Caring Quotes    

"Men are only great as they are kind." - Elbert Hubbard, 19th/20th-century American entrepreneur and philosopher (founder of Roycroft)

"What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?" - Jean-Jacques Rousseau, 18th-century French philosopher

"A kind word is like a spring day." - Russian proverb

"No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted." - Aesop, ancient Greek moralist

"The best place to find a helping hand is at the end of your own arm." - Swedish proverb

Character Quotes

"Character, in the long run, is the decisive factor in the life of an individual and of nations alike." - Theodore Roosevelt, 20th-century American president

"Character is what you are in the dark." - Unknown

"What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us." - Ralph Waldo Emerson, 19th-century American essayist and poet

"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." - Woodrow Wilson, 20th-century American president

"We are what we seem to be." - Willard Gaylin, 20th-century American psychiatrist

"Our lives teach us who we are." - Salman Rushdie, 20th-century Anglo-Indian novelist

"If you don't have enemies, you don't have character." - Paul Newman, 20th-century American actor

Responsibility Quotes

"You can't escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today." - Abraham Lincoln, 19th-century American president

"Provision for others is the fundamental responsibility of human life.'' - Woodrow Wilson, 20th-century American president

"To protect those who are not able to protect themselves is a duty which every one owes to society.'' - Edward Macnaghten

"I am only one, but still, I am one. I cannot do everything but I can do something. And, because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do what I can." - Edwin Hale

"It is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness." - Chinese proverb

"Responsibility is to keep the ability to respond" - Robert Duncan

"Our duty is to be useful, not according to our desires, but according to our powers.'' - Henry F. Amiel