Cavett Robert Quotes

Character is the ability to follow through on a resolution long after the emotion with which it was made has passed.

When I decide to do something, I do it.

A man of personality can formulate ideals, but only a man of character can achieve them.

I'm not a quitter. I believe in following things through.

I urge you to hold fast to your standards. I plead with you not to waver.

It was character that got us out of bed, commitment that moved us into action, and discipline that enabled us to follow through.

Character - in things great and small - is indicated when a man (or person) pursues with sustained follow-through what he feels himself capable of doing.

Let men decide firmly what they will not do, and they will be free to do vigorously what they ought to do.

Wise to resolve, and patient to perform.

I've been in a lot of trouble and come out of it. I think it shows a lot of good character.

I learned to discipline myself to do things I didn't want to do.

I think the best way to find out about something is to try to do it to the max. A lot of people take up a hobby or sport and then find an excuse not to carry on with it. Once I start something, I won't stop until I'm as good at it as I'll ever be.

Intentions count in your actions.

The test of any man lies in action.

I think it's the person's conviction that really carries a person.

People do not lack strength; they lack will.

Strength of will is the test of a young man's possibilities. Can he will strong enough and hold whatever he undertakes with an iron grip?

I was always the type of person that whenever I started something I finished it. And, I was always held accountable for my actions.

The achievements of willpower are almost beyond computation. Scarcely anything seems impossible to the man who can will strongly enough and long enough.

You might not feel good, and you might not want to practice, but you still go out there and practice as hard as you can.

What distinguishes the majority of men from the few is their ability to act according to their beliefs.

I never had a lot of drive, but because I had family responsibilities, I had a lot of tenacity - the tenacity of a drowning man.

Character, in great and little things, means carrying through what you feel able to do.

January is always a good month for behavioral economics: Few things illustrate self-control as vividly as New Year's resolutions. February is even better, though, because it lets us study why so many of those resolutions are broken.

Perseverance is a virtue that cannot be understated.