Quotes About Character

Não é fácil fazer o que é certo quando é mais fácil fazer errado. é necessário ter um carácter forte. (p. 130)

Developing and maintaining integrity require constant attention. John Weston, chairman and CEO of Automatic Data Processing, Inc., says, "I`ve always tried to live with the following simple rule: Don`t do what you wouldn`t feel comfortable reading about in the newspapers the next day." That`s a good standard all of us should keep.

WHO YOU ARE IS WHO YOU ATTRACT—GROW ACCORDINGLY.

Almost every man wastes part of his life in attempts to display qualities which he does not possess." Your goal should be to waste as little of your life as possible. As former MLB catcher Jim Sundberg says, "Discover your uniqueness; then discipline yourself to develop it.

The only thing that walks back from the tomb with the mourners and refuses to be buried is the character of a man. This is true. What a man is survives him. It can never be buried." —J. R. MILLER

La influencia debe ser algo que se gana.

All of those shortcomings are the result of character, not capacity. Character growth determines the height of your personal growth. That's the Law of the Ladder.

una posición no hace al líder, es el líder el que hace la posición.

Usted puede concederle una posición a alguien, pero no puede concederle un verdadero liderazgo.

What we do on some great occasion will depend on what we are; and what we are will be the result of previous years of self-discipline." —H. P. Liddon

Andrew Carnegie said, "As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do." Great

Crisis doesn't necessarily make character, but it certainly does reveal it. Adversity is a crossroads that makes a person choose one of two paths: character or compromise. Every time he chooses character, he becomes stronger, even if that choice brings negative consequences.

The first key to greatness," Socrates reminds us, "is to be in reality what we appear to be.

If you want to be the best leader you can possibly be, no matter how much or how little natural leadership talent you possess, you need to become a serving leader.

Occasionally someone will ask me about how ego fits into the leadership equation. They'll want to know what keeps a leader from having a huge ego. I think the answer lies in each leader's pathway to leadership. If people paid their dues and gave their best in obscurity, ego is usually not a problem.

There's no such thing as business ethics—there's only ethics.

A servant leader's value rests in why he does what he does and how well he does it, not in what he does or how often he does it. This allows him to find value in who he is.

Even the most noble endeavors fail with immoral leadership.

Image promises much but produces little. Integrity never disappoints.

Cuando los líderes aprenden buenos valores y los viven, ellos mismos se hacen más valiosos e incrementan el valor de las demás personas.

La integridad no es tanto lo que hacemos sino lo que somos. Y lo que somos, a su vez, determina lo que hacemos.

titles don't have much value when it comes to leading.

To work together, we must have all three. Generosity: giving up resources for the whole. Humility: giving up your own importance, position, and power. Integrity: truthfulness so that others can depend on your character.

Live the legacy you want to leave. I believe that to have any credibility as a leader, you must live what you say you believe. If you want to create a legacy, you need to live it first. You must become what you desire to see in others.