"Until we all start to take responsibility, until we do all we can to improve the character of our communities, we'll never break the cycle of violence and indifference."

Character, Indifference, Responsibility, Violence

30

Create Your Own Wallpaper

Standard

Customized

"Until we all start to take responsibility, until we do all we can to improve the character of our communities, we'll never break the cycle of violence and indifference."

Exlpore more Character quotes

"Anyone who has gumption knows what it is and anyone who hasn't can never know what it is."

L. M. Montgomery, Canadian Author

Character, Spirit, Drive, Self

"Faithfulness to one's word is one of the principles of discipline."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Character, Faithfulness, Discipline, Principles, Integrity

"I have frequently gained my first real insight into the character of parents by studying their children."

Arthur Conan Doyle, British Writer

Character, Children, First, Parents

"Allow your daily small acts of kindness to degenerate into a lifetime of human excellence."

Sravani Saha Nakhro, Indian Author

Character, Kindness, Excellence, Discipline, Legacy

"He was one of those rare people, rare in our town as elsewhere, who have the courage of their good feelings. What little he told of his personal life vouched for acts of kindness and a capacity for affection that no one in our times dares own to."

Albert Camus, French Philosopher

Character, Kindness, Affection, Courage

"An arrogant person considers himself perfect. This is the chief harm of arrogance. It interferes with a person's main task in life - becoming a better person."

Leo Tolstoy, Russian Novelist

Character, Arrogance, Humility, Self, Improvement

"Integrity is an eternal virtue we should focus our mind on and not miracles."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Character, Integrity, Virtue, Faith, Values

"The fact that a man is a newspaper reporter is evidence of some flaw of character."

Lyndon B. Johnson, American President

Character, Fact, Man

"It is only the man that delays his gratification that is a man indeed."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Character, Gratification, Patience, Manhood, Virtue

"(Kindness) is much more a sign of character than mere niceness. Kindness connects to who you are, while niceness connects to how you want to be seen."

David Levithan, American Author

Character, Kindness, Identity, Connection

Explore more quotes by Carrie P. Meek

"Just about every year, Congress passes another crime bill - spending billions of dollars to build more prisons, to place more band-aids on society's scars."

Society, Congress, Crime

"We've got to stop focusing solely on the symptoms of crime, and start caring about the causes as well."

Care, Caring, Causes, Crime

"If we were really tough on crime, we'd do more to stop it from happening in the first place."

Crime, First

"If we were really tough on crime, we'd try to save our children from the desperation and deprivation that leave them primed for a life of crime."

Life, Children, Crime, Desperation

"You can't put abandonment and alienation under arrest."

Social, Alienation

"America may be slow to rise to a challenge. But our history has shown that once we make up our minds to really do something, nothing can stand in our way."

History, America, Challenge, May

"Let's stop pretending we can arrest our way to safety and security. Despite all the fine work that policemen and women do, we have got to find other solutions to deter crime."

Woman, Women, Work, Crime, Safety

"Until we all start to take responsibility, until we do all we can to improve the character of our communities, we'll never break the cycle of violence and indifference."

Character, Indifference, Responsibility, Violence