Character

"When you help someone in need anonymously, don't think no one knows."

"You don't measure a person by their height or their weight — but rather by the size of their heart."

"Nobody's looking for perfection, but everybody's looking for dedication."

"If you're good, you don't have to tell anyone. Your results speak for themselves."

"Respect is not bought. It's earned."

"Don't tell everybody how good you are. Your actions speak louder than your words."

"Anyone can be a jerk. Not everybody can be nice. The choice is yours."

"If someone tells you how honest they are — cover your wallet."

"If your handshake isn't any good, why would anyone ever want your signature?"

"He is so honest and trustworthy — if he tells you the sun is going to come up in the west, turn your chair."

"I've never seen a statue erected to a critic — but I've seen plenty erected to those they criticized."

"Don't judge a person by their silver and gold — but rather by their character and their soul."

"You don't get a second chance to make a first impression."

"What's popular is not always right."

"I don't know a lot of big fancy words — but I do know a few small simple truths."

"The kind of good person that is always going to do the right thing — even in the dark."

"Nobody wants to be around negative people with negative thoughts. Be the person who lifts the room — not the one who drains it."

"A real friend doesn't always tell you what you want to hear. They tell you what you need to hear — and that's how you know they're real."

"The best way to get a friend is to be one."

"What separates a person with great grades from a person with great character? About a lifetime."

"I'll take someone with manners, compassion, and kindness over someone with great grades every single time."

"A firm handshake and a deep look in the eyes creates a wonderful first impression."

"Humility, honesty, and integrity are the greatest assets you will ever possess."

"What you do is a lot more important than what you say."

"Leopard don't change their spots."

"You can dress up a mule but it's still a mule."

"When someone shows you their true colors — don't try to repaint them."

"Reputation is what people think you are. Character is what you actually are."

"Reputations are earned not bought."

"Money can buy a lot of things. A good name is not one of them."

"Your reputation arrives before you do and stays long after you leave."

"You earn a good reputation the same way you earn anything worth having — slowly, quietly and honestly."

"If your handshake isn't worth a damn, why would I want your signature?"

"Stand straight, speak true, and never let your handshake write a check your character can't cash."

"Real grit ain't about how loud you talk — it's about how quiet you work."

"How you treat people who can do nothing for you reveals everything about you."

"Leave every person better than you found them."

"Character is not what you display when the world is watching — it is what you do when nobody is."

"How many friends you have is probably the best report card of the life you're living."

"Your friends are a reflection of who you are — choose them carefully and treasure them completely."

"Lot of people call them good friends. I call them my Angels."

"Good people don't just show up for the good times. They stay for all of it."

"I didn't always have everything I needed. But I always had good people. That was enough."

"Sometimes your presence says it all."

"You will never regret being too kind. You will always regret not being kind enough."

"Don't let the people you love wonder if you love them."

"A little more love and a little less judgment would fix most of what's broken in this world."

"Love costs nothing to give and means everything to receive."

"The world needs more love and kindness — not less."

"A trusted snake is still a snake."

"A snake's nature doesn't change just because you trust it."

"Work hard, stay humble, and let your character do the talking."

"A handshake and your word — that's still the best contract ever written."

"Character is what you do when nobody's watching and everything's on the line."

"The measure of a man isn't what he has — it's what he gives."

"Treat every person like they're the most important person in the room — because to them, they are."

"A good reputation is built slow and lost fast."

"The right thing to do is usually the hard thing to do. Do it anyway."

"Kindness costs nothing and buys everything."

"Integrity ain't a strategy — it's just doing right because it's right."

"A good name takes a lifetime to build and a minute to lose. Guard it close."

"Money can change a lot of things about a person. Integrity isn't supposed to be one of them."

"You can be poor and have integrity, or rich and have none. Money was never the measure."

"Sometimes the best thing you could say is with your presence."

"A friend in need is a friend indeed."

"You can't put a value on the importance of a good friend who'll just sit and listen."

"A boy doesn't become a good man by being told how. He becomes one by watching one."

"He says it, he does it."

"Ain't never had to remind him of what he said."

"Do the right thing, simply because it's right."

"You don't get manners when you get older. You had them all your life."

"The best things a good man owns never show up on a financial statement — his word, his name, his character."

"You don't ask a snake to leave."

"You don't kill a snake with a rope."

"A boy who will fight probably won't ever have to."

"You never start a fight, but you also never run from one."

"My parents told me they never worried about me, because I knew right from wrong."

"I never wanted to disappoint them."

"It's almost liberating to say I love you and appreciate you to your faithful friends."

"Don't just tell your children what they should aspire to. Show them yourself."

"The best way to show your kids how to be a strong person? Show them."

"I didn’t earn being an American — I was blessed with it. And I try to live like I know the difference."

"I didn’t choose where I was born, but every day I’m grateful it was here."

