Theodore Roosevelt Quotes

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

A good moral character is the first essential. It is highly important not only to be learned but to be virtuous.

A big part of honesty is self-discipline, personal resolve, and taking pride in who you are as a person and what each action means to your character.

Good moral character is the first essential in a man.

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.

National character cannot be built by law. It is the sum of the moral fiber of its individuals.

Skills can be taught. Character you either have or you don't have.

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

Republican government presupposes decent and admirable qualities among its citizens - so we should be serious about strengthening character and inculcating virtue.

A disciplined and morally upright nation is built by disciplined and morally upright institutions.

A man's fortunes are the fruit of his character. A man's friends are his magnetisms.

A clean and sensitive conscience, a steady and scrupulous integrity in small things as well as large, is the most valuable of all possessions, to a nation as to an individual.

It is not the enactment, but the observance of laws, that creates the character of a nation.

"On my honor" - what an ennobling phrase! Three short words, nine letters, but the summation of all we call character. From the Boy Scout's Oath.

Character is in turn the enduring source of virtue. It stands by itself and excites admiration in others. It is not obedience to authority, and while it is often consistent with and reinforced by religious belief, it is not piety.

By themselves, character and integrity do not accomplish anything. But their absence faults everything else.

A man can be honest in any sort of skin.

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

Integrity is not so much what we do as much as who we are.

Conduct is the grand test of character. Words are one great evidence of the condition of the heart.

Alike for the nation and the individual, the one indispensable requisite is character.

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

Honesty is a very expensive gift, Don't expect it from cheap people.

In other words, character is far more important than intellect to the race as to the individual. We need intellect, and there is no reason why we should not have it together with character; but if we must choose between the two we choose character without a moment's hesitation.

Honesty is the cornerstone of character.