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I'm interested in character and dialogue and exchange of ideas.
Alexander McCall Smith
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Alexander McCall Smith
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Writer
Born:
Aug 24
,
1948
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Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
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The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character - that is the goal of true education.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Education
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Intelligence
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Critically
Plus
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I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Day
Character
Equality
Will
Nation
Skin
Live
One Day
Dream
Color
Judged
Content
I Have A Dream
Where
Children
Little
Little Children
Four
The greatest legacy one can pass on to one's children and grandchildren is not money or other material things accumulated in one's life, but rather a legacy of character and faith.
Billy Graham
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Money
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Rather
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Pass
Material
Material Things
Legacy
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Children
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Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.
Helen Keller
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Strength
Character
Soul
Suffering
Experience
Ambition
Trial
Ease
Only
Inspired
Through
Developed
Quiet
Achieved
Cannot
Strengthened
Goodness is about character - integrity, honesty, kindness, generosity, moral courage, and the like. More than anything else, it is about how we treat other people.
Dennis Prager
Kindness
Good
Character
Integrity
Courage
Honesty
People
Treat
Goodness
Other
Else
Moral
Moral Courage
About
More
More Than Anything
Generosity
Like
How
Than
Anything
Anything Else
Knowledge will give you power, but character respect.
Bruce Lee
Character
Knowledge
You
Respect
Will
Power
Give
Teaching is a very noble profession that shapes the character, caliber, and future of an individual. If the people remember me as a good teacher, that will be the biggest honour for me.
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Teacher
Future
Good
Character
Me
Good Teacher
People
Remember
Will
Honour
Individual
Shapes
Remember Me
Noble
Caliber
Very
Biggest
Teaching
Profession
There's a theory that says that life is based on a competition and the struggle and the fight for survival, and it's interesting because when you look at the fractal character of evolution, it's totally different. It's based on cooperation among the elements in the geometry and not competition.
Bruce Lipton
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Character
You
Struggle
Survival
Fight
Competition
Says
Evolution
Totally
Look
Because
Geometry
Different
Interesting
Theory
Cooperation
Elements
Based
Among
I look to a day when people will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Day
Character
People
Will
Skin
Color
Look
Judged
Content
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