Quotes about Character

Were all the vexations of life put together, we should find that a great part of them proceed from those calumnies and reproaches we spread abroad concerning one another.

One of the best springs of generous and worthy actions, is having generous and worthy thoughts of ourselves: whoever has a mean opinion of the dignity of his nature will act in no higher a rank than he has allotted himself in his own estimation.

Self discipline is that which, next to virtue, truly and essentially raises one man above another.

What an absurd thing it is to pass over all the valuable parts of a man, and fix our attention on his infirmities.

Knowledge is that which, next to virtue, truly raises one person above another.

Knowledge is, indeed, that which, next to virtue, truly and essentially raises one man above another.

Pee-wee Herman yelling through a vocoder

Her instinct was always to act out of kindness and generosity instead of self-interest. She was a better person than me, and I was a better person when I was around her.

There's nothing noble in being superior to your fellow men. True nobility is being superior to your former self.

A genuine leader will never exploit your emotions or your pocketbook.

Intentions must mature into commitments if we are to become persons with definition, with character, with substance.

Maturity cannot be hurried, programmed, or tinkered with. There are no steroids available for growing up in Christ more quickly. Impatient shortcuts land us in the dead ends of immaturity.