Quotes about Character

People make a big fuss over you when you're President. But I'm very serious about doing everything I can to make sure that it doesn't go to my head.

I do not believe we can blame genetics for adultery, homosexuality, dishonesty and other character flaws.

There has been no single influence which has done more to prevent man from finding God and rebuilding his character, has done more to lower the moral tone of society than the denial of personal guilt. This repudiation of man's personal responsibility for his action is falsely justified in two ways: by assuming that man is only an animal and by giving a sense of guilt the tag "morbid.

The loves of all hearts are so many mirrors revealing their characters.

Goodness by its nature is lovable and love finds it impossible not to pursue goodness.

The temptation that comes from without does not necessarily weaken character; indeed, when conquered, it affords an opportunity for holiness to increase.

Character is to some extent judged by what a man does with his falls. A pig falls into the mud and stays there; a sheep falls in and climbs out.

To a great extent the level of any civilization is the level of its womanhood. When a man loves a woman, he has to become worthy of her. The higher her virtue, the more noble her character, the more devoted she is to truth, justice, goodness, the more a man has to aspire to be worthy of her. The history of civilization could actually be written in terms of the level of its women.

A character is made by the kind of thoughts a man thinks when alone, and a civilization is made by the kind of thoughts a man speaks to his neighbor.

With pride, there are many curses. With humility, there come many blessings.

We must not be wise and prudent according to the flesh. Rather, we must be simple, humble and pure.

The fact is that not only do people get more wise and more conservative as they get older, they get more kind and more generous, too.