Quotes About Character

Without an acquaintance with the rules of propriety, it is impossible for the character to be established

Success is not so much what we have as it is what we are.

Humility is the solid foundation of all virtues.

Greatness lies not in being strong, but in the right use of strength.

How few young men realize that their success in life depends more upon what they are than upon what they know. It is self-esteem that has brought the race this far.

Nothing is worth your integrity. Not success, not money, not fame. Nothing.

The most important thing for a young man is to establish a credit... a reputation, character.

I discovered that success has very little to do with education or race or disposition; it has more to do with principles and following those principles.

It is in disaster, not success, that the heros and the bums really get sorted out.

Failure make people bitter and cruel. Success improves the character of the man.

Your success in investing will depend in part on your character and guts, and in part on your ability to realize at the height of ebullience and the depth of despair alike that this too shall pass.

Happiness is inward, and not outward; and so, it does not depend on what we have, but on what we are.

In life, as on the stage, it's not who I am but what I do that's the measure of my worth and the secret of my success. All the rest is showiness, arrogance and conceit.

It is not true that nice guys finish last. Nice guys are winners before the game even starts.

Show me a character whose life arouses my curiosity, and my flesh begins crawling with suspense.

I'd rather see a sermon than hear one any day; I'd rather one should walk with me than merely tell the way.

I think if you look at people, whether in business or government, who haven't had any moral compass, who've just changed to say whatever they thought the popular thing was, in the end they're losers.

What's the secret to success? It's no secret. You need a winning attitude, honesty and integrity, and a burning desire to succeed.

Speak ill of no man, but speak all the good you know of everybody.

It is not enough to be exceptionally mad, licentious and fanatical in order to win a great reputation; it is still necessary to arrive on the scene at the right time.

Two Things that Define SUCCESS In LIFE: - The Way You Manage when You Have Nothing & Way You Behave when You Have Everything

The average estimate themselves by what they do, the above average by what they are.

It is the accumulative weight of our disciplines and our judgments that leads us to either fortune or failure.

In the end, it is the person you become, not the things you have achieved, that is the most important.