Woodrow Wilson Quotes About Character
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We want the spirit of America to be efficient; we want American character to be efficient; we want American character to display itself in what I may, perhaps, be allowed to call spiritual efficiency - clear disinterested thinking and fearless action
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If you lose your wealth, you have lost nothing; if you lose your health, you have lost something; but if you lose your character, you have lost everything.
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The competent leader of men cares little for the niceties of other peoples' characters: he cares much--everything--for the exterior uses to which they may be put.... These are men to be moved. How should he move them? He supplies the power; others simply the materials on which that power operates.
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I used to be a lawyer, but now I am a reformed character.
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Character, my friends, is a byproduct. It is produced in the great manufacture of daily duty.
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If you will think about what you ought to do for other people, your character will take care of itself. Character is a by-product, and any man who devotes himself to its cultivation in his own case will become a selfish prig.
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Woodrow Wilson
- Born: December 28, 1856
- Died: February 3, 1924
- Occupation: 28th U.S. President