Quotes About Character

Respect yourself. Try to remember that not everything in life can be perfect. You will make mistakes. That's inevitable. But you are not ugly. You will only be ugly when you behave in an ugly way.

Perhaps the surest test of an individual's integrity is his refusal to do or say anything that would damage his self-respect.

If men are to respect each other for what they are, they must cease to respect each other for what they own.

If you respect your body enough to put modest clothes on, then more people will respect you as a person.

Being business minded requires you to always approach things with humility and respect.

The respect that is only bought by gold is not worth much.

Self-respect is the cornerstone of all virtue.

Being popular comes when you have everything. But to be liked, it means that you must be treating people with respect and you must be showing kindness toward them.

Peoples, be peoples and others will respect you. Be courtiers and others will scorn you and it will be well deserved.

You don't play for revenge, you play for respect & pride

Without virtue, and without integrity, the finest talents and the most brilliant accomplishments can never gain the respect, and conciliate the esteem, of the truly valuable part of mankind.

A respectable appearance is sufficient to make people more interested in your soul

Men are respectable only as they respect.

When we feel that we are not sufficiently respected, we should ask ourselves whether we are living as we should.

You can always win points. Winning people's respect is a lot more important.

My respect for human beings is based not on the colour of a man's skin nor authority he may wield, but purely on merit.

A youth is to be regarded with respect.

It is not sufficient to be worthy of respect in order to be respected.

Never respect men merely for their riches, but rather for their philanthropy; we do not value the sun for its height, but for its use.

Nothing destroys one's respect in the hearts of others more than greed.

I was raised to believe in myself. I know I'm cool. I'm not trying to brag or say I'm the man or anything like that. I don't lie or cheat, and I'm not mean to anybody. I treat people with respect.

It can take years to earn respect, but it only takes one day to lose it.

There is a raging tiger inside every man whom God put on this earth. Every man worthy of the respect of his children spends his life building inside himself a cage to pen that tiger in.

It's impossible to feel good about yourself if you are doing things that you aren't proud of. . . . It's essential that you . . . [do] things you can respect and admire.