Ted Cruz Quotes

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

Convinced that behavior and conduct are every bit as important as skills and expertise, I sought to build the firm into an enduring, values-based institution.

In politics, all candidates and volunteers are ambassadors to voters who expect better than parroting the politics of personal destruction. Being able to find common ground at the higher ground is what separates the stateswoman from the stuntwoman.

I'd like to be known for my character.

When you cover politics, you realize that knowing how to talk about character matters more and more. The way we hold ideas is more important than the ideas.

Friends, I will disown and repudiate any man of my party who attacks with … vile, foul slander and abuse any opponents of another party.

It is not true that people of high principle are ill-suited for politics.

This is a smear on the image that Thurmond has as a person of high integrity.

Personally, I have never considered myself corrupt or seen the need to be so. People are judged as what they are perceived to be.

I wouldn't be doing my job, or holding myself to that standard that I see fit, if I just shut my mouth and played the game.

All the devils respect virtue.

Men of character are the conscience of the society to which they belong.

There is no such thing as a minor lapse of integrity

I threw my whole life and lived my life in a certain way to make sure that I would never violate any law.. certainly never any criminal laws.. and always maintained that most important to me was my integrity, was my character, were my values.

The true test of a man’s character is what he does when no one is watching.

Everyone asks if a man is rich, no one if he is good.

A man of character will make himself worthy of any position he is given.

There is no cramming for a test of character. It always comes as a pop quiz.

To say America can have strong leadership without strong character is to say we can get water without the wet.

I believe in good, having morals, be a decent person.

Your character holds the key to your trustworthiness.

Never be impressed with charisma. Look for character.

Keep integrity and your work ethics intact. So what if that means working a little harder; an honorable character is your best calling card, and that's something anyone can have!

Character is made by what you stand for;reputation by what you fall for.

There is one qualification the manager cannot acquire but must bring to the task. It is not genius; it is character.