Human greatness does not lie in wealth or power, but in character and goodness. People are just people, and all people have faults and shortcomings, but all of us are born with a basic goodness.
Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting in a particular way.
Empathy is a quality of character that can change the world.
The greatest legacy one can pass on to one’s children and grandchildren is not money or other material things accumulated in one’s life, but rather a legacy of character and faith.
Knowledge will give you power, but character respect.
If any man thinks ill of you, do not be angry with him, for you are worse than he thinks you to be.
A good character is the best tombstone. Those who loved you and were helped by you will remember you when forget-me-nots have withered. Carve your name on hearts, not on marble.
When anger rises, think of the consequences.
First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.
Love is not primarily a relationship to a specific person; it is an attitude, an ordination of character which determines the relatedness of the person to the whole world as a whole, not toward one object of love.
When writing a novel a writer should create living people; people not characters. A character is a caricature.
Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough.
The opposite of compromise is character.
True friends never become apart; maybe in distance but never in heart.
Silver is purified in fire and so are we. It is in the most trying times that our real character is shaped and revealed.
Do the right thing because it is right.
It’s a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there’s no knowing where you might be swept off to.
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.
It isn’t what we say or think that defines us, but what we do.
By constant self-discipline and self-control you can develop greatness of character. Grenville Kleiser Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.