Human Character Quotes

45 quotes by 43 authors

Every thing in human character goes to wreck, under the reign of procrastination, while prompt action gives to all things a corresponding and proportional life… — William Alcott
Persistence is the great measure of individual human character. — Brian Tracy
Vivisection is a social evil because if it advances human knowledge, it does so at the expense of human character. — George Bernard Shaw
To model our political system upon speculations of lasting tranquility, is to calculate on the weaker springs of the human character. — Alexander Hamilton
We are armed with language adequate to describe each leaf of the filed, but not to describe human character. — Henry David Thoreau
The Henty books provide training in history and in many of the highest aspects of human character... American young people should read not a few… — Arthur B. Robinson
The study of the human character opens at once a beautiful and a deformed picture of the soul. — Mercy Otis Warren
The human character, we believe, requires in general constant and immediate control to prevent its being biased from right by the seductions of self-love. — Thomas Jefferson
I think the greatest of all human virtues is loyalty. It embraces all the best of the human character: courage, faith, love and charity. — Douglas Bader
Among the sentiments of most powerful operation upon the human heart, and most highly honorable to the human character, are those of veneration for our… — John Quincy Adams
It is impossible â€“ now, at this point in the long journey of human culture â€“ to avoid the sense that pain is necessity; that… — Howard Barker
WE HAVE HAD OUR LAST CHANCE. THE PROBLEM NOW IS BASICALLY THEOLOGICAL, AND INVOLVES SPIRITUALITY AND IMPROVEMENT OF human CHARACTER. IT MUST BE OF THE… — Douglas MacArthur
There is no glory in war, yet from the blackness of its history, there emerge vivid colours of human character and courage. Those who risked… — Silvia Cartwright
We never know how much one loves till we know how much he is willing to endure and suffer for us; and it is the… — Henry Ward Beecher
The measure of human character is our reaction to dark times. No one can sidestep darkness. It is the throne upon which light sits. If… — David Wolpe
To judge human character rightly, a man may sometimes have very small experience, provided he has a very large heart. — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
For a human character to reveal truly exceptional qualities, one must have the good fortune to be able to observe its performance over many years.… — Jean Giono
Societyâ€™s future will depend on a continuous improvement program for the human character. And what will that future bring? I do not know, but it… — Neil Armstrong
An astonishing book. In compelling language, both homely and elegant, Young Men and Fire miraculously combines a fascinating primer on fires and firefighting, a powerful,… — Timothy Foote
In the current era, more than prodigies in mathematics, science, athletics, or art, I believe we need prodigies of good character and integrity. People who… — Ilchi Lee

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