Quotes About Character

self-suggestion is a powerful factor in building character, that it is, in fact, the sole principle through which character is builded.

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A man's best recommendation is that which he gives himself . . . by rendering superior service in the right mental attitude.

If a man preach the Golden Rule as a sound rule of conduct his words will fall upon deaf ears if he does not practice that which he preaches. The most effective sermon that any man can preach on the soundness of the Golden Rule is that which he preaches, by suggestion, when he applies this rule in his relationships with his fellow men.

THE MAJOR ATTRIBUTES OF LEADERSHIP

IF a man has built a sound character it makes but little difference what people say about him, because he will win in the end. - Napoleon Hill, Sr

Show me a man's closest associates," said Thomas A. Edison, "and I will tell you what sort of character the man has and where he is going in life." Your

Sound character is our greatest asset because it provides the power with which we may ride the emergencies of life instead of going down under them.

The competent leader requires no title to give him the respect of his followers. The man who makes too much over his title generally has little else to emphasize.

Every man is where he is by the law of his being; the thoughts which he has built into his character have brought him there, and in the arrangement of his life there is no element of chance, but all is the result of a law which cannot err.

There is a great power of attraction back of the person who has a positive character, and this power expresses itself through unseen as well as visible sources. The moment you come within speaking distance of such a person, even though not a word is spoken, the influence of the "unseen power within" makes itself felt.

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

Before us lie two paths—honesty and dishonesty. The shortsighted embark on the dishonest path; the wise on the honest. For the wise know the truth; in helping others we help ourselves; and in hurting others we hurt ourselves. Character overshadows money, and trust rises above fame. Honesty is still the best policy.

Your mental attitude is the most dependable key to your personality.

I had the happy privilege of analyzing both Mr. Edison and Mr. Ford, year by year, over a long period of years, and therefore, the opportunity to study them at close range, so I speak from actual knowledge when I say that I found no quality save persistence, in either of them, that even remotely suggested the major source of their stupendous achievements.

A man of profound sincerity is a great moral force, and there is no force — not even the highest intellectual force — that can compare with it. Men are powerful in influence according to the soundness and perfection of their sincerity.

there is no hope for the person who is dishonest by choice. Sooner or later, his deeds will catch up with him, and he will pay by loss of reputation, and perhaps even loss of liberty.

Long before I had ever written a line for publication, or endeavored to deliver a speech in public, I followed the habit of reshaping my own character, by trying to imitate the nine men whose lives and life-works had been most impressive to me. These nine men were Emerson, Paine, Edison, Darwin, Lincoln, Burbank, Napoleon, Ford, and Carnegie. Every night, over a long period of years, I held an imaginary council meeting with this group whom I called my "Invisible Counselors.

The measure of a man may be taken very accurately by the extent to which he adapts himself to his environment and makes it his business to accept responsibility for every adversity with which he meets, whether the adversity grows out of a cause within his control or not.

Resolve is what makes a man manifest. Not puny resolve; not crude determinations; not errant

Every man is what he is because of the dominating thoughts which he permits to occupy his mind.

pleasing personality.

Gentleness is akin to divinity. Perhaps no quality is so far removed from all that is coarse, brutal and selfish as gentleness, so that when one is becoming gentle, he is becoming divine.

Remember that your reputation is made by others, but your character is made by you!