The true test of character is not how much we know how to do, but how we behave when we don't know what to do.

Quote by John W Holt Jr

Topics: Behavior Quotes, Character Quotes

If you're not making mistakes, you're not taking risks, and that means you're not going...

If you're not making mistakes, you're not taking risks, and that means you're not going...

If you're not making mistakes, you're not taking risks, and that means you're not going...

If you're not making mistakes, you're not taking risks, and that means you're not going...

If you're not making mistakes, you're not taking risks, and that means you're not going...

If you're not making mistakes, you're not taking risks, and that means you're not going...

There's always a period of curious fear between the first sweet-smelling breeze and the time...

There's always a period of curious fear between the first sweet-smelling breeze and the time...

If we continually try to force a child to do what he is afraid to...

If we continually try to force a child to do what he is afraid to...

The true test of character is not how much we know how to do, but...

The true test of character is not how much we know how to do, but...

If you're not making mistakes, you're not taking risks, and that means you're not going...

If you're not making mistakes, you're not taking risks, and that means you're not going...

Even when we do not create children's fears, when they come to us with fears...

Even when we do not create children's fears, when they come to us with fears...

I prefer peace. But if trouble must come, let it come in my time, so...

I prefer peace. But if trouble must come, let it come in my time, so...

Children really brighten up a household - they never turn the lights off.

Children really brighten up a household - they never turn the lights off.

Every child senses, with all the horse sense that's in him, that any parent is...

Every child senses, with all the horse sense that's in him, that any parent is...

Hypocrisy in anything whatever may deceive the cleverest and most penetrating man, but the least...

Hypocrisy in anything whatever may deceive the cleverest and most penetrating man, but the least...

How can children credit the assertions of parents, which their own eyes show them to...

How can children credit the assertions of parents, which their own eyes show them to...

The best inheritance a parent can give to his children is a few minutes of...

The best inheritance a parent can give to his children is a few minutes of...

Children can tell spectacular lies and make one smile with their unabashed honesty and then...

Children can tell spectacular lies and make one smile with their unabashed honesty and then...

I never had a chance to play with dolls like other kids. I started working...

I never had a chance to play with dolls like other kids. I started working...

The parents have a right to say that no teacher paid by their money shall...

The parents have a right to say that no teacher paid by their money shall...

As a child, I was more afraid of tetanus shots than, for example, Dracula.

As a child, I was more afraid of tetanus shots than, for example, Dracula.

My little sisters password for the Disney website is 'MickeyMinnieGoofyPluto' I asked her why...she said...

My little sisters password for the Disney website is 'MickeyMinnieGoofyPluto' I asked her why...she said...

Listen to the mustn'ts, child. Listen to the don'ts. Listen to the shouldn'ts, the impossibles,...

Listen to the mustn'ts, child. Listen to the don'ts. Listen to the shouldn'ts, the impossibles,...

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself -- nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror...

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself -- nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror...