Skip to content
quotesby

About this quote

What does it mean?
Building moral character is the most important goal.
In plain terms
Character building is the top priority.
What can you take from it?
Focus on being good, not just smart.

Where it applies

  • leadership training
  • personal development
  • career growth

Putting it to work

  • focusing on ethics
  • evaluating character in others

Questions to consider

  • What matters more: skills or character?
  • How do you measure good character?

Another view

It may overlook technical skills or knowledge.

More from Mahatma Gandhi

  1. True education could be imparted only by the parents and that then there should be minimum of outside help.

    Permalink to quote #105
  2. Children take in much more and with less labour through their ears than through their eyes.

    Permalink to quote #107
  3. Self denial is good for soul.

    Permalink to quote #104

Related quotes

  1. He had never disagreed with anyone in his life, no matter how unfairly they may have treated him. He preferred to swallow his tears, suppress his anger and bit…

    Ba JinBa Jin quote #1
  2. Nothing is a greater stranger to my breast, or a sin that my soul more abhors, than that black and detestable one, ingratitude.

    George WashingtonGeorge Washington quote #2
  3. A prig always finds a last refuge in responsibility.

    Jean CocteauJean Cocteau quote #2