"It takes a secure person to be simple."

"Character is who you are when nobody's watching — and when everybody is."

"Your reputation is what people say about you when you leave the room. Your character is what God knows about you all the time."

"You can fool some people some of the time. You can't fool yourself any of the time."

"What you do speaks so loudly I can't hear what you're saying."

"A man who tells the truth doesn't have to remember what he said."

"Do what you said you'd do, when you said you'd do it. That's it. That's the whole secret."

"Your word is either worth something or it isn't. There's no in between."

"Integrity is doing the right thing even when the wrong thing would be easier and nobody would know."

"A handshake used to mean something. Make sure yours still does."

"You don't have to be the loudest one in the room to be the most respected."

"Humble people don't think less of themselves — they just think about themselves less."

"Kindness is free. Sprinkle that stuff everywhere."

"Treat the janitor the same way you treat the CEO. How you treat people who can do nothing for you says everything about you."

"The greatest thing you can leave your children isn't money. It's a good name and an example worth following."

"A boy becomes a man by watching one."

"Raise your children so you're proud of who they become — not just what they accomplish."

"Mean what you say. Say what you mean. Do what you promised."

"Be somebody who makes everybody feel like somebody."

"Your character is your autobiography."

"Leave every place a little better than you found it."

"A man of character finds a special attractiveness in difficulty — since it's there he shows what he's made of."

"The true test of a man's character is what he does when no one is watching."

"Character is not built in the good times. It's revealed in the hard ones."

"You can judge a man's character by how he treats those who can do nothing for him."

"Class is doing the right thing when nobody would notice if you didn't."

"A person who is nice to you but rude to the waiter is not a nice person."

"Show me your friends and I'll show you your future."

"He's got more excuses than a dog has fleas."

"His conscience is clear — mainly because he never uses it."

"He's got the integrity of a used car salesman at closing time."

"Some people's word is their bond. His word is his suggestion."

"The greatest compliment anybody ever paid me wasn't about what I knew. It was about how I made them feel."

"Maybe it was passion. Maybe it was personality. Maybe it was just caring deeply and letting it show. Whatever it was — I'm grateful somebody noticed."

"I was lucky enough that people saw something in me I didn't know was there. I've been trying to live up to it ever since."

"God gave me just enough talent and a whole lot of people to cover the rest."

"I'm not the smartest person in the room. But I might be the most interested in you."

"I've been wrong enough times to stay humble and right enough times to stay confident."

"Half of what I know I learned by accident. The other half I'm still figuring out."

"I was too dumb to know I couldn't do it — so I just did it."

"You can't manufacture sincerity. Either you mean it or you don't."

"People can feel when you're genuine. You can't fake it long enough to fool the ones who matter."

"A grateful heart is a magnet for good things."

"I've been blessed far beyond what I deserved. I try not to forget that."

"The greatest gift one person can give another is belief."

"Sometimes somebody else has to see your potential before you can see it yourself."

"If you want to be a good person, you need to see a good person."

"If his handshake is no good, why would I want his signature?"

"Manners never went out of style. People just quit using them."

"If you want to give your children something special, give them manners."

"I'd rather be honest with you than comfortable for you."

"I'll tell you what you need to hear, not just what you want to."

"It’s nice to be important, but it’s more important to be nice."

"Give me somebody with more heart than talent over somebody with more talent than heart every single time."

"Talent is common. Heart and desire together are rare — and unstoppable."

"You will never go wrong by doing what is right."

"Respect is earned, not bought."

"I don’t care where you came from or where you went to school — manners matter."

"A well-raised dog minds even when nobody’s lookin’. Same with a well-raised kid. Both take the same thing: somebody who cared enough to teach ’em."

"When you meet a young person with manners — you also just met their parents."

"A child’s manners are their parents’ report card — and everybody reads it."

"Give your child manners and you’ve given them something no degree can replace."

"Simple words from a good man last a lifetime. My daddy proved that."

"My mother gave me knowledge. My daddy gave me sense. Together they gave me everything."

"My mother knew something that no parenting book ever taught — love them out loud and hold them close."

"The whole neighborhood raised you. That’s not old fashioned. That’s just right."

"Sports don’t build character. They reveal it."

"Giving your best isn't a guarantee of winning. It's a guarantee of something better — no regrets."

"The scoreboard taught me about winning. The locker room taught me about losing. Both made me who I am."

"Everything I needed to know about teamwork, sacrifice, and showing up — I learned between the lines."

"In a world that forgot manners — the person who has them stands out like a diamond."

"Don't let manners be perceived as weakness."

"Manners are not weakness. They're the strength to be kind when you don't have to be."

"I asked my grandson about his football coach after four years of playing for him. He said — he's a great coach, but he's an even better man than a coach. That's Boots Harper."

