Amos Bronson Alcott Quotes

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

I don't want to be interesting. I want to be good.

I want to try to live my own values as consciously and purposefully as I can.

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

I am most proud of my integrity and least proud of my cynicism.

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

He who attends to his greater self becomes a great man, and he who attends to his smaller self becomes a small man.

Don't worry so much about your self-esteem. Worry more about your character. Integrity is its own reward.

Man should be ever better than he seems.

The coming of honor or disgrace must be a reflection of one's inner power.

One can acquire everything in solitude except character.

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

A man of honour should never forget what he is because he sees what others are.

Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.

Reputation is what other people know about you. Honor is what you know about yourself.

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?

I try to be a good person - I don't always succeed, but that's what I'm shooting for.

I'm a good man, and I'm gonna become a better man.

I've done everything I can in my life to be the best person I can be, and I can look in the mirror and say that.

I kind of know who I am as a man. There's a value system I believe in.

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

I'm not perfect, I would never say that, I just believe that if I try my hardest to be consistent, show what I believe, and live it, most importantly, then that will hopefully shine through more.

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

I believe in doing the right things; that is my character and personality.

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