Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character; it becomes lack of power to act with courage proportionate to danger.
See a person's means (of getting things). Observe his motives. Examine that in which he rests. How can a person conceal his character?
There needs to be a new emphasis on honesty, character, and integrity in our time. Only as we build again into the fiber of our lives the virtues that are the essence of true civilization will the pattern of our times change.
They think that if you live in a time when the standards are low, it’s okay to do the bare minimum to be deemed virtuous.
Character is like the fire within the flint - latent until it is struck out of the stone. Obeserving the flint stone, who would think it contained the possibility of light? And so it is with the dark experiences of life. When they are met with courage, they give out sparks of spiritual light.
You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge yourself one.
Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.
We should cultivate a meek, quiet and peaceable spirit.
We must remember that intelligence is not enough. Intelligence plus character — that is the goal of true education.
I don't want my kids to be like me, I don't want my daughter to date a guy like me. You know, for a guy like me success is to take care of my children to take care of their life and make 'em cushioned. I don't want them to be around people like me. You know, success for me would be that they never have the opportunity of being in the presence of someone like me.
Love and patience are never wasted; they only appear to be. The devoted wife and mother who is a quiet but effective neighbor but whose obituary is noticed by a comparative few may well have laid up precious little here in the current coin-of-the-realm, recognition, yet rising with her in the resurrection will be relevant attributes and skills honed and refined in family and neighborhood life.
A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination.
Without a rich heart, wealth is an ugly beggar.
I realized that every color limitation has an antidote in one of the other colors. It takes humility to accept and acknowledge the things we do that limit us, then look for the antidote and work to develop it. This brings “character” versus simply slipping through life relying on our innate strengths and enduring our limitations.
As a YELLOW, I worked on being thoughtful for an entire year. My BLUE wife once commented that being thoughtful was such an easy task, perhaps I should work on something more challenging. So I said to her, ‘why don’t you wake up happy every day (something I do very easily) and see how hard different gifts are for different personalities.’ She didn’t say another word because she realized that what is easy for some colors is very challenging for others.
The Color Code helps us to ‘get ourselves’ and then to ‘get others.’ Then The Character Code sets us on the road to “character” as we replace our limitations with strengths.”
When we see men of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves.
Trust is built on 2 components, character and competence.
You don't get character because you're successful; you build character because of the hardships you face.
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands in times of challenge and controversy.
Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.
Character is much easier kept than recovered.
The measure of a real man's character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out.
a taste for battle, an ethic of intellectual honesty
Success is more permanent when you achieve it without destroying your principles.
Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character; it becomes lack of power to act with courage proportionate to danger.
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