Quotes About Character

Power and beauty come from a very deep place.

Great occasions do not make heroes or cowards they simply unveil them to the eyes of men. Silently and imperceptibly, as we wake or sleep, we grow strong or weak and at last some crisis shows what we have become.

It's not enough to be clever. You have to be clever and kind.

As if true pride Were not also humble!

If there is a trait embedded even more deeply in the mainstream American character than the pursuit of money, it is fear of the Other.

Great men suffer hours of depression through introspection and self-doubt. That is why they are great. That is why you will find modesty and humility the characteristics of such men.

No sex, age, or condition is above or below the absolute necessity of modesty but without it one vastly beneath the rank of man.

She was not someone's sister, she was not someone's child. She was Dolores and Dolores was the good guys.

The primary purpose of coaching young athletes is to use sport to teach them to become better people.

For good or ill, your conversation is your advertisement. Every time you open your mouth you let men look into your mind. Do they see it well clothed, neat, busineswise?

As the young have discovered, the secret divinity of the twentieth century is Science. But Science is incapable of forming character. The more people talk of human sciences, the less effect human sciences have on man.

Sometimes," Trumbo said to me once, "I think what a terrible state we're in when a man can be considered honorable simply because he isn't a shit.

If you don't want to slip up tomorrow, speak the truth today.

The spirit of the individual is determined by his dominating thought habits.

Knowledge earns you power, character earns you respect.

The good man wins a victory and then stops; he will not go on to acts of violent winning, he boasteth not, he will not triumph, he shows no arrogance. He wins because he cannot choose. After his victory he will not be overbearing.

Knowledge can get you power. But character can get you respect.

Knowledge will give you power, but character respect

On humbleness. — To be humble to superiors is duty; to equals is courtesy; to inferiors is nobleness; and to all, safety!

A wise man can always be found alone. A weak man can always be found in crowd.

If you don't want to slip up tomorrow, speak the truth today.

And whether you're drawn to gospel music or church music or honky-tonk music, it informs your character and it informs your talent.

Walk tall, or baby don't walk at all.

You ain't a beauty, but hey, you're alright.