Quotes on Great Character

Sports do not build character. They reveal it.

The reason we see hypocrisy and fraud and unreality in others is because they are all in our own hearts. The great characteristic of a saint is humility-Yes, all those things and other evils would have been manifested in me but for the grace of God, therefore I have no right to judge.

Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.

Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands.

People do not seem to realize that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.

The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.

Character, in the long run, is the decisive factor in the life of an individual and of nations alike.

The measure of a man's real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out.

No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character.

We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done.

Life is a series of experiences, each one of which makes us bigger, even though sometimes it is hard to realize this.

Good character is more to be praised than outstanding talent. Most talents are, to some extent, a gift. Good character, by contrast, is not given to us. We have to build it, piece by piece - by thought, choice, courage, and determination.

Affliction is the school in which great virtues are acquired, in which great characters are formed.

Bad things do happen; how I respond to them defines my character and the quality of my life.

The depth and strength of a human character are defined by its moral reserves. People reveal themselves completely only when they are thrown out of the customary conditions of their life, for only then do they have to fall back on their reserves.

To thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man.

Most people say that it is the intellect which makes a great scientist. They are wrong: it is character.

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet.

Bad things do happen; how I respond to them defines my character and the quality of my life. I can choose to sit in perpetual sadness, immobilized by the gravity of my loss, or I can choose to rise from the pain and treasure the most precious gift I have - life itself.

When wealth is lost, nothing is lost; when health is lost, something is lost; when character is lost, all is lost.

Good citizenship and defending democracy means living up to the ideals and values that make this country great.