Character Quotes
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Character Quotes : About Character Building
Most people say that it is the intellect which makes a great scientist. They are wrong: it is character.
- Albert Einstein, Swiss-American mathematician and physicist
Character, in the long run, is the decisive factor in the life of an individual and of nations alike.
- Theodore Roosevelt, 26th U.S. president
Character, not circumstance, makes the person.
- Booker T. Washington, Educator and humanitarian
What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson, American essayist, philosopher and poet
If you will think about what you ought to do for other people, your character will take care of itself. Character is a by-product, and any man who devotes himself to its cultivation in his own case will become a selfish prig."
- Woodrow Wilson, 28th U.S. president
Business Quotes Illustrations Accomplishment Adversity
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Ability • Abundance • Accomplishment • Action • Adaptability • Advancement • Adversity
Ability Quote & Illustration
It’s not so much what we have, as what we do with that we have, that makes the difference in this world. For example:
- Longfellow could take a worthless sheet of paper, write a poem on it and make it worthy $6,000. That’s genius!
- Rockefeller could put his name to a piece of paper and make it worth a million. That’s capital!
- Uncle Sam can take a silver, stamp an emblem on it, and make it worth a dollar. That’s money!
- A mechanic can take a metal that is worth only five dollars and make it worth three hundred and fifty dollars. That’s skill!
- An artist can take a ten dollar piece of canvas, paint a picture on it and make it worth thousands. That’s art!
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Professional Courtesy Email and Instant Message Use
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Before dashing off a quick email or instant message to a friend or family member during a protracted work meeting, remember that your message may be monitored. Over three-quarters, (76%) of US firms report that they record and review their employee communications on the job, with over half retaining and reviewing email.
The consequences of misuse can be severe. The American Management Association reports that one in four companies have terminated employees for email misuse. This might be the perfect day to brush up on what your employer says about the proper use of email and IM in the "Company Handbook." Companies large and small are implementing electronic technology policies. The primary drivers for communication monitoring are legal and regulatory. In a court of law, email, instant messages, and other employee content have become evidence. They are the equivalent of business DNA.
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