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I have discovered that we may be in some degree whatever character we choose. Besides, practice forms a man to anything.

James Boswell

Every man is the son of his own works.

Miguel de Cervantes

Every spirit makes its house; but afterwards the house confines the spirit.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

If we must accept Fate, we are not less compelled to affirm liberty, the significance of the individual, the grandeur of duty, the power of character.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

In the history of the individual is always an account of his condition, and he knows himself to be a party to his present estate.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

You will fetter my leg, but not Zeus himself can get the better of my free will.

Epictetus

Some minds seem almost to create themselves, springing up under every disadvantage and working their solitary but irresistible way through a thousand obstacles.

Washington Irving

Life is what our character makes it. We fashion it, as a snail does its shell. A man can say: "I never made a fortune because it is not in my character to be rich."

Jules Renard

Every man is the architect of his own fortune.

Sallust

We can't reach old age by another mans road.

Mark Twain

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Relationship Quote

A man keeps another's secret better than he does his own. A woman, on the other hand, keeps her own better than another's.

- Jean de La Bruyere

Wisdom Quote

When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.

- Helen Keller

Girls Quote

If you can make a girl laugh, you can make her do anything.

- Marilyn Monroe

Life Quote

My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.

- Maya Angelou

Family Quote

You have to live your life according to what comforts you, not what the rest of your family thinks you ought to be doing.

- Judith Guest

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