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Quotes About Character

We must teach our children that the real measure of their success in life is how much they'd be worth if they had absolutely nothing.
~ Walt Mueller
A shy failure is nobler than an immodest success.
~ Khalil Gibran
To get down to the quick of it, respect motivates me - not success.
~ Hugh Jackman
The chief factor in any man's success or failure must be his own character.
~ Theodore Roosevelt
Success is something you attract, by becoming an attractive person.
~ Jim Rohn
Instead of being concerned that you have no office, be concerned to think how you may fit yourself for office. Instead of being concerned that you are not known, seek to be worthy of being known.
~ Confucius
It is with trifles, and when he is off guard, that a man best reveals his character.
~ Arthur Schopenhauer
Sound character provides the power with which a person may ride the emergencies of life instead of being overwhelmed by them. Failure is... the highway to success.
~ Og Mandino
The vampire was a complete change from the usual romantic characters I was playing, but it was a success.
~ Bela Lugosi
A man has generally the good or ill qualities which he attributes to mankind.
~ William Shenstone
What's important is not the accolades and memories of success but the way you respond when opportunities are denied.
~ Tony Dungy
Do not seek dishonest gains: dishonest gains are losses.
~ Hesiod
Us going out there and performing our best. That's how I define success. I'm not going to define it for us by the wins and the losses as much as by the effort and how we handle ourselves.
~ Jim Courier
True success depends more on character than on intellect.
~ Alfred Armand Montapert
Any guy who can maintain a positive attitude without much playing time certainly earns my respect.
~ Magic Johnson
Integrity is crucial for business success - once you can fake that, you've got it made.
~ Henry Ford
Success is not in what you have, but who you are.
~ Bo Bennett
One of the most important lessons that experience teaches is that, on the whole, success depends more upon character than upon either intellect or fortune.
~ William Edward Hartpole Lecky
The success of those doctrines would also subvert the Federal Constitution, change the character of the Federal Government, and destroy our rights in respect to slavery.
~ John Henninger Reagan
All these people who say success changes people; well, no, it just magnifies what's there.
~ Kevin Smith
The worst use that can be made of success is to boast of it.
~ Arthur Helps
Only temporary success is achieved by taking short cuts.
~ Roger Staubach
Self-Development Quotes on: Courage, Honesty Any kind of lasting success is rooted in honesty.
~ Russell Simmons
Personality is the most important thing to an actress's success.
~ Mae West