Self-improvement · In English · 1871
Character
Real examples of why reputation, habits and honesty decide who gets trusted and promoted, from the author of Self-Help.
27 chapters · about 9 h of reading
Opening the book
How the book begins
"Character is moral order seen through the medium, of an individual nature.... Men of character are the conscience of the society to which they belong."—EMERSON.
"The prosperity of a country depends, not on the abundance of its revenues, nor on the strength of its fortifications, nor on the beauty of its public buildings; but it consists in the number of its cultivated citizens, in its men of education, enlightenment, and character; here are to be found its true interest, its chief strength, its real power."—MARTIN LUTHER.
Character is one of the greatest motive powers in the world. In its noblest embodiments, it exemplifies human nature in its highest forms, for it exhibits man at his best.
Contents
- 01Chapter I.—Influence of Character (1/2)
- 02Chapter I.—Influence of Character (2/2)
- 03Chapter II.—Home Power (1/2)
- 04Chapter II.—Home Power (2/2)
- 05Chapter III.—Companionship and Examples (1/2)
- 06Chapter III.—Companionship and Examples (2/2)
- 07CHAPTER IV.—WORK. "Arise therefore, and be doing, and the Lord be with thee."—l CHRONICLES xxii. 16 (1/2)
- 08CHAPTER IV.—WORK. "Arise therefore, and be doing, and the Lord be with thee."—l CHRONICLES xxii. 16 (2/2)
- 09Chapter V.—Courage (1/2)
- 10Chapter V.—Courage (2/2)
- 11CHAPTER VI.—SELF-CONTROL. "Honour and profit do not always lie in the same sack."—GEORGE HERBERT (1/2)
- 12CHAPTER VI.—SELF-CONTROL. "Honour and profit do not always lie in the same sack."—GEORGE HERBERT (2/2)
- 13CHAPTER VII.—DUTY—TRUTHFULNESS. "I slept, and dreamt that life was Beauty; I woke, and found that life was Duty." (1/2)
- 14CHAPTER VII.—DUTY—TRUTHFULNESS. "I slept, and dreamt that life was Beauty; I woke, and found that life was Duty." (2/2)
- 15CHAPTER VIII.—TEMPER. "Temper is nine-tenths of Christianity."—BISHOP WILSON
- 16CHAPTER IX.—MANNER—ART. "We must be gentle, now we are gentlemen."—SHAKSPEARE (1/2)
- 17CHAPTER IX.—MANNER—ART. "We must be gentle, now we are gentlemen."—SHAKSPEARE (2/2)
- 18Chapter X—Companionship of Books (1/2)
- 19Chapter X—Companionship of Books (2/2)
- 20Chapter XI.—Companionship in Marriage (1/3)
- 21Chapter XI.—Companionship in Marriage (2/3)
- 22Chapter XI.—Companionship in Marriage (3/3)
- 23Chapter XII—The Discipline of Experience (1/5)
- 24Chapter XII—The Discipline of Experience (2/5)
- 25Chapter XII—The Discipline of Experience (3/5)
- 26Chapter XII—The Discipline of Experience (4/5)
- 27Chapter XII—The Discipline of Experience (5/5)
About this edition
Public domain: the author died in 1904, more than seventy years ago, and the book was first published in 1871. It is free to read, copy and share in the EU, Russia and the United States.
We removed the source's wrapper, rejoined the lines and split the book into chapters. The words are the author's.