Marylin Monroe   Best?
  • It's not the critic who counts. Not the man who points out how the doer of deeds might have done them better. Instead, the credit belongs to the man in the arena whose face is marred by sweat and blood and tears.
        Theodore Roosevelt   Best?
  • Freedom and indedendence form my character.
        Mustafa Kemal Ataturk   Best?
  • I consider it useless and tedious to represent what exists, because nothing that exists satisfies me. Nature is ugly, and I prefer the monsters of my fancy to what is positively trivial.
        Charles Baudelaire   Best?
  • If you hear a voice within you say 'you cannot paint,' then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.
        Vincent van Gogh   Best?

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