Martin Luther King Jr. Quotes

Intelligence plus character-that is the goal of true education.

True education does not consist merely in the acquiring of a few facts of science, history, literature, or art, but in the development of character.

There’s more time spent on teaching kids about recycling than on character development in the American schools.

Character grows in the soil of experience with the fertilization of example, the moisture of ambition, and the sunshine of satisfaction. Character cannot be purchased, bargained for, inherited, rented or imported from afar. It must be home-grown. Purely intellectual development without commensurate internal character development makes as much sense as putting a high-powered sports car in the hands of a teenager who is high on drugs. Yet all too often in the academic world, that's exactly what we do by not focusing on the character development of young people.

Intelligence is not enough. Intelligence plus character—that is the goal of true education.

Worthy character is best forged from a life of consistent, correct choices centered in the teachings of the Master.

The future success of our nation depends on our ability to understand the difference between right and wrong and to have the strength of character to make the right choices.

Character is perfectly educated will.

Our intellectual development in the field of science has outstripped our human development in the field of character.

Unless education promotes character making, unless it helps men to be more moral, more just to their fellows, more law abiding, more discriminatingly patriotic and public spirited, it is not worth the trouble taken to furnish it.

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.

That is why success and fruitfulness depend as much upon focusing on the "who" you are as much as the "what" of the work you do. Invest in your character, and it will give you the returns that you are looking for by only investing in the work itself. You can't do the latter without the former.

Take care of your kid's character, and everything will follow after that. Character is everything

The future success of our Nation depends on our children's ability to understand the difference between right and wrong and to have the strength of character to make the right choices. To help them reach their full potential and live with integrity and pride, we must teach our children to be kind, responsible, honest, and self-disciplined. These important values are first learned in the family, but all of our citizens have an obligation to support parents in the character education of our children

Where are the vehicles to character development in secular society?

Virtue, though she gets her beginning from nature, yet receives her finishing touches from learning.

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.

True education seeks to make men and women not only good mathematicians, proficient linguists, profound scientists, or brilliant literary lights, but also honest men and women with virtue, temperance, and brotherly love.

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

Character is a perfectly educated will.

Higher education is not necessarily a guarantee of higher virtue.

There's no doubt West Point impacted who I am... It has an enormous emphasis, not only on military aspects, but character development. Whether it's the honor code, or the interactions you have, both with the cadet leadership and the academy leadership, every place you are is a character test.

If you want to be the best salesperson, first you must be the best person.

If you do not know the laws of right conduct, you cannot form your character.