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Character Quotes by Theodore Roosevelt
- I am delighted to have you play football. I believe in rough, manly sports. But I do not believe in them if they degenerate into…
- The Bad Lands grade all the way from those that are almost rolling in character to those that are so fantastically broken in form and…
- No man can lead a public career really worth leading, no man can act with rugged independence in serious crises, nor strike at great abuses,…
- The chief factor in any man's success or failure must be his own character.
- Bodily vigor is good, and vigor of intellect is even better, but far above is character.
- Love of peace is common among weak, short-sighted, timid, and lazy persons; and on the other hand courage is found among many men of evil…
- In the great battle of life, no brilliancy of intellect, no perfection of bodily development, will count when weighed in the balance against the assemblage…
- I do. That is character!
- I am far from underestimating the importance of dividends, but I rank dividends below human character.
- 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…
- A vote is like a rifle; its usefulness depends upon the character of the user.
- Character, in the long run, is the decisive factor in the life of an individual and of nations alike.
- Americanism is a question of principle, of idealism, of character. It is not a matter of birthplace, or creed, or line of descent.
- In speaking to you men of the greatest city of the West, men of the state which gave to the country Lincoln and Grant, men…
- Laws are essential emanations from the self-poised character of God; they radiate from the sun to the circling edge of creation. Verily, the mighty Lawgiver…
More Character Quotes
- The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil. — Hannah Arendt
- Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion. — Aristotle
- Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them. — Aristotle
- The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons. — Aristotle
- All virtue is summed up in dealing justly. — Aristotle
- What the statesman is most anxious to produce is a certain moral character in his fellow citizens, namely a disposition to virtue… — Aristotle
- One of my favorite things about 'Star Trek' wasn't just the overt banter but the humor in that show about the relationships… — J. J. Abrams
- My mom was such a strong character. I don't want to say she was like a man, but she was tough. — Lance Armstrong
- Casting ethnic characters is a very hard thing to do, but it's important. It's also interesting. — Darren Aronofsky
- You can fake your age or mask it, but the passion that moves the characters has to be real. — Victoria Abril
- I have always regarded Mr. Bean as a timeless, ageless character, and I would rather he be remembered as a character mostly… — Rowan Atkinson
- When I was doing Bean more than I've done him in the last few years, I did strange things - like appearing… — Rowan Atkinson