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"If men do not comprehend the character of God, they do not comprehend themselves"
-- Joseph Smith (1805–1844), American prophet and founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon)

"Men of genius are admired.
Men of wealth are envied.
Men of power are feared, but
only men of character are trusted."

-- Arthur Friedman (Movie Producer)

If you can't be a pine on the top of the hill
Be a scrub in the valley, but be
The best little scrub by the side of the rill.
Be a bush if you can't be a tree.

If you can't be a bush, be a bit of the grass,
And some highway the happier make.
If you can't be a muskie then just be a bass,
But the liveliest bass in the lake.

We can't all be captains; there's got to be crew.
There is something for all of us here.
There are great things to do, there are small things to do,
And the thing you must do is the near.
If you can't be a highway, then just be a trail.
If you can't be a sun, be a star.
For success is not measured by how large or how small;
Just be the best of whatever you are.

-- Douglas Mallack

"Our busy lives force us to focus on things we do from day to day. But the development of character comes only as we focus on who we really are."
-- Russell M. Nelson (1924-) LDS Apostle, internationally renowned heart surgeon and medical researcher

"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."
-- John Wooden

"Building character strength is like building physical strength. When the test comes, if you don't have it, no cosmetics can disguise the fact that it just isn't there. You can't fake it. It takes strength to set a heroic goal, to work on chronic problems instead of going for the 'quick fix,' to stay with your commitments when the tide of popular opinion turns against you."
-- Stephen R. Covey et. al: First Things First

"Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experiences of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired and success achieved."
-- Helen Keller (1880–1968) American author, activist and lecturer

"The character ethic, which I believe to be the foundation of success, teaches that there are basic principles of effective living, and that people can only experience true success and enduring happiness as they learn and integrate these principles into their basic character."
-- Stephen R. Covey

"Character is not a commodity that can be purchased. It is built by the decisions you permanently chisel on your heart. Strive for a reputation that will cause people to say, 'He means what he says.'"
-- Neil Eskelin

"Character isn't inherited. One builds it daily by the way one thinks and acts, thought by thought, action by action."
-- Helen Gahagan Douglas (1900-1980), former U.S. Congresswoman

"Character isn't something you were born with and can't change, like your fingerprints. It's something you weren't born with and must take responsibility for forming."
-- Jim Rohn

"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."
-- Dr. William Ellery Channing (1780-1842)

"The foolish and wicked practice of profane cursing and swearing is a vice so mean and low, that every person of sense and character detests and despises it."
-- George Washington

"Great is the heartfelt joy when, after innumerable and apparently unsuccessful attempts, some ingrained fault of character is at last cast out to trouble its erstwhile victim and the world no more."
James Allen, The Mastery of Destiny

"Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves, some turn up their noses, and some don't turn up at all."
-- Sam Ewing

"High character and low skills won't make you a success, but still makes you an appreciated person. Low character and high skills makes you a charlatan. High character and high skills will bring you all the success you can handle." -- Chris Widener (American Businessman, Author and Speaker)

"It's what each of us sows, and how, that gives to us character and prestige. Seeds of kindness, goodwill, and human understanding, planted in fertile soil, spring up into deathless friendships, big deeds of worth, and a memory that will not soon fade."
-- George Matthew Adams

"Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power."
-- Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865)

"People of character do the right thing, not because they think it will change the world but because they refuse to be changed by the world."
-- Michael Josephson (Ethicist and Radio Commentator)

"When you are good to others you are best to yourself."
-- Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)

"Be daring, be different, be impractical, be anything that will assert integrity of purpose and imaginative vision against the play-it-safers, the creatures of the commonplace, the slaves of the ordinary."
-- Sir Cecil Beaton (1904-1980) British photographer and designer

"Better keep yourself clean and bright; you are the window through which you must see the world."
-- George Bernard Shaw

"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!"
-- Theodore Roosevelt

"Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip."
-- Will Rogers 1879-1935

"My philosophy is that not only are you responsible for your life, but doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment."
-- Oprah Winfrey (Award Winning Media Personality)

"Only the weak are cruel. Gentleness can only be expected from the strong."-– Leo Buscaglia (1924-1998, American Author and Expert on Love and Human Relationships)

"Characters do not change. Opinions alter, but characters are only developed."
-- Benjamin Disraeli