Quotes About Character

To be a leader, be an example that others may follow.

We must be courageous yet humble and do what is right not what will make you popular,

Be so strong that no one can ignore you. By blaming others you never win, but you do lose to your conscience again and again.

Don't like me for what I am.Just like me for who I am.

If you want to be unique.Just be yourself.

I have to live with myself and so, I want to be fit for myself to know.

Much of our poetry has the very best manners, but no character.

Always stand on principle even if you stand alone.

Poverty is not a character failing or a lack of motivation. Poverty is a shortage of money.

No man could be equipped for the presidency if he has never been tempted by one of the seven cardinal sins.

Beauty is the virtue of the body as virtue is the beauty of the soul

I suppose, just as an honest man in politics shines more than he would elsewhere.

....for friendships that are acquired by a price and not by greatness and nobility of character are purchased but are not owned, and at the proper moment they cannot be spent.

I had rather be right than be President.

In politics, one can learn some things from cycling, such as how to have character and courage. Sometimes in politics there isn't enough of those things.

There's no such thing as a genius in politics, or at least I have never met one. There are only human beings, some better than others, who rise or fall on the challenges they meet.

Our politics suffers from a shortage of people who put character and country before career and personal gain.

Men who have greatness within them don't go in for politics.

William Gladstone has not a single redeeming defect.

Principle is ever my motto, no expediency.

What matters most in politics is personality. It's not issues; it's not image. It's who you are and what you represent.

Funny to watch these Senators switching back and forth on Prohibition. Politics is a great character builder. You have to take a referendum to see what your convictions are for that day.

He inherited some good instincts from his Quaker forebearers, but by diligent hard work, he overcame them.

It is beter to live 50 years as a tiger rather than live 100 years as a chicken