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> [Character is distilled out of our daily confrontation with temptation, out of our regular response to the call of duty. It is formed as we learn to cherish principles and to submit to self-discipline. Character is the sum total of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sidney-greenberg/character-is-distilled-out-of-our-daily-confrontation-with-temptation/)

[Sidney Greenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sidney-greenberg/)

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## More by Sidney Greenberg

> [Life is a journey, not a destination. Happiness is not "there" but here, not "tomorrow" but today.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sidney-greenberg/life-is-a-journey-not-a-destination-happiness-is-not-there-but-here/)

[Sidney Greenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sidney-greenberg/)

> [Religion should not only comfort us when we are disturbed; it should also disturb us when we are comfortable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sidney-greenberg/religion-should-not-only-comfort-us-when-we-are-disturbed-it-should/)

[Sidney Greenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sidney-greenberg/)

> [We may gamble on outsmarting the law; we may even gamble on the leniency of man and the mercy of God-but no man ever…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sidney-greenberg/we-may-gamble-on-outsmarting-the-law-we-may-even-gamble-on-the/)

[Sidney Greenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sidney-greenberg/)

> [War determines not who is right but who is left.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sidney-greenberg/war-determines-not-who-is-right-but-who-is-left/)

[Sidney Greenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sidney-greenberg/)

> [For all the unkind things said about envy, it would only be fair to acknowledge that not all envy is destructive. If envy leads…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sidney-greenberg/for-all-the-unkind-things-said-about-envy-it-would-only-be-fair-to/)

[Sidney Greenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sidney-greenberg/)

> [Among the humble and great alike, those who achieve success do so not because fate and circumstance are especially kind to them. Often the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sidney-greenberg/among-the-humble-and-great-alike-those-who-achieve-success-do-so-not/)

[Sidney Greenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sidney-greenberg/)

> [Character is distilled out of our daily confrontation with temptation, out of our regular response to the call of duty. It is formed as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sidney-greenberg/character-is-distilled-out-of-our-daily-confrontation-with-temptation/)

[Sidney Greenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sidney-greenberg/)

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