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Quotes About Character

If you don't have enemies, you don't have character.
~ Paul Newman
The sure mark of one born with noble qualities is being born without envy.
~ Francois de La Rochefoucauld
The truest mark of being born with great qualities is to be born without envy.
~ Francois de La Rochefoucauld
There is not a single soul that jealousy looks good on. Nobody! It looks ugly on everybody and it makes us act ugly - it makes us act out of character.
~ Beth Moore
When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people.
~ Abraham Joshua Heschel
I think probably kindness is my number one attribute in a human being. I'll put it before any of the things like courage or bravery or generosity or anything else.
~ Roald Dahl
Goodness is about character - integrity, honesty, kindness, generosity, moral courage, and the like. More than anything else, it is about how we treat other people.
~ Dennis Prager
Kindness connects to who you are, while niceness connects to how you want to be seen.
~ David Levithan
If you're naturally kind, you attract a lot of people you don't like.
~ William Feather
Keep doing good deeds long enough, and you'll probably turn out a good man in spite of yourself.
~ Louis Auchincloss
It is nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice.
~ John Templeton
To me, the real marks of beauty in a woman are courage, character, kindness, and personality.
~ David Walker
Courage. Kindness. Friendship. Character. These are the qualities that define us as human beings, and propel us, on occasion, to greatness.
~ R.J. Palacio, Wonder
Kindness is an everyday byproduct of all the great virtues.
~ Krista Tippett
Kindness is the essence of greatness.
~ Joseph B. Wirthlin
It is easy to perform a good action, but not easy to acquire a settled habit of performing such actions.
~ Aristotle
Cleverness is a gift, kindness is a choice. Gifts are easy-they're given after all. Choices can be hard.
~ Jeff Bezos
One of kindness and integrity. I know I fail constantly, but I'm working towards being a reliable and worthy contributor to the world.
~ Caitlin Stasey
We must not mistake kindness for weakness. Kindness isn't weak. Kindness is a certain type of strength.
~ Jim Rohn
Kindly words do not enter so deeply into men as a reputation for kindness.
~ Mencius
Actions determine what kind of characteristics are developed.
~ Aristotle
Don't be yourself - be someone a little nicer.
~ Mignon McLaughlin
Don't mistake kindness for weakness, baby.
~ Albert Collins
Genuine kindness is not what we do, it is what we are.
~ Vernon Howard