Favorite Quotations ~  Character, 4 Life Lessons

"It is not the honor that you take with you, but the heritage you leave behind." ~ Branch Rickey

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Character--the willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life is the source from which self-respect springs. ~ Joan Didion

Happiness is not the end of life: character is. ~ Henry Ward Beecher

Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder. ~ George Washington

Look for players with character and ability. But remember character comes first. ~ Joe Gibb

People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built. ~ Eleanor Roosevelt

Character, like a photograph, develops in darkness. ~ Yusuf Karsh

I can’t imagine how anyone can say: “I am weak,” then remain so. After all, if you know it, why not fight against it, why not try to train your character? ~ Anne Frank

Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion. ~ Aristotle

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