Strength Of Character Quotes - Page 2

• The conquering of adversity produces strength of character, forges self-confidence, engenders self-respect, and assures success in righteous endeavor.

  Richard G. Scott

  Strength, Success, Respect

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• Peace is not the absence of war, but a virtue based on strength of character.

  Baruch Spinoza

  Peace, War, Philosophical

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• The keys to success, in business and in life, are truthfulness, the ability to take and give, honest and well-intended feedback, strength of character and conviction in one's principles

  Robert Kiyosaki

  Inspirational, Life, Strength

  FaceBook post by Robert Kiyosaki from Aug 08, 2013

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• Apology sends the clearest signal that we have the strength of character to reconcile ourselves with the truth.

  John Kador

  Character, Apology, Signals

  John Kador (2009). “Effective Apology: Mending Fences, Building Bridges, and Restoring Trust”, p.3, Berrett-Koehler Publishers

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• A man should be able to hear, and to bear, the worst that could be said of him.

  Saul Bellow

  Real Men, Able, Bears

  Saul Bellow (2015). “Ravelstein”, p.72, Penguin

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• Moderation is an ostentatious proof of our strength of character.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Character, Moderation, Proof

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• The future success of our Nation depends on our children's ability to understand the difference between right and wrong and to have the strength of character to make the right choices. To help them reach their full potential and live with integrity and pride, we must teach our children to be kind, responsible, honest, and self-disciplined. These important values are first learned in the family, but all of our citizens have an obligation to support parents in the character education of our children

  George W. Bush

  Children, Integrity, Character

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• The depth and strength of a human character are defined by its moral reserves. People reveal themselves completely only when they are thrown out of the customary conditions of their life, for only then do they have to fall back on their reserves.

  Leon Trotsky

  Being Strong, Stay Strong, Fall

  Leon Trotsky, George Breitman, George Saunders (1977). “Portraits, political & personal”

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• Eccentricity: strength of character doubling back on itself.

  Mason Cooley

  Strength, Character, Eccentricity

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• Don't pray for an easy life, pray to be a stronger man.

  John F. Kennedy

  Strength, Men, Life Being Hard

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• Strength of character is certainly needed to face life in the world and to stand by right principles, especially in the age in which we live.

  Rose Philippine Duchesne

  Character, Age, Principles

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• what I want you to be - I don't mean physically but morally: you are very well physically - is a firm fellow, a fine firm fellow, with a will of your own, with resolution. with determination. with strength of character that is not to be influenced except on good reason by anybody, or by anything. That's what I want you to be. That's what your father, & your mother might both have been

  Charles Dickens

  Mother, Determination, Father

  Charles Dickens (2014). “David Copperfield (Illustrated)”, p.537, BookRix

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• That so few now dare to be eccentric, marks the chief danger of the time.

  John Stuart Mill

  Success, Time, Work

  John Stuart Mill, Jeremy Bentham, John Troyer (2003). “The Classical Utilitarians: Bentham and Mill”, p.202, Hackett Publishing

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• Man can have strength of character only as he is capable of controlling his faculties; of choosing a rational end; and, in its pursuit, of holding fast to his integrity against al! the might of external nature.

  Mark Hopkins

  Integrity, Character, Men

  Adam Reid, Benjamin Wood, Friedrich Schleiermacher, Henry Brewster Stanton, Laurens Perseus Hickok (1850). “Strength and beauty: A baccalaureate sermon, delivered at Williamstown, Ms. August 17, 1851”

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• There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them.

  Bruce Lee

  Life, Motivational, Strength

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• I'm very much for helping create women who are going to be successful women. I don't like women who imitate men, who want to emasculate men. I think women should be feminine. That does not mean a 'air-brain' or someone who is not strong. I think real strength is strength of character, not the ability to push everyone around.

  June Dally-Watkins

  Strong, Real, Women

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• Never forget that you are a [child] of God. He loves you. Live by your standards. Stand up for what you believe in. Sometimes it is not easy, and you may be standing alone for a while. Look for friends with integrity and character, then go to them and express appreciation for their examples. You might even find someone who has been feeling as lonely as you. Pray for guidance and protection from the Lord. He will sustain you. He will become a trusted friend, and you will discover that your example will attract many friends who will take courage from your strength of character.

  W. Craig Zwick

  Lonely, Appreciation, Children

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• Faith and character are intimately related. Faith in the power of obedience to the commandments of God will forge strength of character available to you in times of urgent need.

  Richard G. Scott

  Character, Needs, Obedience

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• Honesty is the foundation of a sound character and the keystone of all other virtues. It is the cement without which all other redeeming features are fractured and without anchor. A dishonest person may be kind, witty, and very capable, but the strength of character simply isn't there. Honesty does not come by degrees. A person is either all honest or he is dishonest. You can be true or you can be false, but you can't be both at the same time.

  William Grant Bangerter

  Witty, Honesty, Character

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• In this age, the mere example of non-conformity, the mere refusal to bend the knee to custom, is itself a service. Precisely because the tyranny of opinion is such as to make eccentricity a reproach, it is desirable, in order to break through that tyranny, that people should be eccentric.

  John Stuart Mill

  Order, Break Through, People

  John Stuart Mill (1989). “J. S. Mill: 'On Liberty' and Other Writings”, p.67, Cambridge University Press

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• I can get my head turned by a good-looking guy as much as the next girl. But sexy doesn't impress me. Smart impresses me, strength of character impresses me. But most of all, I am impressed by kindness. Kindness, I think, comes from learning hard lessons well, from falling and picking yourself up. It comes from surviving failure and loss. It implies an understanding of the human condition, forgives its many flaws and quirks. When I see that in someone, it fills me with admiration.

  Lisa Unger

  Strength, Girl, Sexy

  Lisa Unger (2010). “Four Thrillers by Lisa Unger: Beautiful Lies, Sliver of Truth, Black Out, Die for You”, p.69, Crown

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• Being an #‎ entrepreneur is not a get-rich scheme; it takes #‎ strength of character to keep going.

  Robert Kiyosaki

  Strength, Being Strong, Business

  Twitter post from Jul 16, 2013

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• In this age, the mere example of non-conformity, the mere refusal to bend the knee to custom, is itself a service. Precisely because the tyranny of opinion is such as to make eccentricity a reproach, it is desirable, in order to break through that tyranny, that people should be eccentric. Eccentricity has always abounded when and where strength of character has abounded; and the amount of eccentricity in a society has generally been proportional to the amount of genius, mental vigor, and moral courage which it contained. That so few now dare to be eccentric, marks the chief danger of the time.

  John Stuart Mill

  Character, Order, Break Through

  John Stuart Mill (2003). “Mill's On Liberty”, p.81, Agora Publications, Inc.

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• The amount of eccentricity in a society has generally been proportional to the amount of genius, mental vigor, and moral courage it contained. That so few now dare to be eccentric marks the chief danger of the time.

  John Stuart Mill

  Courage, Vigor, Genius

  John Stuart Mill (2012). “On Liberty”, p.56, Courier Corporation

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• One has to have the strength of character to say the time has come to move on... unless you are a king.

  Kofi Annan

  Kings, Moving, Character

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