Quotes About Character

The devil has more knowledge than any of us, and yet is no better for it.

Genuine historical knowledge requires nobility of character, a profound understanding of human existence - not detachment and objectivity.

The Christian is strong or weak depending upon how closely he has cultivated the knowledge of God.

When you try to do one step forward to attain knowledge about the hidden truths, then do the same time three steps forward to perfect your character.

Knowledge is but an instrument, which the profligate and the flagitious may use as well as the brave and the just.

There are things about us that make us who we are, personality traits, or capacities that we have, or knowledge we possess or that we don't possess, habits we have that are good or bad.

He knows himself, and all that's in him, who knows adversity.

If self-knowledge is the road to virtue, so is virtue still more the road to self-knowledge.

The principal object of your reading should be for the acquisition of useful knowledge , and the strengthening, refining, and ennobling of your character.

I have met a thousand scamps; but I never met one who considered himself so. Self-knowledge isn't so common.

As simple as it sounds we all must try to be the best person we can: by making the best choices by making the most of the talents we've been given.

It has always been my contention that an individual who can be relied upon to be himself and to be honest unto himself can be relied upon in every other way.

Teach honesty by all means - you do know what it is, don't you?

A silent tongue does not betray its owner

There is nothing noble about being superior to some other man. The true nobility is in being superior to your previous self.

Be yourself. Who else is better qualified?

I am better than my reputation.

The supreme quality of leadership is integrity.

The first step for a leader is to be right with yourself. Integrity is the basis of leadership.

Leadership is the sum of those qualities of intellect, human understanding, and moral character that enables a person to inspire and control a group of people successfully.

What you do speaks so loud that I cannot hear what you say.

Good leaders must first become good servants.

Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character. But if you must be without one, be without the strategy.

Leadership is not a position or a title, it is action and example.