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Quotes About Character

You cannot have a proud and chivalrous spirit if your conduct is mean and paltry; for whatever a man's actions are, such must be his spirit.
~ Demosthenes
Action is character.
~ F. Scott Fitzgerald
Greatness doesn't come from what you do, but from who you are.
~ Marie Forleo
Integrity is the foundation upon which all other values are built.
~ Brian Tracy
I have discovered that we may be in some degree whatever character we choose. Besides, practice forms a man to anything.
~ James Boswell
Winning isn't worthwhile unless one has something finer and nobler behind it.
~ Amos Alonzo Stagg
Don't be a person of success, be a person of value.
~ Dalai Lama
The hell to be endured hereafter, of which theology tells, is no worse than the hell we make for ourselves in this world by habitually fashioned our characters in the wrong way.
~ William James
I ask that all Americans demonstrate in their personal and public lives... the high ethical standards that are essential to good character and to the continued success of our Nation.
~ William J. Clinton
Serve God with integrity, and if you achieve no success, at least no sin will lie upon your conscience.
~ Charles Spurgeon
People consider me a success because I'm a good football player and make lots of money. But if my heart's not right, if I'm not living a life pleasing to God, I'm a failure.
~ Reggie White
Success is not something you pursue. What you pursue will elude you; it can be like trying to chase butterflies. Success is something you attract by the person you become.
~ Jim Rohn
Meet success like a gentleman; disaster like a man.
~ Winston Churchill
Beauty is no accomplishment on its own. It's what you do with it.
~ Padma Lakshmi
Success may or may not mean that you've acquired a lot. It does mean that you have become a generous person.
~ Robert H. Schuller
To say no at the right time, and then stand by it, is the first element of success. He is the wise man who, for all his life, can keep mind and soul and body clean.
~ David Starr Jordan
It is not in everyone's power to secure wealth, office, or honors; but everyone may be good, generous, and wise.
~ Luc de Clapiers
It really seems as if failure and hardship make more of a human being of folks than success.
~ Gene Stratton-Porter
The strength of character and emotional intelligence to face your failures and learn from them are at the core of success.
~ Robert Kiyosaki
The keys to success, in business and in life, are truthfulness, the ability to take and give, honest and well-intended feedback, strength of character and conviction in one's principles
~ Robert Kiyosaki
The firm, the enduring, the simple, and the modest are near to virtue.
~ Confucius
Rahul is the kind of person who young cricketers can look up to; not only because of his success but also because of the way he conducts himself.
~ Steve Waugh
Success is the best builder of character.
~ Adolph Rupp
If Heaven had looked upon riches to be a valuable thing, it would not have given them to such a scoundrel.
~ Jonathan Swift