Quotes about Character
Most people define greatness through wealth and popularity and position in the corner office. But what I call everyday greatness comes from character and contribution.
- Stephen Covey
Some men succeed by what they know some by what they do and a few by what they are.
- Elbert Hubbard
Making your mark in the world is better than making trouble.
- Matshona Dhliwayo
A great man, tender of heart, strong of nerve, boundless patience and broadest sympathy, with no motive apart from his country.
- Frederick Douglass
He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he has.
- Henry Ward Beecher
It matters not the subject taught, nor all the books on all the shelves, What matters most, yes most of all, is what the teachers are themselves.
- John Wooden
Sportsmanship, next to the Church, is the greatest teacher of morals.
- Herbert Hoover
Nothing is more unbecoming to a teacher of the Word than flippancy. He must be serious and should not act like a clown.
- Martin Luther
Father, may the Holy Spirit have full dominion over me: in my home, in my character, in every word of my tongue, in every thought of my heart, in every feeling towards my fellowmen; may the Holy Spirit have entire possession.
- Andrew Murray
In the life of earnest Christians who pursue and profess holiness, humility ought to be the chief mark of their uprightness.
- Andrew Murray
Know the law of human nature: acts produce habits, habits breed dispositions, dispositions form the will, and the rightly-formed will is character.
- Andrew Murray
We know the law of human nature: acts produce habits, habits breed dispositions, dispositions form the will, and the rightly-formed will is character.
- Andrew Murray