Quotes About Character

it could take 30 years to build your reputation and yet it can be lost in 30 seconds.

People love doing business with good people.

in this age of great ambiguity and relentless change, so many people cut "ethical corners". Too many people think that dishonesty will get them ahead.

Every time you fail to do the right thing, you fuel the habit of doing the wrong thing. Every time you do not tell the truth, you feed the habit of being untruthful.

As Emerson said: 'Character is higher than intellect.

There is nothing noble about being superior to some other person. True nobility lies in being superior to your former self All I'm really.

this world needs human beings behaving like leaders more than ever before.

hard times do make better people. That in the middle of difficulty lives opportunity. And that each of us is built to win—in both work and life.

Cada instante que dedicáis a algo que sabéis que es lo más correcto, y no lo más fácil, favorece vuestra entrada en el Salón de la Fama de aquellos que alcanzan grandes logros.

Lo cierto es que todas estas personalidades excepcionales son al principio gente corriente. Gente que, a través de una incesante práctica y un constante entrenamiento para adoptar hábitos diarios excepcionales, para desarrollar su capacidad de hacer frente a las tentaciones, consiguen hacerse más fuertes, hasta que la cultura los percibe como seres humanos con cualidades superiores.

You become undefeatable in the world by what you do when no one's watching.

He not only talked his talk he walked his walk.

What matters most is not what you are getting, but who you are becoming.

I've come to understand that hard times do make better people

Leadership has nothing to do with what you get or where you sit. Leadership's a lot more about how brilliantly you work and how masterfully you behave

To be clear, every day—for the rest of your life—you'll be faced with the chance of showing leadership

you don't have to have a title to be a leader.

The best, in any endeavor, appreciate the fact that your good name is branded onto every piece of work that you release. And they get that you can't put a price tag on people saying superb things about you.

money is really only the by-product of standing for the finest within you and doing some SEW.

Everyone knows that weeds eat out the life of the garden and of the productive fields. The gardener and the farmer alike each has to keep the weeding process alive... It's like that in the building and developing of character. No one knows our faults and tendencies better than we do ourselves, so that it is up to each one of us to keep the weeds out, and to keep all growth vigorous and fruitful.

A character rich with integrity, courage and trustworthiness is the bedrock of lifelong success.

what lies behind you and what lies in front of you matters little when compared to what lies within you.

The actions you take come together to form your habits, and, this is important, your habits lead you to your destiny.

Character is higher than intellect