Quotes About Character

Once a gentleman, and always a gentleman.

Wisdom, humanity & courage, these three are universal virtues. The way by which they are practiced are one.

I would beseech you not only to be pure beyond suspicion but I would ask you to combine with stainless purity, great wisdom and great ability.

Wisdom is knowledge which has become a part of one's being.

And so I say to you and to others around the world, whether they wish us well or ill - do not underestimate us Americans. We lack neither strength nor wisdom.

In man, the things which are not measurable are more important than those which are measurable.

Once a wolf, always a wolf.

Human action can be modified to some extent, but human nature can not be changed

Honesty is the first chapter in the Book of wisdom. Let it be our endeavor to merit the character of a just nation.

Wisdom is the right application of knowledge; and true education...is the application of knowledge to the development of a noble and Godlike character.

Good nature is worth more than knowledge, more than money, more than honor, to the persons who possess it.

I will not deny but that the best apology against false accusers is silence and sufferance, and honest deeds set against dishonest words.

The noblest kind of retribution is not to become like your enemy.

The most important object in Boy Scout training is to educate, not instruct.

Don't go on discussing what a good person should be. Just be one.

Know you not that a good man does nothing for appearance sake, but for the sake of having done right?

humility is beyond our reach. if it were a product of reaching, we would instinctively be proud of reaching it. it is a gift.

A person's words reflect the image of his character and the amount of truth and lies in it is always visible to the human heart than ordinary eyes.

Poverty often deprives a man of all spirit and virtue; it is hard for an empty bag to stand upright.

I care not what others think of what I do, but I care very much about what I think of what I do! That is character!

Wisdom teaches us to do, as well as to talk; and to make our words and actions all of a colour.

Do not keep company with a fool for as we can see he is a two-legged beast. Like an unseen thorn he pierces the heart with his sharp words.

Unhappy is that Grandeur which makes us too great to be good; and that Wit which sets us at a distance from true Wisdom.

The first duty of a university is to teach wisdom, not trade; character, not technicalities.