Happiness is not the end of life, character is.
Character Quotes
Observe a man’s actions; scrutinize his motives; take note of the things that give him pleasure. How, then, can he hide from you what he really is?
A man may be outwardly successful all his life long, and die hollow and worthless as a puffball; and he may be externally defeated all his life long, and die in the royalty of a kingdom established within him. A man’s true estate of power and riches, is to be in himself; not in his […]
Industry, thrift and self-control are not sought because they create wealth, but because they create character.
The formation of character in young people is educationally a different task from, and a prior task to, the discussion of the great, difficult, ethical controversies of the day. First things first. And planting the ideas of virtue, of good traits in the young, comes first. In the moral life, as in life itself, we […]
Character is the only secure foundation of the state.
It is our character that supports the promise of our future – far more than particular government programs or policies.
What we are communicates far more eloquently than anything we say or do. We all know it. There are people we trust absolutely because we know their character. Whether they’re eloquent or not, whether they have the human relations techniques or not, we trust them, and we work successfully with them.
People of good character are not all going to come down on the same side of difficult political and social issues. Good people – people of character and moral literacy – can be conservative, and good people can be liberal. We must not permit our disputes over thorny political questions to obscure the obligation we […]
No man knows his true character until he has run out of gas, purchased something on the installment plan and raised an adolescent.
