The most important ingredient of leadership is character. Most of the proficiencies can be learned, but what's inside you is something that's difficult to change.
— Jesse Robredo
Revealing bad character quotes that are about strength of character
We are what we believe we are.
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.
Watch your thoughts, they become words.
Watch your words, they become actions. Watch your actions, they become habit.
You're a work of art. Not everyone will understand you, but the ones who do, will never forget about you.
Bear in mind that brains and learning, like muscle and physical skill, are articles of commerce. They are bought and sold. You can hire them by the year or by the hour. The only thing in the world not for sale is character.
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
Seven Deadly Sins Wealth without work Pleasure without conscience Science without humanity Knowledge without character Politics without principle Commerce without morality Worship without sacrifice.
When someone disrespects you, beware the impulse to win their respect. For disrespect is not a valuation of your worth but a signal of their character.
Your true character Is most accurately measured by how you treat those who can do 'Nothing' for you
Love always elevates the character of man. It never lowers him, provided love be love
My success symbolizes loyalty, great friends, Dedication, hard work, routine builds character. In a world full of snakes, rats and scavengers
To be yourself in a world that in constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
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.
Strength of character means the ability to overcome resentment against others, to hide hurt feelings, and to forgive quickly.
Learning to stand in somebody else's shoes, to see through their eyes, that's how peace begins. And it's up to you to make that happen. Empathy is a quality of character that can change the world.
A mistake that makes you humble is better than an achievement that makes you arrogant.
A man of bad character punishes his own soul.
The life of a character should be an unbroken line of events and emotions, but a play only gives us a few moments on that line - we must create the rest to portray a convincing life.
You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.
Accept both compliments and criticism. It takes both sun and rain for a flower to grow.
We are all in this world together, and the only test of our character that matters is how we look after the least fortunate among us. How we look after each other, not how we look after ourselves. That's all that really matters, I think.
Too often character assassination has replaced debate in principle here in Washington. Destroy someone's reputation, and you don't have to talk about what he stands for.
The deterioration of every government begins with the decay of the principles on which it was founded.
Remind yourself that you cannot fail at being yourself.
Your character is your accumulation of your thoughts, habits and priorities on a day-to-day basis.
Integrity gives you real freedom because you have nothing to fear since you have nothing to hide.
Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.
Let yourself be drawn by the strange pull of what you love. It will not lead you astray.
The foundation stones for a balanced success are honesty, character, integrity, faith, love and loyalty.
The God of the Old Testament is arguably the most unpleasant character in all fiction: jealous and proud of it; a petty, unjust, unforgiving control-freak; a vindictive, bloodthirsty ethnic cleanser; a misogynistic, homophobic, racist, infanticidal, genocidal, filicidal, pestilential, megalomaniacal, sadomasochistic, capriciously malevolent bully.
Men of genius are admired, men of wealth are envied, men of power are feared;
but only men of character are trusted.
Be curious, bot judgmental.
Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.
No society can long sustain itself unless its members have learned the sensitivities, motivations and skills involved in assisting and caring for other human beings.
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People do not seem to realize that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.
There is a battle of two wolves inside us all. One is evil. It is anger, jealousy, greed, resentment, lies, inferiority and ego. The other is good. It is joy, peace, love, hope, humility, kindness, empathy and truth. The wolf that wins? The one you feed.
Character, courage, industry and perseverance are the four pillars on which the whole edifice of human life can be built and failure is a word unknown to me.
The prosperity of a country depends, not on the abundance of its revenues, nor on the strength of its fortifications, nor on the beauty of its public buildings; but it consists in the number of its cultivated citizens, in its men of education, enlightenment and character.
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.
Keep your words positive because your words become your behavior.
Trust, honesty, humility, transparency and accountability are the building blocks of a positive reputation. Trust is the foundation of any relationship.
The true measure of our character is how we treat the poor, the disfavored, the accused, the incarcerated, and the condemned.
Another flaw in the human character is that everybody wants to build and nobody wants to do maintenance.
The ultimate aim of Karate lies not in victory or defeat, but in the perfection of the character of its participants.
Human greatness does not lie in wealth or power, but in character and goodness.
People are just people, and all people have faults and shortcomings, but all of us are born with a basic goodness.