"The greatest thing my daddy ever gave me wasn't in his wallet. It was in his character. — Van Pardue"

"Spend less time managing your image and more time building your character."

"Being real takes courage. Being fake just takes practice."

"Spend your life being a great person, not being a great impersonator."

"Money runs out, but what my parents left me never will."

"You never need arrogance. But you always need confidence."

"The people with the most character are usually too modest to brag on themselves — probably raised right, with good manners."

"The real team players aren't the self-promoters. They care about the team winning, not just about being seen as a winner."

"Keep it real."

"Money can be borrowed. Character can't."

"You'll never regret being kind. You will regret staying silent."

"You can measure a man's height. You can't measure his heart."

"Some of the biggest hearts I've ever known came in the smallest packages."

"Manners used to be common. Now they're a competitive advantage."

"Sincerity and kindness, combined with great manners, is like a foreign language to many."

"Don't let manners and kindness be mistaken for weakness."

"Kindness is not weakness. It's control."

"Manners and strength aren't opposites. The strongest people I know are also the kindest."

"Being secure about yourself doesn't make you waver on your values."

"Confidence isn't loud. It's just steady."

"A committed heart will outlast talent every single time."

"You know you have a fabulous culture when you just live it every day — without needing a poster to remind you."

"Sometimes everyone gets to see your fake smile, but nobody sees your broken heart."

"A big heart is a big thing to share with others who need it."

"A kind word costs nothing and sometimes carries someone through their entire day."

"My grammar may not be perfect. My intentions always are."

"Some friends need an invitation. The real ones just show up."

"Walk in asking what they need — not what you want."

"People don't care about your problem. They care about theirs."

"Capable is common. Committed is rare."

"To raise a good child they need to see a good person every day."

"Some friends talk about being there. Real ones just show up."

"Their word isn't a promise — it's just what they do."

"Do business with people whose reputation walks in the room before they do."

"In business and in life — deal with people of character, not people who are characters."

"Hire character. You can train skill. You can't train integrity — and you sure can't fix sorry."

"The best companies don't just hire people — they attract people worth keeping."

"Your reputation is your résumé — and everybody in three counties has already read it."

"A company's reputation is built one kept promise at a time. Down here, we still remember the ones that weren't."

"Excellence ain't a moment. It's a habit — and habits don't lie."

"Your reaction to someone else's success reveals your character more than your own success does."

"A person of character never has to dim someone else's light to shine."

"Change doesn't erase who you are. Sometimes it just reveals who you're becoming."

"How you survive the bad things reveals everything about who you are."

"Being thankful for the good things won't make a bad situation happy. But be thankful for the good things anyway."

"Kids don't learn character from a lecture. They learn it from watching."

"You can't teach what you don't show."

"The risk of losing is the cost of having a chance to win."

"The world doesn't wait for people who refuse to change. It just moves on without them."

"Confidence doesn't need a microphone."

"He'll tell you the truth even when a lie would've been easier on everybody."

"What is the best thing you could ever give a friend? Honesty wrapped in kindness."

"Competence opens the door. Compassion is what gets you invited back."

"Knowledge earns respect. Caring earns trust."

"Being simple has its advantages — you spend less time overthinking and more time doing what's right."

"I couldn't tell you the theory behind it. I could just tell you it was the right thing to do."

"She's tougher than a two-dollar steak and sweeter than sweet tea, all at the same time."

"He's rough around the edges and gold at the center — that's the best kind of man there is."

"She's the kind of woman who shows up with a casserole before you even ask."

"She's plain-spoken, but every word she says is worth writing down."

"He never learned how to cut corners. Never saw the point."

"Make sure you're friends with people of character, not people who are characters."

"Finding fault in people is easy. Finding the good in people is truly a gift."

"Anybody can point out what's wrong with somebody. It takes a rare eye to see what's right."

"A liar needs a good memory. An honest man don't need one at all."

"Lose your word and you don't just disappoint somebody — you lose a piece of yourself."

"A boy becomes a good man by watching one."

"I asked my grandson about his football coach after four years of playing for him. He said - he's a great coach, but he's an even better man than a coach. - Boots Harper."

"I didn't always have everything I wanted . But I always had good people. That was enough."

"I'll tell you what you need to hear, not just what you want to hear"

"If he tells you the sun is going to come up in the west, turn your chair."

"My grammar may not be perfect - but my message is sincere."

"My grammar may not be perfect. My intentions always are sincere"

"My mother gave me knowledge. My daddy gave me common sense. Together they gave me everything."

"The greatest thing my daddy ever gave me wasn't in his wallet. It was in his character."

"You don't get manners when you get older. You were fortunate that someone instilled them in you as a child"

"Don't be the person a bar asks to leave so they can have happy hour."

"Humility, honesty, and respect are assets that only lift you higher and higher in life."

"Good manners in a young person gives them a very good start in life."

"If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember much."

"Manners matter."