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Wit goes for the jugular, not the jocular, and it's the opposite of football; instead of building character, it tears it down.
Sep 10, 2025
The proper time to influence the character of a child is about a hundred years before he is born.
Knowledge will give you power, but character respect.
Most people say that it is the intellect which makes a great scientist. They are wrong: it is character.
Many a man's reputation would not know his character if they met on the street.
If you will think about what you ought to do for other people, your character will take care of itself. Character is a by-product, and any man who devotes himself to its cultivation in his own case will become a selfish prig.
If you create an act, you create a habit. If you create a habit, you create a character. If you create a character, you create a destiny.
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.
Everyone tries to define this thing called Character. It's not hard. Character is doing what's right when nobody's looking.
If you create a character, you create a destiny.
When wealth is lost, nothing is lost; when health is lost, something is lost; when character is lost, all is lost.
The measure of a man's real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out.
Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.
Character, in the long run, is the decisive factor in the life of an individual and of nations alike.
Watch your thoughts, they become words. Watch your words, they become your actions. Watch your actions, they become habits. Watch your habits, they become character. Watch your character, it becomes your destiny.
Martial arts is not about fighting; it's about building character.
No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character.
Men show their character in nothing more clearly than what they think laughable.
A good character is the best tombstone.
Watch your thoughts, they become words.
Every human being is intended to have a character of his own; to be what no others are, and to do what no other can do.
Talent is nurtured in solitude; character is formed in the stormy billows of the world.
Any discussion of the problems of being funny in America will not make sense unless we substitute the word wit for humor. Humor inspires sympathetic good-natured laughter and is favored by the healing-power gang. Wit goes for the jugular, not the jocular, and it's the opposite of football; instead of building character, it tears it down.
Character is doing the right thing when nobody's looking. There are too many people who think that the only thing that's right is to get by, and the only thing that's wrong is to get caught.
Character contributes to beauty. It fortifies a woman as her youth fades.
Character contributes to beauty. It fortifies a woman as her youth fades. A mode of conduct, a standard of courage, discipline, fortitude, and integrity can do a great deal to make a woman beautiful.
... the basic principles of the military services are unchangeable. Courage and candor, obedience and comradeship, love of fatherland and loyalty to the State: these are ever the distinguishing characteristics of the soldier and sailor. Building character through intelligent training and education is always the first and greatest goal.
People do not seem to realize that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.
Sports do not build character. They reveal it.
Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.
You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.
I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.
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.
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.
Character is the result of two things: mental attitude and the way we spend our time.
Be more concerned with your character than your reputation.
Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.
If we don't invest now in building character into children we will surely invest more tomorrow in trying to repair adults.
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.
Watch your thoughts, they become words. Watch your words, they become actions. Watch your actions, they become habit.
Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet.
Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.
I care not what others think of what I do, but I care very much about what I think of what I do! That is character!
Intelligence plus character-that is the goal of true education.
Your character is your destiny. Building character is a task for the brave and dedicated. There are no shortcuts when it comes to building character. If you wish to cure minimalism in your own life, to develop a complete commitment to excellence and an absolute rejection of mediocrity, the question you need to start asking yourself is, "What is the most I can do?"
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
Watch your character; it becomes your destiny.
The best index to a person's character is how he treats people who can't do him any good, and how he treats people who can't fight back.
The law of harvest is to reap more than you sow. Sow an act, and you reap a habit. Sow a habit and you reap a character. Sow a character and you reap a destiny.