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Favorite Quotations on Character

  • A man is either honest or dishonest. There can be no compromise between the two.

  • Doing the right thing for the right reason in the right way is the key to quality of life.

  • A moment of choice is a moment of truth. It's the testing point of our character and competence.

  • The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken.

  • There are two circumstances of major importance through which people are tested for sound character.  One comes during the hour of great adversity; the other comes during the hour of victory.

  • Ability can take you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.

  • As a compass directs you through a storm at sea, values direct you through challenges in life.

  • Only good people feel guilt.

  • All rivers and some people are crooked because they follow the path of least resistance.

  • Values are truly shown to exist only when they are tested.

  • Don't lie or mislead by omission.

  • I've learned that to laugh at yourself is the surest sign of maturity.You're worth forgiving if you've completed the 4 R's: taking Responsibility, truly feeling Remorse and Regret, making Reparation, and reassuring no Repeat.

  • Lord, when we're wrong make us willing to change, and when we're right make us easy to live with.  (Peter Marshall)

  • One of the most important lessons that experience teaches is that on the whole success depends more upon character than either intellect or fortune.  (William Lake)

  • A false or misunderstood word may create as much disaster as a sudden thoughtless act. (James Thurber)