Quotes About Character

What we do during our working hours determines what we have; what we do in our leisure hours determines what we are.

It matters not what you are thought to be, but what you are.

You cannot be a Big person with a Small heart

Good people are found not changed. Recently I read a headline that said, 'We don't teach people to be nice. We simply hire nice people.' Wow! What a clever short cut.

The higher our position the more modestly we should behave.

Honesty first; then courage; then brains - and all are indispensable.

What you possess in the world will be found at the day of your death to belong to someone else. But what you are will be yours forever.

He who stays not in his littleness, loses his greatness.

When you see a good person, think of becoming like her/him. When you see someone not so good, reflect on your own weak points.

May you grow to be proud, dignified, and true, and do unto others as you'd have done to you.

a dog is not considered a good dog because he is a good barker. a man is not considered a good man because he is a good talker.

Many individuals have, like uncut diamonds, shining qualities beneath a rough exterior.

Great acts are made up of small deeds.

Happiness does not consist in pastimes and amusements but in virtuous activities.

Those who look for the bad in people will surely find it.

People pay for what they do, and still more for what they have allowed themselves to become, and they pay for it, very simply, by the lives they lead.

The greatness of our God lies in the fact that [He] is both tough minded and tender hearted.

Humility, that low, sweet root, from which all heavenly virtues shoot.

Great acting is being able to create a character. Great character is being able to be yourself.

Talent is a gift, but character is a choice.

A good head and good heart are always a formidable combination. But when you add to that a literate tongue or pen, then you have something very special.

Men's natures are alike; it is their habits that separate them.

It only takes one lie to taint your entire testimony.

What we love determines what we seek. What we seek determines what we think and do. What we think and do determines who we are — and who we will become.