Character Quotes

America has but one main problem — the character of the men and women it shall produce.

I would do the baby voice and it’s kind of like this character I made up. But in real life, I’m completely different. I’m very smart. I think a lot of people will assume I’m an airhead.

Few men realize that their life, the very essence of their character, their capabilities and their audacities, are only the expression of their belief in the safety of their surroundings.

I have not need to promise what I cannot do.

War exposes the best and worst of those who are called to fight. I know of no man who lacked character in peace and then discovered his character in combat.

To character and success, two things, contradictory as they may seem, must go together. Humble dependence on God and manly reliance on self.

For nations, history plays the role that character confers on human beings.

We are put in situations to build our character, not destroy us.

Good character is more to be praised than outstanding talent. Most talents are, to some extent, a gift. Good character, by contrast, is not given to us. We have to build it, piece by piece – by thought, choice, courage, and determination.

Money doesn’t change you; it reveals who you are when you no longer have to be nice.