What we are is God’s gift to us. What we become is our gift to God.
-Eleanor Powell
Tag: Character
Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet…
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
I know for sure what we dwell on…
I know for sure what we dwell on is who we become.
-Oprah Winfrey
Be careful of what you often think about. If it’s something negative, you can become a negative person. On the other hand, if it’s something positive, you’ll become more positive. Try to think on the bright side of things when you can.
Bad things do happen how I respond to…
Bad things do happen; how I respond to them defines my character and the quality of my life. I can choose to sit in perpetual sadness, immobilized by the gravity of my loss, or I can choose to rise from the pain and treasure the most precious gift I have life itself.
-Walter Anderson
बड़ा ना होवे गुणन बिन बिरद बड़ाई पाय…
बड़ा ना होवे गुणन बिन, बिरद बड़ाई पाय |
कहत धतूरे सो कनक, गहनो गढ़ियो ना जाय ||
Bada na hove gunan bin,birad badai paye
Kahat dhatoore so kanak, gehno gadiyo na jaye
No one’s great without qualities, how much ever they may be praised
Thornapple is called gold, ornaments cannot be made of it
Not mere praise but your character makes you great