Famous Character Quotes

Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.

Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can't practice any other virtue consistently.

We cannot live better than in seeking to become better.

Compassion is the basis of morality.

The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe.

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

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

The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves.

Act well your part, there all the honour lies.

Integrity is doing the right thing when no one is watching.

Seek not the favour of the multitude; it is seldom got by honest and lawful means.

The enemy is within the gates; it is with our own luxury, our own folly, our own criminality that we have to contend.

A man should be himself, and not try to be liked by everyone.

Pride, the never-failing vice of fools.

We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done.

Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.

Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands.

Deeds will not be less valiant because they are unpraised.

This above all: to thine own self be true.

Character is destiny.

The quality, not the longevity, of one's life is what is important.

The best portion of a good man's life: his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and love.

The final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands.