Quotes about Character

Industry, thrift and self-control are not sought because they create wealth, but because they create character.

We do not need more intellectual power; we need more moral power. We do not need more knowledge; we need more character. We do not need more government; we need more culture. We do not need more law; we need more religion. We do not need more of the things that are seen; we need more of the things that are unseen

It doesn't matter where you live, Sang Ly, it is how you live.

A distinguishing taste of authentic Christians is their distaste for evil.

Every man over forty is a scoundrel.

Vivisection is a social evil because if it advances human knowledge, it does so at the expense of human character.

Virtue consists, not in abstaining from vice, but in not desiring it.

You should read history and look at ostracism, persecution, martyrdom, and that kind of thing. They always happen to the best men, you know.

Plainness has its peculiar temptations quite as much as beauty.

There is only one failure in life possible, and that is not to be true to the best one knows.

Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds.

Nice people with common sense do not make interesting characters. They only make good former spouses.