Notables and Quotables
“Character”
“Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.”
– Abraham Lincoln, U.S. President
“Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.”
– John Wooden, American Basketball Coach
“Character is the real foundation of all worthwhile success.”
– John Hays Hammond, American Inventor
“Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody's going to know whether you did it or not.”
– Oprah Winfrey, American Television Producer
“I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
– Maya Angelou, American Poet
“What we know matters, but who we are matters more.”
– Brené Brown, American Professor
“Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.”
– Albert Einstein, American Physicist
“The content of your character is your choice. Day by day, what you choose, what you think, and what you do is who you become.”
– Heraclitus, Greek Philosopher
“You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.”
– Johann Wolfgang von Goethes, German Writer
“Knowledge will give you power, but character [will give you] respect.”
– Bruce Lee, Chinese-American Martial Artist
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