Character Building Quotes

Let your child be the torch of truth and they shall shine over the entirety of the human society brightening even the darkest corners.

~ Abhijit Naskar

There is nothing glorious about creating life out of passionate penetration. Even the animals can do that. The real glory comes when the life you create becomes the help in the lives of countless other humans.

~ Abhijit Naskar

Do not raise creepy crawlers my dear braveheart parents. Raise mighty humans with Himalayan strength in their veins. Give them the voice that has gone extinct in today’s society. And if there is only one thing you could give to your children, then give them courage – courage to pursue their passion – courage to trample every obstacle in their path – courage to keep walking even when their heart bleeds in agony.

~ Abhijit Naskar

Young bodies are like tender plants, which grow and become hardened to whatever shape you've trained them.

~ Erasmus

The writer's characters must stand before us with a wonderful clarity, such continuous clarity that nothing they do strikes us as improbable behavior for just that character, even when the character's action is, as sometimes happens, something that came as a surprise to the writer himself. We must understand, and the writer before us must understand, more than we know about the character; otherwise neither the writer nor the reader after him could feel confident of the character's behavior when the character acts freely.

~ John Gardner

Give someone you wronged a chance to express their true feelings and learn about yourself and your shortcomings.

~ Unarine Ramaru

I have lost and loved and won and cried myself to the person I am today.

~ Charlotte Eriksson

I believe the main purpose of life is to accept with gratitude what you've been blessed with so that you may use those gifts to mold yourself into the best person you can possibly be. Learning to discern things of true value from those of little or no worth is part of the process.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Sometimes all you need is to forgive yourself.

~ Unarine Ramaru

The fourth gift is Compassion. May you be gentle with yourself and others. May you forgive those who hurt you and yourself when you make mistakes.

~ Charlene Costanzo

The eighth gift is Imagination. May it nourish your visions and dreams.

~ Charlene Costanzo

One of the most critical decisions made in life is choosing with whom to spend your time. For it is those close relationships that gradually mold our character until we become a reflection of the company we keep.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Never fear to lose your three square meal per day if that will cause you to be a fan of the truth. Never fear to have a decrease in the number of your friends if you should maintain the truth…

~ Israelmore Ayivor

Your reputation is what others think of you, your character is what you truly are. Reputations can be manipulated, character can only be developed and maintained.

~ Bohdi Sanders

Humility is as good for the soul as it is for the memory

~ Patricia C. Wrede

God will spare no pains necessary to bring us into relationship with Himself, even as that may mean permitting whatever pain is necessary to do so. Suffering is the grist by which the mill of faith yields the raw material of new character, greater insight and deeper relationship with God.

~ James Castleton

God is not indifferent to suffering. In suffering He created us knowing, in the moment of creation, the necessity of the crucifixion. Christ suffered that we might have confidence that God understands our suffering. In suffering, God reconciled His beloved to Himself. In suffering, He makes us like Himself …

~ James Castleton

Fateful encounters with a cruel world reveal our character. No human is immune from heartbreaking loss. Regardless of our socioeconomic status, eventually everybody shall suffer a grievous personal loss, a body blow that inflicts pain of inexpressible magnitude.

~ Kilroy J. Oldster

The third gift is Courage. May you speak and act with confidence and use courage to follow your own path.

~ Charlene Costanzo

You can't get what you want, if the intentions are solely directed for self-benefits.

~ Ashish Patel

Character modification requires active participation in challenging new experiences, but without reflection upon our encounters in life and the purposeful alteration in our base philosophy new experiences alone will not result in core personality changes. Our thoughts become our habits, and our habits reveal our character. Only by thinking and acting differently will a person attain the quality of character that they seek.

~ Kilroy J. Oldster

With every passing day, we add a page to our personal story, an illustrative script that casts our character shaped by an implacable external environment and fashioned by our supple state of inwardness.

~ Kilroy J. Oldster

Honesty and integrity are the yardsticks by which we measure our intrinsic value.

~ Orly Wahba

Human making is our mission.

~ Abhijit Naskar

It is character that should be the sole measure of judgement in the society of thinking humanity, and nothing short of that would do.

~ Abhijit Naskar

Life will never meet all of our expectations. We must nonetheless accept all disappointments without becoming bitter and cynical. We must always remain mindful of the opportunity to extend kindness and work to improve our character.

~ Kilroy J. Oldster

Don't seek to be respected by everyone, rather seek to be worthy of being respected by everyone.

~ Bohdi Sanders

Life is a character-building opportunity that we all volunteered for.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

A lot can be determined by the choices we make, even if the action is initiated by self-preservation. Many ... no, most ... of our choices are driven by fear: fear of death, fear of humiliation, fear of loneliness. But it's how we respond to fear that matters. It's what defines us. What makes us who we are. So maybe in your mind you acted selfishly, but I'm alive because of the choice you made. So I'll remember it as an act of kindness and yes, even bravery.

~ Michael J. Sullivan

The loss of these tastes [for poetry and music] is a loss of happiness, and may possibly be injurious to the intellect, and more probably to the moral character, by enfeebling the emotional part of our nature.

~ Charles Darwin

Never miss an opportunity to be truly and deeply humiliated! The shame will carve you down to an individual of exquisite layering, and in the process, etch within you the arcs of exceptional narrative.

~ Ashim Shanker

The ninth gift is Reverence. May you appreciate the wonder that you are and the miracle of all creation.

~ Charlene Costanzo

The thing about being powerful is that it may be a limited edition... as the source of the power goes you go, but becoming empowered will last a lifetime.

~ Johnnie Dent Jr.

Use your gifts well and you will discover others, among them a gift that is uniquely you. See these noble gifts in other people. Share the truth and be ready for the miracle to unfold

~ Charlene Costanzo

The tenth gift is Wisdom. Guiding your way, wisdom will lead you through knowledge to understanding. May you hear its soft voice.

~ Charlene Costanzo

The sixth gift is Joy. May it keep your heart open and filled with light.

~ Charlene Costanzo

The seventh gift is Talent. May you discover your own special abilities and contribute them toward a better world.

~ Charlene Costanzo

The fifth gift is Hope. Through each passage and season, may you trust the goodness of life.

~ Charlene Costanzo

The eleventh gift is Love. It will grow each time you give it away.

~ Charlene Costanzo

The second gift is Beauty. May your deeds reflect its depth.

~ Charlene Costanzo