Quotes about Character

I would prefer as friend a good man ignorant than one more clever who is evil too.

No man ever got very high by pulling other people down. The intelligent merchant does not knock his competitors. The sensible worker does not work those who work with him. Don't knock your friends. Don't knock your enemies. Don't knock yourself.

Gratitude is the sign of noble souls.

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.

The value of a man should be seen in what he gives and not in what he is able to receive.

Be a function of your values rather than a function of the impulse or desire of any given moment.

The law of harvest is to reap more than you sow. Sow an act, and you reap a habit. Sow a habit and you reap a character. Sow a character and you reap a destiny.

Thoughts lead to acts, acts lead to habits, habits lead to character - and our character will determine our eternal destiny.

Our community belongs to us and whether it is mean or majestic, whether arrayed in glory or covered in shame, we cannot but share its character and destiny.

I have not seen a person who loved virtue, or one who hated what was not virtuous. He who loved virtue would esteem nothing above it.

Most people think of poise as calm, self-assured dignity; but I call it "just being you".

As all error is meanness, it is incumbent on every man who consults his own dignity, to retract it as soon as he discovers it.