Billy Graham Quotes

Every complete man has his genius. True virtue is genius.

The person that loses their conscience has nothing left worth keeping.

Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.

The highest qualities of character... must be earned.

Character is what you are in the dark.

I like to measure people by their accomplishments in life and how they consistently act.

I think my moral ground is very much intact.

I don't want to just be a great fighter, but also a great man.

Leadership is not a basket of tricks or strategies or skills that you pull out. Leadership begins with the quality of the person.

The leader for today and the future will be focused on how to be - how to develop quality, character, mind-set, values, principles, and courage.

The only thing we have in this world that is utterly and intrinsically ours is our integrity.

Purpose without virtue is vanity.

Experience shows us Wealth unchaperoned by Virtue is never an innocuous neighbor.

The true gentleman does not preach what he practices till he has practiced what he preaches.

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

Good character is more to be praised than outstanding talent. Most talents are, to some extent, a gift. Good character, by contrast, is not given to us. We have to build it, piece by piece - by thought, choice, courage, and determination.

How can we expect young people to be rooted in things such as character, morality and honesty? How is one supposed to be at once an arrow soaring skyward and an oak planted firmly in the ground? The meritocratic culture hones strivers on every aspect of their lives save one - how to cultivate character.

We do not need more knowledge, we need more character!

Character, my friends, is a byproduct. It is produced in the great manufacture of daily duty.

All one can do for one's character in times like these, is to prove that one does not belong to these times.

Golf puts a man's character on the anvil and his richest qualities - patience, poise, restraint - to the flame.

Virtue's a stronger guard than brass.

If you want the secondary greatness of recognized talent, focus first on primary greatness of character.

Character must be kept bright as well as clean.

Stay true to your values.