Quotes about Character

Associate yourself with people of good quality, for it is better to be alone than in bad company.

Character, not circumstances, makes the man.

In all my acquaintance with General Armstrong I never heard him speak, in public or in private, a single bitter word against the white man in the South. From his example in this respect I learned the lesson that great men cultivate love, and that only little men cherish a spirit of hatred.

My experience teaches me that if a man has little or no influence with those by whose side he lives, as a rule there is something wrong with him.

The effect of this movement, or revolution, as I have called it, is not to "tear down and level up" in order to bring about an artificial equality, but to give every individual a chance "to make good," to determine for himself his place and position in the community by the character and quality of the service he is able to perform.

Life has two rules: #1 Never quit #2 Always remember rule # 1. "Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.

I loved doing 'The Family' with Eunice and Mama. They were very interesting because there were no jokes written into those sketches. It was all character-driven. And sometimes it got a little heavy.

I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live by the light that I have. I must stand with anybody that stands right, and stand with him while he is right, and part with him when he goes wrong.

I don't believe in good human beings, but I believe you can have structures that make it easier to make the right choice or the wrong choice.

Of front-line importance among the most contagious and enduring traits of the leaders of nations and of all callings is that of spotless character.

When they say 'action' I transform into a reserved person and as soon as they say 'cut' I am Sanjeeda.

Humility is the foundation of all the other virtues: hence, in the soul in which this virtue does not exist there cannot be any other virtue except in mere appearance.