Because everything we say and do is the length and shadow of our own souls, our influence is determined by the quality of our being.– Dale Turner Seattle Times, 4/24/99
Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired, and success achieved.-- Helen Keller
Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live as well as think.-- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Character isn't inherited. One builds it daily by the way one thinks and acts, thought by thought, action by action. If one lets fear or hate or anger take possession of the mind, they become self-forged chains.-- Helen Gahagan Douglas
Character--the willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life--is the source from which self-respect springs.-- Joan Didion
Everyone tries to define this thing called Character. It's not hard. Character is doing what's right when nobody's looking.- -J.C. Watts
Courage is doing what you're afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you're scared.-- Eddie Rickenbacker
I am not afraid of tomorrow, for I have seen yesterday and I love today.-- William Allen White
I do not ask to walk smooth paths nor bear an easy load.
I have not ceased being fearful, but I have ceased to let fear control me. I have accepted fear as a part of life--specifically the fear of change, the fear of the unknown; and I have gone ahead despite the pounding in my heart that says: turn back, turn back, you'll die if you venture too far.-- Erica Jong
