Quotes about Character
Will springs from the two elements of moral sense and self-interest.
— Abraham Lincoln
Character is expressed through our behavior patterns, or natural responses to things.
— Joyce Meyer
The resentment of discipline of any kind will warp the whole life away from God's purpose.
— Oswald Chambers
Being humble does not mean being weak, reticent, or self-effacing. It means recognizing principle and putting it ahead of self. It means standing firmly for principle, even in the fact of opposition.
— Stephen Covey
Humility is not something that comes naturally. But it is a cardinal virtue that should be pursued more than any other.
— Joyce Meyer
We cannot do great deeds unless we're willing to do the small things that make up the sum of greatness.
— Theodore Roosevelt
Character is the backbone of our human culture. Music is the flowering of character.
— Confucius
If a man is not good, what has he to do with the rules of propriety? If he is not good, what has he to do with music?
— Confucius
Take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue and reasonable nature.
— Marcus Aurelius
Selfishness is one of the principal fruits of the corruption of human nature; and it is obvious that selfishness disposes us to over-rate our good qualities, and to overlook or extenuate our defects.
— William Wilberforce
Another flaw in the human character is that everybody wants to build and nobody wants to do maintenance.
— Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
It is not wise, or even possible, to divorce private behavior from public leadership.... By its very nature, true leadership carries with it the burden of being an example.
— Gordon Hinckley