"No sir. The first thing is character."

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Source : Testimony to the Pujo Committee, 1912.

J. P. Morgan

#Character Quotes #Firsts Quotes

“The proof of spiritual maturity is not how pure you are but awareness of your impurity. That very awareness opens the door to grace.”

Source : Philip Yancey (2009). “Grace Notes”, p.372, Harper Collins
“I don't criticize weight training - as long as it is not a substitute for aerobic training.”
“If we were to all sit in a circle and confess our sins, we would laugh at each other for lack of originality.”
“A film is a petrified fountain of thought.”
“When we're connected to others, we become better people.”

Source : Randy Pausch (2008). “The Last Lecture”, p.186, Hachette UK
“I particularly scorn my fondness for paradox. I despise pessimism, narcissism, solipsism, truculence, word-play, and pusillanimity, my chiefer inclinations; loathe self-loathers ergo me; have no pity for self-pity and so am free of that sweet baseness. I doubt I am. Being meâ€™s no joke.”
“It's weird being a photographer because you really have to divorce yourself from the image.”
“A well-prepared mind hopes in adversity and fears in prosperity. [Lat., Sperat infestis, metuit secundis Alteram sortem, bene preparatum Pectus.]”

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