Character Education Quotes
Responsibility
What I do shows people what kind of person I am.
- Cesar Chavez
Being a good example teaches others to be good.
- Aesop
You must work and should not be lazy if you want to be happy.
- Anne Frank
Working hard may not make you rich, but it should make you successful.
- Margaret Thatcher
Respect
Be healthy so you can have hope and a happy life.
- Arabian Proverb
Respect yourself and then others will respect you.
- Baltasar Bracian
Be kind to people who are different from you.
- Albert Einstein
We should respect all people.
- Helen Keller
Preserverance
Don't give up! Be friends with people who help you work hard.
- Magic Johnson
Many strokes, though with a little axe . . . can tear down the hardest oak.
- William Shakespeare
Fall down seven times. Stand up eight.
- Japanese Proverb
I walk slowly but I never walk backward.
- Abraham Lincoln
Inclusiveness
Including others means having friends.
Inclusion makes the world our classroom for a full life.
Inclusion means nobody feels left out.
Initiative
A trip of a thousand miles starts with one step.
- Chinese Proverb
Starting a job and working hard is how to be successful.
- Florence Nightengale
You don't know what you can do until you try.
- Publilius Syrus
The beginning is half of every action.
- Greek Proverb
Kindness
Helping others makes our heart strong.
- Anonymous
Those who are kind are happy people. Kindness will also be given to them.
- Jesus Christ
You have two ears and one mouth. Use them accordingly.
- Stephen Covey
There is no greater loan than a sympathetic ear.
- Frank Tyger
Cooperation
Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.
- Helen Adams Keller
We should not only use the brains we have, but all that we can borrow.
- Thomas Woodrow Wilson
There can be hope only for a society which acts as one big family, not as many separate ones.
- Anwar al-Sadat
Honesty
If you continue to be honest, you become an honest person.
- Mohammed
Have the strength to be an honest person.
- George Washington
If you are honest, you will live life safely. But if you are dishonest, you will get hurt.
- King Solomon
Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.
- Thomas Jefferson
Fairness
Everyone should be treated fairly no matter what they look like.
- William Lloyd Garrison
All people should be treated the same way on earth.
- Chief Joseph
It matters not whether you won or lost, but how you played the game.
- Grantland Rice
Courage
Courage is going forward even when you are afraid. Courage faces fear and conquers fear.
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Do what is fair and right, even though it may hurt you a little.
- Mohammed
You get strength and courage, when you stop to look fear in the face.
- Eleanor Roosevelt
You grow stronger from your challenges. You learn a lot when things don't happen the way you want.
- Carol Burnett
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