Leader Character Associates

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.

Let us all be the leaders we wish we had.

Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies.

Leadership is a big door that swings on the small hinge of character.

Every day, think as you wake up: Today I am fortunate to be alive, I have a precious human life, I am not going to waste it.

How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.

I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.

Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.

Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.

Leaders who don’t listen will eventually be surrounded by people who have nothing to say.

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.

Forgiveness is not an occasional act, it is a constant attitude.

Every action you take is a vote for the type of person you wish to become.

Character, in the long run, is the decisive factor in the life of an individual and of nations alike.