Heraclitus Quotes

Each year one vicious habit discarded, in time might make the worst of us good.

I try to be a good person. I know what my downfalls are, so that's a good thing.

The walls of that grand edifice called a good character have to be worked at during life.

All our talents increase in the using, and every faculty, both good and bad, strengthens by exercise: therefore, if you choose to use the bad, or those which tend to evil till they become your masters, and neglect the good till they dwindle away, you have only yourself to blame.

Respect for self is the beginning of cultivating virtue in men and women.

When you locate good in yourself, approve of it with determination. When you locate evil in yourself, despise it as something detestable.

Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands.

How true Daddy's words were when he said: all children must look after their own upbringing. Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands.

An individual step in character training is to put responsibility on the individual.

In essence, if we want to direct our lives, we must take control of our consistent actions. It's not what we do once in a while that shapes our lives, but what we do consistently.

… the field of action is not the field of intellect, it is the field of character; and change or development of character is always slow work.

I don't think I'm naturally a good person. I think some people have an innate goodness to them, and I am sort of proud of the fact that I kind of keep myself in check, probably because I have awesome parents.

Listen to your conscience regarding something that you simply know you should do, then start small on it - make a promise and keep it. Then move forward and make a little larger promise and keep it. Eventually you'll discover that your sense of honor will become greater than your moods, and that will give you a level of confidence and excitement that you can move to other areas where you feel you need to make improvements or give service.

The ultimate goal of discipline is to teach self discipline.

A man is not to aim at innocence, any more than he is to aim at hair, but he is to keep it.

I'm a good person, but with many defects.

No evil propensity of the human heart is so powerful that it may not be subdued by discipline.

I've never been a bad person and always had quite good morals. There's always been a side of me that's been quite proper, but it's got distracted here and there. Now I'm the person I should be.

As a kid, I often figured it was good to be patient to a fault.

Good habits, which bring our lower passions and appetites under automatic control, leave our natures free to explore the larger experiences of life. Too many of us divide and dissipate our energies in debating actions which should be taken for granted.

The final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands.

Good character consists of recognizing the selfishness that inheres in each of us and trying to balance it against the altruism to which we should all aspire. It is a difficult balance to strike, but no definition of goodness can be complete without it.

A man has to live with himself, and he should see to it that he always has good company.

Character is the result of a system of stereotyped principals.

I can tell you character traits I admire and work to develop in myself - perseverance, self-discipline, courage to stand up for what is right even when it is against one's friends or one's self.