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Good character is the single most important attribute of a successful and worthy life. — Michael Josephson
We now possess four principles of morality: 1) a philosophical: do good for its own sake, out of respect for the law; 2) a religious:… — Georg C. Lichtenberg
No one is born with good character; it's not a hereditary trait. And it isn't determined by a single noble act. Character is established by… — Michael Josephson
An extra-terrestrial philosopher, who had watched a single youth up to the age of twenty-one and had never come across any other human being, might… — Bertrand Russell
If a single cell, under appropriate conditions, becomes a man in the space of a few years, there can surely be no difficulty in understanding… — Herbert Spencer
God made all the animals in a single day; he could have swept them all away in the flood and re-created them in one day… — Mark Twain
I consider the foundation of the Constitution as laid on this ground that 'all powers not delegated to the United States, by the Constitution, nor… — Thomas Jefferson
Now is the most exciting time in fashion. Women are controlling their destiny now, the consumer is more knowledgeable, and I have to be better… — Oscar de la Renta
No mathematician should ever allow him to forget that mathematics, more than any other art or science, is a young man's game. ... Galois died… — G. H. Hardy
The process of writing has something infinite about it. Even though it is interrupted each night, it is one single notation. — Elias Canetti
My great comfort is, that the temporary celebrity I have wrung from the world has been in the very teeth of all opinions and prejudices.… — Lord Byron
If the single man plant himself indomitably on his instincts, and there abide, the huge world will come round to him. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
People tell me what to do every single day. They think I'm boring. I'm Disney kid. So, there's that. — Selena Gomez
I should . . . prefer swallowing one incomprehensibility rather than two. It requires one effort only to admit the single incomprehensibility of matter endowed… — Thomas Jefferson
It is said that if you know your enemies and know yourself, you will not be imperiled in a hundred battles; if you do not… — Sun Tzu
There is more value in a little study of humility and in a single act of it than in all the knowledge in the world. — Teresa of Avila
All philosophies are mental fabrications. There has never been a single doctrine by which one could enter the true essence of things. — Akkineni Nagarjuna
Only a cheap politician, greedy for political gain, would try to single out one individual for blame. The fault lies not with the individual but… — Pat Paulsen
One way to ease liquidity for banks is that the government can buy all highly rated securities held by the banks. Every single bank in… — Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair
One of the good things about globalization is it has created a single international music community, and I feel very much part of it. — The Edge

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