Rutherford B. Hayes Quotes

Character has to be established through a thousand stumbles.

Rebellion is necessary for development of character.

Not being beautiful was the true blessing. Not being beautiful forced me to develop my inner resources. The pretty girl has a handicap to overcome.

In vain we build the city if we do not first build the man

The force of character is cumulative.

Development is not that you make bridges, buildings or put marble floors in your house. Real development is building moral character of youth.

All your scholarship, all your study of Shakespeare and Wordsworth would be in vain, if at the same time you do not build your character, and attain mastery over your thoughts and actions.

Good character improves every aspect of a person’s life.

Assume a virtue, if you have it not. That monster, custom, who all sense doth eat; Of habits devil, is angel yet in this.

You cannot build up a character in a solitude; you need a formed character to stand a solitude.

The structure of human betterment cannot be built upon foundations of materialism or business, but upon the bedrock of individual character in free men and women.

Character is a quality that embodies many important traits, such as integrity, courage, perseverance, confidence and wisdom. Unlike your fingerprints that you are born with and can't change, character is something that you create within yourself and must take responsibility for changing

No magic formula can completely prepare us for crises in life. However, each choice we make now will impact how we handle those crises in the future. Make your choice count. Dedicate time each day to developing your character. If you do, courage will be there when you need it most.

It is the patient building of character, the intense struggle to realize the truth, which alone will tell in the future of humanity.

Character is not the enemy of self-expression and personal freedom, it is their necessary precondition.

But remember this: in the final analysis, you can believe in your dream, you can be taught, supported, motivated, and loved by others, but ultimately, your success depends on you. You must take responsibility for your body, your mind, and for your character.

Our cup will truly run over only after we have sealed the character cracks.

Character, like porcelain-ware, must be painted before it is glazed. There can be no change of color after it is burned in.

We develop our character muscles by overcoming challenges and obstacles.

They do most by Books, who could do much without them, and he that chiefly owes himself unto himself, is the substantial Man.

There is no development of character without resistance, there is no growth of spirituality without overcoming.

The greatest work in all the world is the building of men and women of character. Without character there is not much that is worthwhile.

That is why success and fruitfulness depend as much upon focusing on the "who" you are as much as the "what" of the work you do. Invest in your character, and it will give you the returns that you are looking for by only investing in the work itself. You can't do the latter without the former.

We are put in situations to build our character... not destroy us.

Everyone knows that weeds eat out the life of the garden and of the productive fields. It's like that in the building and developing of character. No one knows our own faults and tendencies better than we do ourselves, so that it is up to each one of us to keep the weeds out, and to keep all growth vigorous and fruitful.