Character Strength Quotes

What more valuable than Gold? Diamonds. Than Diamonds? Virtue.

Great ambition is the passion of a great character.

I love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but they whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves their conduct, will pursue their principles unto death.

Both gentleness and meekness are born of power, not weakness. There is a pseudo-gentlene ss that is effeminate, and there is a pseudo-meekness that is cowardly. But a Christian is to be gentle and meek because those are Godlike virtues... We should never be afraid, therefore, that the gentleness of the Spirit means weakness of character. It takes strength, God's strength, to be truly gentle.

My character has always been important to me. That was the one thing that I knew, no matter what, I had to hold that strong.

Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.

The majority of people are ready to throw their aims and purposes overboard, and give up at the first sign of opposition or misfortune. A few carry on DESPITE all opposition, until they attain their goal. These few are the Fords, Carnegies, Rockefellers, and Edisons. There may be no heroic connotation to the word persistence, but the quality is to the character of man what carbon is to steel.

They were certainly not soldiers. They were as ignorant of the alphabet of obedience as their officers were of the art of commanding. And yet they acquitted themselves reasonably well, a fact which can be explained only by reference to the causes of their insubordination in camp. These men were the people of the South, and the war was their own; wherefore they fought to win it of their own accord, and not at all because their officers commanded them to do so. Their personal spirit and their intelligence were their sole elements of strength. Death has few terrors for such men, as compared with dishonor, and so they needed no officers at all, and no discipline, to insure their personal good conduct on the field of battle. The same elements of character, too, made them accept hardship with the utmost cheerfulness…

Why do we universally admire and respect a Gandhi, Mandela, Mother Teresa, Lincoln, or any other leader or legend from history's pantheon? It is because they were guided by integrity-based practices. They stood for something. They didn't break with the values they believed in just because they faced struggle.

The depth and strength of a human character are defined by its moral reserves. People reveal themselves completely only when they are thrown out of the customary conditions of their life, for only then do they have to fall back on their reserves.

Firmness in enduring and exertion is a character I always wish to possess. I have always despised the whining yelp of complaint and cowardly resolve.

I gravitate towards roles where women find strength in very difficult, uncompromising situations but maintain clarity in mind, discipline at heart, and a certain strength in spirit.

The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances.

I will never give up fighting firstly because that's not in my character, to just give up.

Jack Aubrey is a tremendous tower of strength and you always want to read about him.

Strength of character does not consist solely in having powerful feelings, but in maintaining one’s balance in spite of them

The effect of great and inevitable misfortune is to elevate those souls which it does not deprive of all virtue.

A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to correct them.

It's easy to maintain your integrity when no one is offering to buy it out.

Your character should always be stronger than your circumstances.

It takes a great deal of character strength to apologize quickly out of one's heart rather than out of pity. A person must possess himself and have a deep sense of security in fundamental principles and values in order to genuinely apologize.

Moderation is an ostentatious proof of our strength of character.

The real test of our character is when the bottom falls out.

I won't change my character for anybody.

We develop our character muscles by overcoming challenges and obstacles.