Quotes about Character

But the having such an opinion of themselves seems to have a deteriorating effect on the character: because in all cases men's aims are regulated by their supposed desert, and thus these men, under a notion of their own want of desert, stand aloof from honourable actions and courses, and similarly from external goods.

Evil men could be destroyed, but nothing could be done with good men who were deluded.

Judge me by my deeds, though they are few, rather than my words, though they are many.

The best way of successfully acting a part is to be it.

You do not know her, but she has a soul of steel. She has the face of the most beautiful of women, and the mind of the most resolute of men.

You can determine the kind of life you will have in your 30s and 40s by what you do in your teens.

Win without boasting, lose without excuses - internalize your failures and externalize your victories.

Self-denial does not belong to religion as characteristic of it; it belongs to human life; the lower nature must always be denied when you are trying to rise to a higher sphere.

Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and importance, although difficult, is the highroad to pride, self-esteem, and personal satisfaction.

Ability can take you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there

Honesty is doing what you know or believe is right. Integrity is doing what is right and truthful.

Failure does not shape you; the way you respond to failure shapes you.