Character
968 quotes: 34 by Keith Craft, 934 from other voices.
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- Humility is the most difficult of all virtues to achieve; nothing dies harder than the desire to think well of self.
- Humility is the surest sign of strength.
- Hypocrisy is folly. It is much easier, safer, and pleasanter to be the thing which a man aims to appear, than to keep up the appearance of being what he is not.
- I agree that the measure of success is not merchandise but character.
- I am not concerned with being liked or disliked. I am concerned with being respected
- I am sure that in estimating every man’s value either in private or public life, a pure integrity is the quality we take first into calculation, and that learning and talents are only the second.
- I don’t think it matters what I believe, only what I do.
- I expect to pass through this world but once. Any good, therefore, that I can do or any kindness I can show to any fellow creature, let me do it now. Let me not defer or neglect it for I shall not pass this way again.Stephen GrelletCommonly attributed
- I feel sorry for the man who has never known the bracing thrill of taking a stand and sticking to it fearlessly.
- I firmly believe that respect is a lot more important, and a lot greater, than popularity.
- I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.
- I have gained this by philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law.
- I have learned by experience that no man's character can be eventually injured but by his own acts.Rowland HillCommonly attributed
- I have never believed there was one code of morality for a public and another for a private man.
- I have observed that those who have accomplished the greatest results are those…who never grow excited or lose self-control, but are always calm, self-possessed, patient, and polite.
- I have seen men lose important positions, or their reputations—which are more important than any position—by little careless discourtesies to men whom they did not think it was worth while to be kind to.
- I insist that the object of all true education is not to make men carpenters, it is to make carpenters men.
- I like people to be saints; but I want them to be first and superlatively honest men.
- I look to a day when people will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.
- I never cared about acceptance as much as I cared about respect.
- I prefer that you make mistakes in kindness rather than that you work miracles in unkindness.
- I prefer to do right and get no thanks than to do wrong and receive no punishment.
- I propose to value them according to their character, and not according to their duties. Each man acquires his character for himself, but accident assigns his duties.SenecaCommonly attributed
- I resolve to speak ill of no man whatever, not even in a matter of truth; but rather by some means excuse the faults I hear charged upon others, and upon proper occasions speak all the good I know of every body.
- I will do nothing because of public opinion, but everything because of conscience.
- I will esteem a dram of goodness worth a whole world of greatness.
- I will permit no man to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him.
- I would rather be accused of breaking precedents than breaking promises.
- If a good face is a letter of recommendation, a good heart is a letter of credit.
- If a man is not rising upward to be an angel, depend upon it, he is sinking downward to be a devil. He cannot stop at the beast.
- If any speak ill of thee, fly home to thy own conscience and examine thy heart. If thou art guilty, it is a fair correction; if not guilty, it is a fair instruction.
- If ever you find yourself environed with difficulties and perplexing circumstances, out of which you are at a loss how to extricate yourself, do what is right, and be assured that that will extricate you the best out of the worst situations.
- If evil be said of thee, and if it be true, correct thyself; if it be a lie, laugh at it.
- If honor be your clothing, the suit will last a lifetime; but if clothing be your honor, it will soon be worn threadbare.
- If I take care of my character, my reputation will take care of itself.
- If it is the repetition of thought, the cells holding that thought are exercised and trained, and finally they act automatically, and repeated thought becomes habit, and exercised habit becomes character--and character is the man.
- If one has made a mistake, and fails to correct it, one has made a greater mistake.
- An ounce of loyalty is worth a pound of cleverness.
- If thou wouldst conquer thy weakness, thou must never gratify it. No man is compelled to evil: his consent only makes it his. It is no sin to be tempted, but to be overcome.
- If we are not famous for goodness, we are practically infamous.