Achieve Your Full Potential: 1800 Inspirational Quotes That Will Change Your Life (21 page)

Jonathan Edwards

"Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character."

Albert Einstein

“With integrity you have nothing to fear, since you have nothing to hide. With integrity you will do the right thing, so you will have no guilt. With fear and guilt removed you are free to be and do your best.”
Zig Ziglar

"Each man takes care that his neighbor shall not cheat him. But a day comes when he begins to care that he does not cheat his neighbor. Then all goes well he has changed his market-cart into a chariot of the sun."

Ralph Waldo Emerson

"If you would not be known to do anything, never do it."

Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you."

Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Self-trust is the essence of heroism."

Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Those who listened to Lord Chatham felt that there was something finer in the man, than anything which he said."

Ralph Waldo Emerson

"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us."
Ralph Waldo Emerson

"What you do speaks so loud that I cannot hear what you say."

Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Who you are is speaking so loudly that I can't hear what you're saying."

Ralph Waldo Emerson

"No gilded dome swells from the lowly roof to catch the morning or evening beam; but the love and gratitude of united
America
settle upon it in one eternal sunshine. From beneath that humble roof went forth the intrepid and unselfish warrior, the magistrate who knew no glory but his country's good; to that he returned, happiest when his work was done. There he lived in noble simplicity, there he died in glory and peace. While it stands, the latest generations of the grateful children of
America
will make this pilgrimage to it as to a shrine; and when it shall fall, if fall it must, the memory and the name of
Washington
shall shed an eternal glory on the spot."

Edward Everett

"Life is a series of experiences, each one of which makes us bigger, even though sometimes it is hard to realize this. For the world was built to develop character, and we must learn that the setbacks and griefs which we endure help us in our marching onward."

Henry Ford

"He that has done you a kindness will be more ready to do you another, than he whom you yourself have obliged."

Benjamin Franklin

"Character is not made in a crisis it is only exhibited."

Robert Freeman

"Essential characteristics of a gentleman: The will to put himself in the place of others; the horror of forcing others into positions from which he would himself recoil; the power to do what seems to him to be right, without considering what others may say or think."

John Galsworthy

"A "No" uttered from deepest conviction is better and greater than a Yes merely uttered to please, or what is worse, to avoid trouble."

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

"One man cannot do right in one department of life whilst he is occupied in doing wrong in any other department. Life is one indivisible whole."

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

"Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back on himself. He imposes his own stamp of action, takes responsibility for it, makes it his own."

General Charles DeGaulle

"Success is always temporary. When all is said and done, the only thing you'll have left is your character."

Vince Gill

"We are where we are, as we are, because of what we are."

Earle J. Glade

"Character develops itself in the stream of life."

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

"Genius develops in quiet places
,
Character out in the full current of human life.”
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

"He who is plenteously provided for from within needs but little from without."
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

"Men show their character in nothing more clearly than by what they think laughable."

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

"Talent develops in tranquility, character in the full current of human life."
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

"Talent is nurtured in solitude; character is formed in the stormy billows of the world."
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

"We are shaped and fashioned by what we love."

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

"We have all been inoculated with Christianity, and are never likely to take it seriously now! You put some of the virus of some dreadful illness into a man's arm, and there is a little itchiness, some scratchiness, a slight discomfort, disagreeable, no doubt, but not the fever of the real disease, the turning and the tossing, and the ebbing strength. And we have all been inoculated with Christianity, more or less. We are on Christ's side, we wish him well, we hope that He will win, and we are even prepared to do something for Him, provided, of course, that He is reasonable, and does not make too much of an upset among our cozy comforts and our customary ways. But there is not the passion of zeal, and the burning enthusiasm, and the eagerness of self-sacrifice, of the real faith that changes character and wins the world."

A.J. Gossip

"A reputation once broken may possibly be repaired, but the world will always keep their eyes on the spot where the crack was."

Joseph Hall

"A good character is, in all cases, the fruit of personal exertion. It is not inherited from parents; it is not created by external advantages; it is no necessary appendage of birth, wealth, talents, or station; but it is the result of one's own endeavors, the fruit and reward of good principles manifested in a course of virtuous and honorable action."

J. Hawes

"A good name is seldom regained. When character is gone, all is gone, and one of the richest jewels of life is lost forever."

J. Hawes

"There are men whom a happy disposition, a strong desire of glory and esteem, inspire with the same love for justice and virtue which men in general have for riches and honors....But the number of these men is so small that I only mention them in honor of humanity."

