Character Quotes
Had I not gone through my past struggles, I wouldn't be as strong as I am at present.
In selecting men for office, let principle be your guide. Regard not the particular sect or denomination of the candidate - look to his character.
Talent develops in tranquility, character in the full current of human life.
Don't the great tales never end?""No, they never end as tales, " said Frodo. "But the people in them come, and go when their part's ended. Our part will end later – or sooner.
The decent, strong person had to do decent, strong things like love unlovable people and keep peace even when it wasn't easy.
If something bad smells in the basement, it will eventually make its way to the attic.
A thorough inspection of someone you believed to be loveable will send you back into your shell if all you saw in their life was all bullshit.
It is not excess of thought but defect of fertile and generous emotion that marks them out. Their heads are no bigger than the ordinary: it is the atrophy of te chest beneath that makes them seem so.
Remember, a person's character is not only judged by the company he or she keeps but also by the company he or she avoids.
I do not believe that gifts, whether of mind or character, can be weighed like sugar and butter
Character is the line in the sand between the worst of the good people and the best of the bad ones
You can tell the character of a person by their handshake.
It is character that communicates most eloquently.
She, the clear heart'ed soul shall show a small crack (in heart) as clearly as the equally transparent, but dirty rogue can cleverly hide it.
Osby wasn't considered the smartest man in Eads County. But the no one . . . knew him well enough to realize that he wasn't all that far from it either.
He's the navigator, he could probably find you a route to Hawaii underwater.
Be a person of character people can count on.
Some things are worse than death... If a man lives, he must still live with himself.
Your words and actions must match to build your character. Any gap in those will put a dent in your credibility. Be a man of your words.
Don’t lose yourself in the fog of normality.
Situation after situation, shape your attitude! Situation after situation change your character!
We discern a grand force in the lover which he lacks whilst a free man, but there is a breadth of vision in the free man which in the lover we vainly seek.
Playing safe, hiding among the masses, will rarely get you noticed.
What do I and a diamond have in common? We are tough, brilliant, and carbon based entities which evolved into something better under immense pressure, tribulation, and trials.
External beauty is what the world sees in you but success comes to you because of your internal beauty.
If you have assumed any character beyond your strength, you have both demeaned yourself ill in that and quitted one which you might have supported.
It’s better to be individual than a clone of someone else.
Failing to fulfill your responsibilities is not only a reflection of your priorities, but also your integrity. Your actions define your character not the words you utter.
It takes a man of unusual character to openly confront his own shortcomings. It’s so much more convenient to blame others.
She looked not so much composed as drawn inward. She was one of those people who are irrevocably, incurably honest and therefore both inflexible and vulnerable at the same time.
Sentiments that glorify humanity know no racial distinction.
Call up the ever-pure, the effulgent and the ever-radiant character of true humanism in yourself and in others, and no racism shall have the power to thrive in such society even for a few seconds.
In the biological sense, race does not exist.
To you character is a psychosis. Integrity is a complex.
Never allow anyone to take you out of character, some people know which buttons to press. (Zip it instead)