"Character comes before scholarship."

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Source : Margaret Ayer Barnes (1933). “Within this Present”

Margaret Ayer Barnes

#Character Quotes #Scholarship Quotes

“If you put a Mars bar in one of Glenn Hughesâ€™ hands and a bass in the other, heâ€™ll choose the Mars bar.”
“And that's actually the brunt of what we do is, people going straight from their workplace, straight from home, straight into the classroom and working directly with the students. So then we're able to work with thousands and thousands more students.”
“No true Dharma Master behaves with rage, hate, ranting, self- importance. These are signs of mental instability, a character flaw. Never follow such a one as that.”
“Fancy language, like poplin, too often conceals an eczema.”
“My friends come from many species.”
“Happiness hides in lifeâ€™s small details. If youâ€™re not looking, it becomes invisible.”
“And first and foremost, think straight, trust the quiet inner voice that tells you what to do. You hold your life in your hands, don't entrust it to anyone else, least of all to your chosen leaders. BE YOURSELF! Any number of great men have told you that.”
“Some chains are forged for us - those are the hardest to bear.”

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