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CHARACTER
BY
SAMUEL SMILES
Character can be defined as
follows:-
The mental and moral qualities
that form the individual nature of
a person.
Some factors which helps an individual in
building up there own character:-
 Influence of character
 Work
 Courage
 Self-control
 Companionship of books
 The discipline of experience
1,Influence of character:-
 Character of a individual has to be buildup on the individual morals .
 The influence of a individual character extends from generation to
generation.
 Men of genuine excellence , integrity , high principle and sterling
honesty will command the spontaneous homage of mankind.
2,WORK:-
 Work is one of the best educator of practical character and to
evoke discipline , obedience , self-control , attention , application
and preseverance.
 When work is a pleasure , life is joy . When work is duty , life is slavery.
3,COURAGE:-
 Courage means one to know their fear and disadvantages and
over come them.
 Courage is not the absence of fear but the acquired ability to move
beyond fear.
 Men must need their courage to face the challenges faced by
them which helps the individual to built their personality.
4,SELF-CONTROL:-
 The ability to control oneself, in particular one's emotions and
desires, especially in difficult situations.
 The difference between want and need is self-control.
 Self-control is a key factor in achieving success . We can’t control
everything in life , but we can control ourselves.
 What lies in our power to do , it lies in our power not to do.
5,COMPANIONSHIPOF BOOKS:-
 A man may usually be known by the books he reads , as weel as by
the company he keeps ; and one should always live in the best
company , whether it be of books or of men.
 A good book is often the best urn of a life , enshrining the best
thoughts of which that life was capable.
 Books posses an essence of immortality . They are far most lasting
products of human effort . Temples crumble to ruin , Pictures and
Statues decay ; but books survive.
6,THE DISCIPLINE OF EXPERINCE:-
 Pratical wisdom is only meant to be learnt in the school of
experience . Instructions are useful so far as they go , but , without
the discipline of real life , they remain of the nature of theory.
 To be worth anything , character must be capable of standing firm
upon its feet in the world of daily work , trail and temptation.
 Contact with others enables a man to know himself . It is only by
mixing freely in the world that one can form a proper estimate of his
own capacity.
 It is that an uncontroverted truth, that no man ever made his own
talents, nor a good one who mistook them.
THANK YOU

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Character

  • 2. Character can be defined as follows:- The mental and moral qualities that form the individual nature of a person.
  • 3. Some factors which helps an individual in building up there own character:-  Influence of character  Work  Courage  Self-control  Companionship of books  The discipline of experience
  • 4. 1,Influence of character:-  Character of a individual has to be buildup on the individual morals .  The influence of a individual character extends from generation to generation.  Men of genuine excellence , integrity , high principle and sterling honesty will command the spontaneous homage of mankind.
  • 5.
  • 6. 2,WORK:-  Work is one of the best educator of practical character and to evoke discipline , obedience , self-control , attention , application and preseverance.  When work is a pleasure , life is joy . When work is duty , life is slavery.
  • 7.
  • 8. 3,COURAGE:-  Courage means one to know their fear and disadvantages and over come them.  Courage is not the absence of fear but the acquired ability to move beyond fear.  Men must need their courage to face the challenges faced by them which helps the individual to built their personality.
  • 9.
  • 10. 4,SELF-CONTROL:-  The ability to control oneself, in particular one's emotions and desires, especially in difficult situations.  The difference between want and need is self-control.  Self-control is a key factor in achieving success . We can’t control everything in life , but we can control ourselves.  What lies in our power to do , it lies in our power not to do.
  • 11.
  • 12. 5,COMPANIONSHIPOF BOOKS:-  A man may usually be known by the books he reads , as weel as by the company he keeps ; and one should always live in the best company , whether it be of books or of men.  A good book is often the best urn of a life , enshrining the best thoughts of which that life was capable.  Books posses an essence of immortality . They are far most lasting products of human effort . Temples crumble to ruin , Pictures and Statues decay ; but books survive.
  • 13.
  • 14. 6,THE DISCIPLINE OF EXPERINCE:-  Pratical wisdom is only meant to be learnt in the school of experience . Instructions are useful so far as they go , but , without the discipline of real life , they remain of the nature of theory.  To be worth anything , character must be capable of standing firm upon its feet in the world of daily work , trail and temptation.  Contact with others enables a man to know himself . It is only by mixing freely in the world that one can form a proper estimate of his own capacity.  It is that an uncontroverted truth, that no man ever made his own talents, nor a good one who mistook them.
  • 15.