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“Consistent winning breeds arrogance; perpetual losing destroys hope and confidence; but occasional losses of games well played are the makings of good and noble character. "Tares among the Wheat" by H. Melvin James, c. 2019”

Confidence Arrogance Noble Character

Author:H. Melvin James

“A noble character loves things unadulterated.”

Noble Character

Book:Love Poems: Love Conquers All

Source: Love Poems: Love Conquers All

“Servility is disgusting to a truly noble character, and engenders only contempt.”

Character Noble Contempt Disgusting Servility Noble Character

Author:Hosea Ballou

“Noble characters and pure affections and happy scenes are very comforting things. They're a refuge from life's disillusionments.”

Character Scene Pure Affection Noble Refuge Comforting Disillusionment Noble Character

Book:madame bovary

Source: madame bovary

“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.”

People Ifs Character Remember Individual Teacher Teaching Shapes Noble Profession Honour Good Teacher Remember Me Caliber Noble Profession Noble Character

Author:Abdul Kalam

“The character truest to itself becomes eccentric rather than immovably centered, as Emerson defined the noble character of the hero. At the edge, the certainty of borders gives way. We are more subject to invasions, less able to mobilize defenses, less sure of who we really are, even as we may be perceived by others as a person of character. The dislocation of self from center to indefinite edge merges us more with the world, so that we can feel blest by everything.”

Source: The Force of Character: And the Lasting Life

“Greatness of mind becomes an object of love only when the power at work in it itself has a noble character”

Mind Character Objects Greatness Noble Noble Character

Author:Karl Jaspers

“Gratitude is a mark of a noble soul and a refined character.”

Soul Character Gratitude Mark Noble Refined Noble Character

Author:Joseph B. Wirthlin

“I liked being Doc Holliday. It's fun to be insightful and aristocratic, to stand up for your friend and make sacrifices for him. It was fun to be arrogant like he was and have the goods to back it up. He was a very noble character. Although, let's not forget, he did kill a lot of people.”

People Character Fun Forget Sacrifice Noble Goods Insightful Arrogant Aristocratic Noble Character

Author:Val Kilmer

“I wanted to show how a man of sensitive and noble character, born for religion, comes to throw off the orthodoxies of his day and moment, and to go out into the wilderness where all is experiment, and spiritual life begins again.”

Men Moments Character Shows Wanted Spiritual Born Noble Experiments Sensitive Wilderness Spiritual Life Orthodoxy Begin Again Noble Character

Author:Mary Augusta Ward

“Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.”

Character Age Noble Appreciated Personality Flaws Noble Character

Book:Tacitus on Britain and Germany: a translation of the Agricola and the Germania

Source: Tacitus on Britain and Germany: a translation of the Agricola and the Germania