Quotes About Character

Of all virtues and dignities of the mind, goodness is the greatest

It is far pleasanter to injure and afterwards beg forgiveness than to be injured and grant forgiveness. He who does the former gives evidence of power and afterwards of kindness of character.

Contrary to the cliche', genuinely nice guys most often finish first or very near it.

The five kinds of grains are considered good plants, but if the grains are not ripe, they are worse than cockles. It is the same with regard to kindness, which must grow into maturity.

Kindness steers no easy course. Attributing it to character, we seldom recognize the secret efforts of a noble heart, whereas we reward really wicked people for the evil they refrain from committing.

Intelligence starts to get pretty dull if it's not coupled with kindness.

We need to teach our youth American values, kindness, honesty,respect.

Yet do I fear thy nature It is too full o' the milk of human kindness.

Your wealth or status doesn't make you. Your kindness and character does.

I don't bless people because I don't wanna. I do it because that's what kind of person I am. It's almost like i can't resist." ? Sage Canny

Small kindnesses, small courtesies, small considerations, habitually practised in our social intercourse, give a greater charm to the character than the display of great talents and accomplishments.

True beauty is born through our actions and aspirations and in the kindness we offer to others.

Kindness isn't so difficult, when the object is worthy.

Kindness is the essence of greatness and the fundamental characteristic of the noblest men and women I have known.

Great advantage is drawn from knowledge of your adversary, and when you know the measure of his intelligence and character, you can use it to play on his weakness.

Humble because of knowledge; mighty by sacrifice.

Besides the practical knowledge which defeat offers, there are important personality profits to be taken.

The character of a nurse is just as important as the knowledge he/she possesses.

There is more value in a little study of humility and in a single act of it than in all the knowledge in the world.

Your thorns are the best part of you.

It is not enough to know what is good: you must be able to do it.

Knowledge has outstripped character development, and the young today are given an education rather than an upbringing.

The essential thing is not knowledge, but character.

Real-life people are often the hardest to play, people that you recreate who have actually lived, because you have to live up to people's knowledge of those characters.