Catherine Doherty Quotes

it matters infinitely less what we do than what we are.

It doesn't matter what you do. It matters who you are.

Let us never forget that what we are is more important than what we do.

The person you are matters more than the place to which you go.

It's really easy to fall into the trap of believing that what we do is more important than what we are. Of course, it's the opposite that's true: What we are ultimately determines what we do!

My parents always put more of an emphasis on who I was as opposed to what I achieved. They were never like, "You won that! You did this!" It was all about, "You've got a good heart. You're a good friend. You're a good daughter." So that other stuff in no way defines my sense of self.

It's not what a man does, it's what a man is that counts!

Men are not great or small because of their material possessions. They are great or small because of what they are.

Who you are as a person has to do with what you think and how you feel. It has to do with how you love and how you care for people.

I think of myself as intelligent and strong and principled.

I don't care what I look like; it's how people think of me. And I do care how people think of me. I want people to say, 'Oh, she's nice,' rather than, 'Oh, she's so pretty.'

I'm defined by the character I have.

It is not what you have on you, but what you have in you.

A character is what he does, yes - but even more, a character is what he means to do.

As if they were our own handiwork we place a high value on our characters.

It doesn't matter what you look like really though, it is who you are that matters of course.

The true perfection of man lies not in what man has, but in what man is.

Good looks should never become a part of your internal character.

It's not what a man has but what a man is that's important.

First class in life has nothing to do with the clothes you wear, the car you drive or the house you live in. First class is and always will be about the content of your character, the quality of your ideas and the kindness in your heart.

It is not what you say that matters. It is what you are and how you live.

Who we are matters immeasurably more than what we know or who we want to be.

It took me years to learn that character is fate and that no one can be made over.

Self worth cannot be verfied by others

Significance is about who we are before it is about what we do.