Quotes About Character

What makes you different might be your greatest strength.

Our words reveal our thoughts; Our manners mirror our self esteem; Our actions reflect our character; Our habits predict the future.

A flaw shouldn't make you hate yourself it should make you feel unique.

It is a grand mistake to think of being great without goodness and I pronounce it as certain that there was never a truly great man that was not at the same time truly virtuous.

Never esteem anything as of advantage to thee that shall make thee break thy word or lose thy self-respect.

Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for it is better to be alone than in bad company.

People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. Never esteem anything as of advantage to you that will make you break your word or lose your self-respect.

You do not wake up one morning a bad person. It happens by a thousand tiny surrenders of self-respect to self-interest.

The ability to subordinate an impulse to a value is the essence of the proactive person.

No man is born without faults; he is the best who is influenced by the fewest.

Integrity simply means a willingness not to violate one's identity.

Self-respect, Self-control and, Self-esteem are all parts of someones dignity.

We can really respect a man only if he doesn't always look out for himself

True humility is intelligent self respect which keeps us from thinking too highly or too meanly of ourselves. It makes us modest by reminding us how far we have come short of what we can be.

Respect for self is the beginning of cultivating virtue in men and women.

It is the highest form of self-respect to admit our errors and mistakes and make amends for them. To make a mistake is only an error in judgment, but to adhere to it when it is discovered shows infirmity of character.

Nothing short of self-respect and that justice which is essential to a national character ought to involve us in war; for sure I am, if this country is preserved in tranquillity twenty years longer, it may bid defiance, in a just cause, to any power

Never brag, never boast. You know what you are worth. And if you really are, people will acknowledge.

You say you know your worth, but your actions prove that you don't.

A book does not make bad jokes, drink too much or eat more than you can afford to pay for.

The most direct and enduring way to reach the mind and imagination of the learner is through the mind, imagination and character of the outstanding teacher.

Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher

It takes a long time to educate a community and it can't be done by spellbinders, moneybags, hypnotizers or magicians or Aladdin's lamp. Character is what matters on a paper.

A woman is like a tea bag - you can't tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water.