Character Quote by John Frederick Boyes

Strict punctuality is a cheap virtue.

— Benjamin Franklin

“Punctuality has been called a “homely, but solid virtue.” Although it is not fancy, it is a strong reflection of a person’s character.”

— Susan C. Young

Punctuality or the lack thereof oftentimes is the only introduction one will ever have to new groups and friends. Serenity and poise are not…

— Marvin J. Ashton

Cunning pays no regard to virtue, and is but the low mimic of reason.

— Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke

Character is the virtue of hard times.

— Charles de Gaulle

Want of punctuality is a want of virtue.

— James Murray Mason

There is some lack either of sense or of character in one who becomes involved in difficulties with the worthless or the vicious.

— John Lancaster Spalding

Even virtue itself, all perfect as it is, requires to be inspirited by passion; for duties are but coldly performed which are but philosophically…

— Anna Brownell Jameson

Without an acquaintance with the rules of propriety, it is impossible for the character to be established

— Confucius

All virtue which is impracticable is spurious.

— Edmund Burke

Fine words and an insinuating appearance are seldom associated with true virtue.

— Confucius

The authority of example and considerations of character, unlike pudding, are not whipped up in an instant.

— Neal A. Maxwell