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Mark Twain

It could probably be shown by facts and figures that there is no distinctly native American criminal class except Congress.

Topic: Character
Location: Lake Tahoe

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Lord save us all from old age and broken health and a hope tree that has lost the faculty of putting out blossoms.

Age Health Hope

History doesn't repeat, but it surely rhymes. — Mark Twain

Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter. — Mark Twain

Age Thinking Wisdom

I've had a lot of worries in my life, most of which never happened.

As it lay there with the shadows of the mountains brilliantly photographed upon its still surface, I thought it must surely be the fairest picture the whole earth affords. — Mark Twain

Appreciation Awareness Gratitude Nature Solitude

The more I learn about people, the more I like my dog. — Mark Twain

Friendship Humor Laughter Society

It were not best that we should all think alike; it is difference of opinion that makes horse races. — Mark Twain

Diversity Thinking

The trade of a critic, in literature, music, and the drama, is the most degraded of all trades. — Mark Twain

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor, catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. — Mark Twain

Dreams Risk Travel

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Force has no place where there is need of skill. — Herodotus

Let the last thought of your day be a positive one. — Jeffrey Benjamin

Optimism Thinking

Any teacher can take a child to the classroom, but not every teacher can make him learn. — Helen Keller

Pension never enriched young man. — George Herbert

Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide, In the strife of Truth with Falsehood, for the good or evil side. — James Russell Lowell

Choice Decision Truth

Fear is a way to limit the quality of your life. — Jeffrey Benjamin

Fear Life Quality

Practice yourself, for heavens sake, in little things; and hence proceed to greater. — Epictetus

Motivation Practice

Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; and adversity is not without comforts and hopes. — Francis Bacon

Adversity Fear Hope

False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil. — Plato

Communication Truth

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It does not require money to be neat, clean and dignified. — Mohandas Gandhi

Character Money

When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time. People know themselves much better than you do. Thats why it's important to stop expecting them to be something other than who they are. — Maya Angelou

Awareness Character Networking

It is in the character of very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered. — Aeschylus

People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built. — Eleanor Roosevelt

Character Courage Honesty

The shortest and surest way to live with honor in the world is to be in reality what we appear to be. — Socrates

Character Honor Leadership Reputation Success

The power of a leader resides in the follower. — Jeffrey Benjamin

Character Freedom Leadership Persuasion Self-esteem Society

Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there. — John Wooden

Ability Character Leadership

Whatever you are, be a good one. — Abraham Lincoln

Character Leadership Reputation

Don't let the behavior of others destroy your inner peace. — Dalai Lama

Character Conflict Peace Power Self Society Solitude

Peace is not the absence of war, but a virtue based on strength of character.

› Benedict Spinoza

Character Conflict Peace Strength

Plans will get you into things, but you have got to work your way out.

› Will Rogers

adapt Adversity Character Goals Leadership Planning Purpose Strength

Always do right. This will gratify some people, and astonish the rest. — Mark Twain

Character Integrity Leadership

It's the empty can that makes the most noise. — Dutch Proverb

Character Confidence Conflict Self-esteem

People do not seem to realize that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.

› Ralph Waldo Emerson

What a man misses in heaven is company. — Mark Twain

Character Friendship Reputation Self Solitude

We still have a choice today: nonviolent coexistence or violent coannihilation. This may well be mankind's last chance between chaos and community.

› Martin Luther King Jr.

Character Communication Conflict Leadership Learning Listening Negotiation Peace

To thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man. — William Shakespeare

Character Integrity Reputation Truth

The discipline of desire is the background of character. — John Locke

Character Desire Discipline

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.

› Martin Luther King Jr.

Adversity Character Conflict Honor

Let me give you a tip on a clue to men’s characters: the man who damns money has obtained it dishonorably; the man who respects it has earned it.

Character Honor Money Respect

Tell me with whom you walk, and I will tell you who you are. — Mexican Proverb

Character Friendship Reputation

Parents can tell but never teach, unless they practice what they preach. — Arnold Glasow

Action Character Common Sense Communication Leadership Practice

Character is accurately reflected in one’s mental attitude. — Napoleon Hill

Attitude Character

A man's word is his honor. — Japanese Proverb

Character Communication Honor Reputation

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