Helvetius

"To keep your character intact you cannot stoop to filthy acts. It makes it easier to stoop the next time."

Katherine Hepburn

"A man’s character is his fate.”

Heraclitus

"Character is destiny.”

Heraclitus

“When I discipline myself to eat properly, live morally, exercise regularly, grow mentally and spiritually, and not put any drugs or alcohol in my body, I have given myself the freedom to be at my best, perform at my best, and reap all the rewards that go along with it.”
Zig Ziglar

"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters,
compared to what lies within us."

Oliver Wendell Holmes

"The true test of character is not how much we know how to do, but how we behave when we don't know what to do."

Jon Holt

"What people say behind your back is your standing in the community."

Ed Howe

"Character is the result of two things: mental attitude and the way we spend our time."
Elbert Green Hubbard

"The proper time to influence the character of a child is about a hundred years before he is born."

Dean Inge

"One man with courage makes a majority.”

Andrew Jackson

"What is character but the determination of incident? What is incident but the illustration of character?"

Henry James Jr.

"In matters of style swim with the current; In matters of principle, stand like a rock."
Thomas Jefferson

"Of the various executive abilities, no one excited more anxious concern than that of placing the interests of our fellow-citizens in the hands of honest men, with understanding sufficient for their stations. No duty is at the same time more difficult to fulfill. The knowledge of character possessed by a single individual is of necessity limited. To seek out the best through the whole
Union
, we must resort to the information which from the best of men, acting disinterestedly and with the purest motives, is sometimes incorrect."

Thomas Jefferson

"A good name, like good will, is got by many actions and lost by one.”

Lord Jeffrey

"Every man has three characters: That which he exhibits, that which he has, and that which he thinks he has."

Alphonse Karr

"Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experiences of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired and success achieved.”
Helen Adams Keller

"Courage is doing without witnesses that which we would be capable of doing before everyone."

Francois, Duc de La Rochefoucauld

"Weakness of character is the only defect which cannot be amended."
Francois, Duc de La Rochefoucauld

"The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good."
Ann Landers "Action, looks, words, steps, form the alphabet by which you may spell character.”
Johann Kaspar Lavater

“When we do more than we are paid to do, eventually we will be paid more for what we do.”
Zig Ziglar

"I am prejudiced in favor of him who, without impudence, can ask boldly. He has faith in humanity, and faith in himself. No one who is not accustomed to giving grandly can ask nobly and with boldness."

Johann Kaspar Lavater

"What you see and hear depends a great deal on where you are standing; it also depends on what sort of person you are.”

C.S. Lewis

"Character is like a tree and reputation its shadow. The shadow is what we think it is; the tree is the real thing."

Abraham Lincoln

"Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power."

Abraham Lincoln

"Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out."

Art Linkletter

"Every man must some time or other be trusted to himself."

John Locke

"The discipline of desire is the background of character."

John Locke

"The measure of a man's real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out."
Thomas Babington, Lord Macaulay

"A man without character is like a ship without a rudder.”

Karl G. Maeser

"
New York
is one of the capitals of the world and
Los Angeles
is a constellation of plastic,
San Francisco
is a lady,
Boston
has become Urban Renewal,
Philadelphia
and
Baltimore
and
Washington
wink like dull diamonds in the smog of Eastern Megalopolis, and
New Orleans
is unremarkable past the French Quarter.
Detroit
is a one-trade town,
Pittsburgh
has lost its golden triangle,
St. Louis
has become the golden arch of the corporation, and nights in
Kansas City
close early. The oil depletion allowance makes Houston and Dallas naught but checkerboards for this sort of game. But
Chicago
is a great American city. Perhaps it is the last of the great American cities."

Norman Mailer

" . . . success is a combination of many things, but a good character is the foundation of the kind of success that will bring you real happiness. Choose your friends wisely, they will make or break you."

Marriott Hotels

"Tolerance is another word for indifference."

William
Somerset
Maugham

 
“What comes out of your mouth is determined by what goes into your mind.”
Zig Ziglar

“If you create a character, you create a destiny."

Andr Maurois

"A big man is one who makes us feel bigger when we are with him."

John C. Maxwell

"A man's reaction to his appetites and impulses when they are roused gives the measure of that man's character. In these reactions are revealed the man's power to govern or his forced servility to yield."

David
Oman
McKay

"There is [a] spiritual strength derived from the subjecting of the physical appetite to the will of the individual. "He who reigns within himself and rules passions, desires, and fears is more than king." If there were no other virtues in fasting but gaining strength of character, that alone would be sufficient justification for its universal acceptance."