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Read your fortune from the fortune cookies passed around in class. What factors do you believe are important in determining your fate? Heraclites, a Greek philosopher writes,   "A man's character is his fate. "  Do you agree?

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Below is a copy of a forwarded email I received in January 2006 which indicates you can tell a lot about people by just one action.  Do you agree? Why or why not?????

In April, Maya Angelou was interviewed by Oprah on her 70+ birthday.
Maya Angelou said this:
"I've learned that no matter what happens, or how bad it seems today,
life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow."

 "I've learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way he/she
handles these three things: a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas
tree lights."

"I've learned that regardless of your relationship with your parents, you'll
miss them when they're gone from your life." 

"I've learned that making a "living" is not the same thing as "making a
life."

 "I've learned that life sometimes gives you a second chance."

 "I've learned that you shouldn't go through life with a catcher's mitt
on both hands; you need to be able to throw some things back."

 "I've learned that whenever I decide something with an open heart, I
usually make the right decision."

 "I've learned that even when I have pains, I don't have to be one."

"I've learned that every day you should reach out and touch someone.
People love a warm hug, or just a friendly pat on the back."

 "I've learned that I still have a lot to learn."

 "I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget
what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel."

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Quotables on Character

Character, not circumstance, makes the person.
— Booker T. Washington, American educator and civil rights activist (1856-1915)

Our character...is an omen of our destiny, and the more  
integrity we have and keep, the simpler and nobler that  
destiny is likely to be.  
--George Santayana, "The German Mind: A Philosophical Diagnosis"

People grow through experience if they meet life honestly  
and courageously. This is how character is built.  
--Eleanor Roosevelt (1884 - 1962)

The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically... Intelligence plus character – that is the goal of true education. 
— Martin Luther King Jr., American civil rights leader (1929-1968)

The measure of a man's character is what he would do if he knew he never would be found out.
— Baron Thomas Babington Macauley, English historian and statesman (1800-1859)

You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.  
— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German poet, novelist, playwright, scientist and philosopher (1749-1832)
 

Character is the only secure foundation of the state.
-- Calvin Coolidge (1872-1933)

Character is like a tree and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.
— Abraham Lincoln, 16th U.S. president (1809-1865)

A man's character is his fate.  
-- Heraclites (c. 540 - c. 480 BC), Greek philosopher  
 

Every man has three characters: that which he shows, that which he has, and that which he thinks he has.
— Alphonse Karr, French journalist (1808-1890)

Sow a thought, and you reap an act;
Sow an act, and you reap a habit;
Sow a habit, and you reap a character;
Sow a character, and you reap a destiny.  Samuel Smiles

We first make our habits, and then our habits make us. John Dryden
--Henri Fredric Amiel

Character is simply habit long continued. — Plutarch

Habit is the most imperious of all masters. -- Goethe.

Out of our beliefs are born deeds; out of our deeds we form habits; out of our habits grows our character; and on our character we build our destiny. Henry Hancock, Dean, St Mark’s Cathedral, Minneapolis MN

Education is the formation of habits. Thomas Huxley

The strength of a man’s virtue should not be measured by his special exertions, but by his habitual acts. — Blaise Pascal

Man's character is revealed in his daily actions. L. Walkup

More quotes on habits