Quotes about Character

Do right and you will be conspicuous.

However, like the rest of the world, I still go on underrating men of gold and glorifying men of mica. Commonplace human nature cannot rise above that.

We must remember that intelligence is not enough. Intelligence plus character-that is the goal of true education. The complete education gives one not only power of concentration, but worthy objectives upon which to concentrate.

On some positions, Cowardice asks the question, "Is it safe?" Expediency asks the question, "Is it politic?" And Vanity comes along and asks the question, "Is it popular?" But Conscience asks the question, "Is it right?"... The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of convenience, but where he stands in moments of challenge, moments of great crisis and controversy.

A nation or civilization that continues to produce soft-minded men purchases its own spiritual death on the installment plan.

The true measure of a man is not how he behaves in moments of comfort and convenience but how he stands at times of controversy and challenges.

I have a dream. I have a dream that one day, people will be judged by the content of their character, not by the color of their skin.

In the days ahead we must not consider it unpatriotic to raise certain basic questions about our national character.

To have serpentlike qualities devoid of dovelike qualities is to be passionless, mean, and selfish. To have dovelike without serpentlike qualities is to be sentimental, anemic, and aimless. We must combine strongly marked antitheses.

The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and think critically. Intelligence plus character; that is the goal of a true education.

I have a dream my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. I have a dream today!

What matters is not how long you live…but how you live.