"Character cannot be summoned at the moment of crisis if it has been squandered by years of compromise and rationalization. The only testing ground for the heroic is the mundane. The only preparation for that one profound decision which can change a life, or even a nation, is those hundreds of half-conscious, self defining, seemingly insignificant decisions made in private. Habit is the daily battleground of character."

-- Dan Coats

#Character Quotes #Self Quotes #Years Quotes

“Let us not pray to be sheltered from dangers but to be fearless when facing them.”
“We rarely wrestle with apology and lose.”

Source : John Kador (2009). “Effective Apology: Mending Fences, Building Bridges, and Restoring Trust”, p.240, Berrett-Koehler Publishers
“The bottom line is very simple. You negotiate on this, they will up the ante for the debt ceiling.”
“To delight the ear and the eye is a mere sensual indulgence;â€”true poetry strikes at the soul.”
“In political life, it is extremely difficult to remain loyal to a friendship when constellations of power or interests are in the way.”
“I will argue that in the literal sense the programmed computer understands what the car and the adding machine understand, namely, exactly nothing”

Source : "Minds, Brains and Programs". Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 3, 1980.
“Ideally, we'd want an Irishman coming in for the job, but, ideally it doesn't really matter.”
“Some people are amazed at my brain, but really it's nothing.”

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