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Woman of character

JUST BETWEEN YOU & ME - JUST BETWEEN YOU & ME By Jacquilou Blanco -
Another book I’d like to share with you my dear readers is Inspiration & Wisdom for Woman of Character. This mini-book of quotations offers nuggets of wisdom and inspiration for women who long to see their character transform into traits that are helpful in achieving lasting fulfillment.
Chapter 1: "Essence of a Woman"
A plain face is often surprisingly beautiful by reason of an inner life. -Henry E. Walbery

Charm, which means the power to effect work without employing brute force, is indispensable to women. Charm is a woman’s strength just as strength is a man’s charm. -Havelock Ellis

Six Unfailing Cosmetics: For the lips – TRUTH; For the voice – PRAYER; For the eyes – PITY; For the hands – CHARITY; For the figure – UPRIGHTNESS; For the heart – LOVE. -Thomas W. Handford

The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart. -Helen Keller

All that is worth cherishing begins in the heart, not the head. -Suzanne Chapin

The heart has eyes that the brain knows nothing of. -Dr. Charles Henry Parkhurst

Happiness is inward and not outward. And so it does not depend on what we have, but on what we are. -Henry Van Dyke

Cheerfulness and contentment are great beautifiers and are famous preserves of youthful looks. -Charles Dickens

Laughter is the tonic, the relief, the surcease for pain. -Charlie Chaplin

Character is not in the mind. It is in the will. -Fulton John Sheen

A man’s strength of character may be measured by his ability to control his temper, instead of letting his temper control him. -J. Sherman Wallace
Chapter 2: "Woman and her Deeds"
Sometimes when I consider what tremendous consequences come from little things – a chance word, a tap on the shoulder, or a penny dropped on a newsstand – I am tempted to think... There are no little things. -Bruce Barton

The best preacher is the heart; the best teacher is time; the best book is the world; the best friend is GOD. -Talmud

Where your pleasure is, there is your treasure: Where your treasure, there your heart, where your heart, there your happiness. -Augustine

Real generosity is doing something nice for someone who will never find out. -Frank A. Clark

You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him. -James D. Miles

I have found the paradox that if I love until it hurts, there is no hurt, but only more love. -Mother Teresa
Chapter 3: "Your character is showing"
People are like stained glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light within. -Elizabeth Kubler-Ross

Worry a little bit every day, and in a lifetime you will lose a couple of years. If something is wrong, fix it if you can. But train yourself not to worry. Worry never fixes anything. -Mary Hemingway

Man is an able creature, but he has made 32, 600,000 laws and hasn’t yet improved on the 10 Commandments. -Anonymous

Rather than wishing for change, you must first be prepared to change. -Catherine Pulsifer

If you don’t change, we don’t grow. If we don’t grow, we aren’t really living. -Gail Sheehy

The test of character is what you would do if you knew no one would ever know. -Dr. Bob Jones Sr.

Character is what you are in the dark. -Dwight Moody

Every problem has a gift for you in its hands. -Richard Bach

Instead of pointing a finger, we should hold out our hand. -Anonymous

He that cannot forgive others, breaks the bridge over which he must pass himself; For every man has need to be forgiven. -Thomas Fuller

Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the future. -Anonymous

Doing an injury puts you below your enemy. Revenging one makes you even with him; Forgiving sets you above him. -Nylic Review
Chapter 4: "God’s Unique Plan for Women"
Let the Keyboard of my heart be touched by the Master’s hand. -Unknown

God is interested in making us what He wants us to be than giving us what we ought to have. -Walter L. Wilson

You will find as you look back upon your life that the moments when you have really lived are the moments when you have done things in the spirit of love. -Henry Drummond

Seeing our Father in everything makes life one long thanksgiving and gives rest of the heart. -Hannah Whithall-Smith

It is my fervent wish that you have found your own nuggets of wisdom and inspiration, allowing you to see who you are, your character, your heart. Allowing you to improve yourself and be a light to the world.

Let us be women of character! Let us be the lights to our world!
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(E-mail me at babyjackster@yahoo.com)

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BRUCE BARTON

CATHERINE PULSIFER

CENTER

CHARACTER

CHARLES DICKENS

CHARLIE CHAPLIN

DR. BOB JONES SR.

DR. CHARLES HENRY PARKHURST

HEART

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