Orson Scott Card Quotes

Blood hardly defines one's character. We are made by our actions, not our blood. - Soren

Thoughts lead to acts, acts lead to habits, habits lead to character - and our character will determine our eternal destiny.

The man of character, sensitive to the meaning of what he is doing, will know how to discover the ethical paths in the maze of possible behavior.

Moral qualities rule the world, but at short distances the senses are despotic.

There is nothing good or evil save in the will.

Only a man's character is the real criterion of worth

The virtues and vices are all put in motion by interest.

A man's fortunes are the fruit of his character. A man's friends are his magnetisms.

A clean and sensitive conscience, a steady and scrupulous integrity in small things as well as large, is the most valuable of all possessions, to a nation as to an individual.

A man who is good for anything ought not to calculate the chance of living or dying; he ought only to consider whether in doing anything he is doing right or wrong - acting the part of a good man or of a bad.

Never look for right in the other man, but never cease to be right yourself. We always look for justice in this world, but there is no such thing as justice. Jesus says — Never look for justice, but never cease to give it.

True success depends more on character than on intellect.

In the end, your integrity is all you've got.

A man cannot have character unless he lives within a fundamental system of morals that creates character.

Everybody's got the potential for great good and great wrong in them, but it's the choices we make that define who we really are.

The world loves talent but pays off on character.

I regard that man as lost, who has lost his sense of shame.

There is not in all America a more dangerous trait than the deification of mere smartness unaccompanied by any sense of moral responsibility.

Strong moral character results from consistent correct choices in the trials and testing of life. Your faith can guide you to those correct choices.

It is not so much what we know that is important, as what we are and what we do.

What you do matters — but not much. What you are matters tremendously.

Man's sense of Morality tends to decrease as his Power increases

I believe long habits of virtue have a sensible effect on the countenance.

It is circumstance and proper measure that give an action its character, and make it either good or bad.

A woman may be beautiful but have poor character. A man may be a business genius, making money left and right, but lack common courtesy, sensitivity, and compassion.