Will Forte Quotes

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

I try to be the best man I can for the day.

What, pray, does it profit a man to teach others, and to be prating always about virtue, in high-sounding words, if he fails to give heed to his own instructions?

Our ideals are our better selves.

A man is simple when his chief care is the wish to be what he ought to be, that is honestly and naturally human.

You're always concerned for your character. You should be.

One can acquire everything in solitude except character.

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

I really believe I've been a good person. Not perfect - forget about perfect - but just learning by what I was taught and living by my own values. I might have stepped on a few ants - and a few other things as well - but I've never hurt anybody.

Whenever you do a thing, tho' it can never be known but to yourself, ask yourself how you would act were all the world looking at you and act accordingly.

One's character is reflected in their choices after all. I'm glad to have been making ones that make my heart soar.

I think the biggest thing with me is that I just pride myself on being the best human being I can be.

I want to be able, as days go by, always to look myself straight in the eye.

I just try to do my best and make the best judgments I can.

Everybody wants to be good, but not many are prepared to make the sacrifices it takes to be great. To many people, being nice in order to be liked is more important. There's equal merit in that, but you must not confuse being good with being liked.

The day people around me stop questioning my character is the day my character begins to grow vulnerable.

Character isn't something you were born with and can't change, like your fingerprints. It's something you weren't born with and must take responsibility for forming.

I'm not perfect in my walk but I want to do the right thing.

So much about living life, to me, is about humility and gratitude. And I've tried very hard to have those qualities and be that person and I'm just so disappointed in myself that I allowed it to slip.

It's my job to try and be as good a person as I can, and that's enough work for me.

Do I get up every morning and ask: am I doing the things that I believe in and am I doing them for the best possible motives? Yes. Unambiguously yes.

Honestly, if I was looking at myself and I cheated, then I'd just think, 'Wow, how disappointing, I actually thought you were better than that.' It's about me and about the kind of man I want to be.

A nice person is a 'yes' person, whereas a good person is a person who accepts their responsibility in things and moves forward and tries to constantly evolve and isn't afraid to say no or challenge someone or be honest or truthful.

People can say or think whatever they want... so in my reality, it's kind of irrelevant. I'm always the kind of person that does the right thing and keeps my side of the street clean.

I've tried to do away with lying in my life in the last few years, but it's hard.