Great ambition is the passion of a great character. Those endowed with it may perform very good or very bad acts. All depends on the principles which direct them.Napoleon Bonaparte
Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character. But if you must be without one, be without the strategy.Norman Schwarzkopf
The better ambitions have to do with the development of character and ability, rather than status and power.Jordan B. Peterson
This is the final test of a gentleman: his respect for those who can be of no possible service to him.William Lyon Phelps
Character isn't formed out of smart people. It is formed out of people who have suffered.Jensen Huang
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.Abraham Lincoln
Another flaw in human character is that everybody wants to build and nobody wants to do maintenance.Kurt Vonnegut
Money doesn't change men, it merely unmasks them. If a man is naturally selfish or arrogant or greedy, the money brings that out, that's all.Henry Ford
A particular train of thought persisted in, be it good or bad, cannot fail to produce its results on the character and circumstances. A man cannot directly choose his circumstances, but he can choose his thoughts, and so indirectly, yet surely, shape his circumstances.James Allen
You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge yourself one.James Anthony Froude
Sports for me is when a guy walks off the court, and you really can't tell whether he won or lost, when he carries himself with pride either way.Jim Courier
To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has already achieved, but at what he aspires to.Khalil Gibran
Fame is a vapor, popularity an accident, and riches take wings. Only one thing endures and that is character.Horace Greeley
The best index to a person's character is how he treats people who can't do him any good, and how he treats people who can't fight back.Abigail Van Buren
I am convinced that a good building must be capable of absorbing the traces of human life and taking on a specific richness... I think of the patina of age on materials, of innumerable small scratches on surfaces, of varnish that has grown dull and brittle, and of edges polished by use.Peter Zumthor
My feet are like something from another age - prehistoric and troll-like. I keep expecting them to talk, they have that much character.Sally Hawkins
It's a hard thing to age a character because you can't really suddenly give someone gray hair.Alison Bechdel
It is well for the world that in most of us, by the age of thirty, the character has set like plaster, and will never soften again.William James
I read all the time that people think I'm arrogant. They say I am cocky, a bad character. I had that from a young age. But when they meet me, they say, 'That image doesn't fit you.'Zlatan Ibrahimovic
Property may be destroyed and money may lose its purchasing power; but, character, health, knowledge and good judgement will always be in demand under all conditions.Roger Babson
The greatest legacy one can pass on to one's children and grandchildren is not money or other material things accumulated in one's life, but rather a legacy of character and faith.Billy Graham