There once was a little boy who had a bad temper. His father gave him a bag of nails and told him that every time he lost his temper, he must hammer a nail into the back of the fence. The first day the boy had driven 37 nails into the fence.
Over the next few weeks, as he learned to control his anger the number of nails hammered daily gradually dwindled down. He discovered it was easier to hold his temper than to drive those nails into the fence. Finally the day came when the boy didn’t lose his temper at all. He told his father about it and the father suggested that the boy now pull out one nail for each day that he was able to hold his temper.
The days passed and the young boy was finally able to tell his father that all the nails were gone. The father took his son by the hand and led him to the fence. He said, “You have done well, my son, but look at the holes in the fence. The fence will never be the same.”
When you say things in anger, they leave a scar just like this one. You can put a knife in a man and draw it out. It won’t matter how many times you say I’m sorry, the wound is still there. A verbal wound is as bad as a physical one. Friends are very rare jewels, indeed. They make you smile and encourage you to succeed. They lend an ear, they share words of praise and they always want to open their hearts to us.
Character is what you think in the dark. - Dwight L. Moody
All your friends are gonna be green with envious. - Archie Bunker
Formula for success: Underpromise and overdeliver. - Thomas Peters
Success is not forever, and failure's not fatal. - Don Shula
The essential thing is not knowledge, but character. - Joseph Le Conte
Character is not given to us; we build it ourselves. - Mabel Hale
Meet success like a gentleman and disaster like a man. - Lord Birkenhead
Failures to heroic minds are the stepping stones to success. - Thomas Chandler Haliburton
If Barbie is so popular, why do you have to buy her friends? - Steven Wright
A person's character is but half formed till after wedlock. - Charles Simmons
I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took any excuse. - Florence Nightingale
Success is the maximum utilization of the ability that you have. - Zig Ziglar
Extremists think 'communication' means agreeing with them. - Leo Rosten
Some of my best friends are illusions. Been sustaining me for years. - Sheila Ballantyne
There is only one success - to be able to spend your life in your own way. - Christopher Morley
True friends don't judge each other, they judge other people together. - Unknown
Fame is only good for one thing - they will cash your check in a small town. - Truman Capote
John Wooden was a hall of fame character long before he was a hall of fame coach. - John C Maxwell
Advice from your friends is like the weather, some of it is good, some of it is bad. - Unknown
It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Good communication is as stimulating as black coffee, and just as hard to sleep after. - Anne Morrow Lindbergh
No matter how much fame and fortune you achieve, don't get wrapped up in yourself. - Dal Richards
Prosperity makes friends and adversity tries them. A true friend is one soul in two bodies. - Aristotle
I am on your Walk of Fame in Toronto. My sense of humour is Canadian. But I can't vote. - Donald Sutherland
I'd rather attempt to do something great and fail than attempt to do nothing and succeed. - Robert H Schuller
The greatest human achievement is not success but facing an unchangeable fate with great courage. - Viktor Frankl
Character is, in the long run, the decisive factor in the life of individuals and of nations alike. - Theodore Roosevelt
The best rule of thumb for character is to remember that if you can't be big, don't belittle. - Unknown
Its success lies in the fact that it's an insurance plan, not an investment plan or a welfare plan. - James Roosevelt
The drink and I have been friends for so long, it would be a pity for me to leave without one last kiss. - Turlough O'Carolan
Our character is but the stamp on our souls of the free choices of good and evil we have made through life. - John C. Geikie
We learn wisdom from failure much more than success. We often discover what we will do, by finding out what we will not do. - Samuel Smiles
A manager is a title, it does not guarantee success. Coaching is an action, not a title and actions will result in successes. - Catherine Pulsifer
Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed there are many rewards, if you disgrace yourself you can always write a book. - Ronald Reagan
May I say that I have not thoroughly enjoyed serving with humans? I find their illogic and foolish emotions a constant irritant. - Leonard Nimoy
Never design your character like a garden where anyone can walk. Design your character like the sky where everyone's desire is to reach. - Unknown
Instead of thinking about where you are, think about where you want to be. It takes twenty years of hard work to become an overnight success. - Diana Rankin
I become apprehensive when I observe people in large groups because they are often controlled by their emotions - and from there, emerge as mobs. - W. Andrew Welker
This 'telephone' has too many shortcomings to be seriously considered as a means of communication. The device is inherently of no value to us. - Unknown
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