Good actions ennoble us, and we are the sons of our own deeds.

--Cervantes

Habits change into character.

--Ovid

Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting in a particular way.

--Aristotle

Well done is better than well said.

--Benjamin Franklin

Silence is the absolute poise or balance of body, mind and spirit. The man who preserves his selfhood is ever calm and unshaken by the storms of existence--not a leaf, as it were, astir on the tree; not a ripple upon the surface of the shining pool--his, in the mind of the unlettered sage, is the ideal attitude and conduct of life.

If you ask him: What is silence?" he will answer: "It is the Great Mystery! The holy silence is His voice!" If you ask, "What are the fruits of silence?" he will say: "They are self-control, true courage or endurance, patience, dignity, and reverence. Silence is the cornerstone of character."

--Ohiyesa, Native American

Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men.

--Seneca, Epistles (5 BC - 65 AD)

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