Quotes about Character

How can a man know he is one when his highest aim is minding his manners?

You must understand: the unholy trinity Scripture names as the world, our flesh, and the evil one conspire to undermine your character.

Let people feel the weight of who you are, and let them deal with it.

Equality in America has never meant literal equality of condition or capacity. There will always be inequalities in character and ability in any society. Equality has meant rather that in the words of the Declaration of Independence, All men are created equal and are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights. It is meant that in a democratic society there should be no inequalities in opportunities or in freedoms.

In passing however I must say of one thing that has pressed upon me lately and encreased my Humility and capability of submission and that is this truth - Men of Genius are great as certain ethereal Chemicals operating on the Mass of neutral intellect - but they have not any individuality, any determined Character - I would call the top and head of those who have a proper self Men of Power.

The imagination of a boy is healthy, and the mature imagination of a man is healthy; but there is a space of life between, in which the soul is in a ferment, the character undecided, the way of life uncertain, the ambition thick-sighted: thence proceeds mawkishness, and all the thousand bitters which those men I speak of must necessarily taste in going over the following pages.

Being honest may not get you a lot of friends but it'll always get you the right ones.

Image is what people think we are; integrity is whar we really are.

To educate a person in the mind but not in morals is to educate a menace to society.

What we do flows from who we are.

Let excellence be your brand... When you are excellent, you become unforgettable. Doing the right thing, even when nobody knows you're doing the right thing will always bring the right thing to you.

People of excellence will always be brought before people of influence.