J. C. Watts Quotes About Character

Quotes about: Character

• Character is doing the right thing when nobody's looking. There are too many people who think that the only thing that's right is to get by, and the only thing that's wrong is to get caught.

  J. C. Watts

  Integrity, Character, Thinking

• Character is doing the right thing when nobody's looking.

  J. C. Watts

  Inspirational, Life, Honesty

• Everyone tries to define this thing called Character. It's not hard. Character is doing what's right when nobody's looking.

  J. C. Watts

  Character, Dark, Trying

• I was taught to respect everyone for the simple reason that we're all God's children. I was taught, in the words of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.... to judge a man not by the color of his skin, but by the content of his character. And I was taught that character...is simply doing what's right when nobody's looking.

  J. C. Watts

  Kings, Children, Character

  J. C. Watts' Republican Response to The President's State of The Union Message, www.cnn.com. February 4, 1997.

• To say America can have strong leadership without strong character is to say we can get water without the wet.

  J. C. Watts

  Strong, Character, America

• I am willing to compete on my merits and on my character - not with the color of my skin. We talk about being a color-blind society, but I don't think the political process could actually handle that.

  J. C. Watts

  Character, Thinking, Color

  "Live Chat: Congressman J.C. Watts". The ABC NEWS Interview, abcnews.go.com.

• I embrace my blackness, just as I do my conservatism and my Christianity, but I don't want to be defined or pigeonholed by any one of the many elements that make up my character.

  J. C. Watts

  Character, Elements, Want

  "'What Color Is a Conservative?' by J.C. Watts". abcnews.go.com. October 22.

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