Character Quotes

What I say is that, if a man really likes potatoes, he must be a pretty decent sort of fellow.

These are times in which a genius would wish to live. It is not in the still calm of life, or the re...

You tell me that you sometimes view the dark side of your Diana, and there no doubt you discover man...

If the great American people will only keep their temper, on both sides of the line, the troubles wi...

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.

Character is like a tree and reputation its shadow. The shadow is what we think it is and the tree i...

I would rather be a little nobody, then to be a evil somebody.

I was tired of this silly joking about my 'speaking countenance'. I could keep a secret as well as a...

There is no such thing as a plain fact of murder. Murder springs, nine times out of ten, out of the ...

It seems odd that as far as I know nobody has yet been murdered for having too perfect a character! ...

Good character consists of recognizing the selfishness that inheres in each of us and trying to bala...

Charm is a way of getting the answer yes without having asked any clear question.

Most people say that it is the intellect which makes a great scientist. They are wrong: it is charac...

Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.

Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters

One strength of the communist system of the East is that it has some of the character of a religion ...

To be a character who feels a deep emotion, one must go into the memory's vault and mix in a sad mem...

Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.

The willow which bends to the tempest, often escapes better than the oak which resists it; and so in...

I felt that the metal of my spirit, like a bar of iron that is softened and bent by a persistent fla...

If a man's character is to be abused there's nobody like a relative to do the business.

Danglars was one of those men born with a pen behind the ear, and an inkstand in place of a heart. E...

As one digs deeper into the national character of the Americans, one sees that they have sought the ...

Nations, as well as men, almost always betray the most prominent features of their future destiny in...

In such an admirable position of the New World, man has no other enemy than himself.

My specialty is detached malevolence.

Success needs vision to see, passion to transcend, patience to withstand and the character to overco...

The tower of success stands on the pillars of vision, action, patience and the character to withstan...

...you have to believe in its principles. Anything is possible, as long as it's for the good of the ...

What we call our destiny is truly our character and that character can be altered. The knowledge tha...

I am a deeply superficial person.

A nun I know once told me she kept begging God to take her character defects away from her. After ye...

He lost the great big outward thing, the good- looking package, and the real parts endured. They shi...

I had to have him, had to. Just the way I had to have everything I wanted; or had to do everything I...

Thought creates character.

[Y]ou possess all the attributes of a demagogue; a screeching, horrible voice, a perverse, crossgrai...

Persuasion is achieved by the speaker's personal character when the speech is so spoken as to make u...

Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion.

To enjoy the things we ought and to hate the things we ought has the greatest bearing on excellenc...

It is difficult to make a reputation, but is even more difficult seriously to mar a reputation once ...

The resistance that you fight physically in the gym and the resistance that you fight in life can on...

silence is not weakness and decency is not pride

Jealousy is a strange transformer of characters.

A dog reflects the family life. Whoever saw a frisky dog in a gloomy family, or a sad dog in a happy...

...he'll come back. We all come back, kate. These private little revolutions always die. The comprom...

Rascals are always sociable, and the chief sign that a man has any nobility in his character is the ...

In Victorian times the purpose of life was to develop a personality once and for all and then stand ...

Confront the dark parts of yourself, and work to banish them with illumination and forgiveness. Your...

Altruism declares that any action taken for the benefit of others is good and any action taken for ...

Love should be treated like a business deal, but every business deal has its own terms and its own c...

That which you call your soul or spirit is your consciousness, and that which you call ‘free will’ i...

She looked not so much composed as drawn inward. She was one of those people who are irrevocably, in...

Peace is not the absence of war, but a virtue based on strength of character.

The barometer for judging the character of people, in regard human rights, is now those who consider...

He was not of an age but for all time.

He has not a single redeeming defect.

There is no index of character as sure as the voice.

A perfect character might be attended with the inconvenience of being envied and hated; and that a b...

Character is a question of time. It lasts for a certain length of time, just like a glove. There are...

If you give people a chance, they shine.

To me, little Mike Wazowski is one of the best characters I ever got to play because he was funny. H...

In all of these centuries there has not been the slightest shadow of change in the nature of God or ...

God never directs in a way contrary to His character. When the Scriptures tell us that He will direc...

True greatness is not measured by the headlines a person commands or the wealth he or she accumulate...

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link, and so is our character.

A godlikeness of character is the Christian’s proper heritage in this earthly walk.

Trials and difficulties may assail the life of a believer, but they also have the ability to remold ...

Consistency, constancy, and undeviating diligence to maintain Christian character are a must if the ...

A few years ago, honesty was the hallmark of a man of good character. But it’s been set aside for an...

It is unfair to attribute virtues beyond a person’s true character.

Integrity means that we are trustworthy and dependable, and our character is above reproach.

One of the real tests of Christian character is to be found in the lives we live from day to day.

In character-building and in living the Christian life, concentration is important. The [person] who...

End of Construction. Thank you 'for your patience. " Inscription on Ruth Bell Graham's grave -- insp...

In all of these centuries there has not been the slightest shadow of change in the nature of God or ...

God never directs in a way contrary to His character. When the Scriptures tell us that He will direc...

True greatness is not measured by the headlines a person commands or the wealth he or she accumulate...

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link, and so is our character.

A godlikeness of character is the Christian’s proper heritage in this earthly walk.

Trials and difficulties may assail the life of a believer, but they also have the ability to remold ...

Consistency, constancy, and undeviating diligence to maintain Christian character are a must if the ...

A few years ago, honesty was the hallmark of a man of good character. But it’s been set aside for an...

It is unfair to attribute virtues beyond a person’s true character.

Integrity means that we are trustworthy and dependable, and our character is above reproach.

One of the real tests of Christian character is to be found in the lives we live from day to day.

In character-building and in living the Christian life, concentration is important. The [person] who...

End of Construction. Thank you 'for your patience. " Inscription on Ruth Bell Graham's grave -- insp...

In all of these centuries there has not been the slightest shadow of change in the nature of God or ...

God never directs in a way contrary to His character. When the Scriptures tell us that He will direc...

True greatness is not measured by the headlines a person commands or the wealth he or she accumulate...

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link, and so is our character.

A godlikeness of character is the Christian’s proper heritage in this earthly walk.

Trials and difficulties may assail the life of a believer, but they also have the ability to remold ...

Consistency, constancy, and undeviating diligence to maintain Christian character are a must if the ...

A few years ago, honesty was the hallmark of a man of good character. But it’s been set aside for an...

It is unfair to attribute virtues beyond a person’s true character.

Integrity means that we are trustworthy and dependable, and our character is above reproach.

One of the real tests of Christian character is to be found in the lives we live from day to day.

In character-building and in living the Christian life, concentration is important. The [person] who...

End of Construction. Thank you 'for your patience. " Inscription on Ruth Bell Graham's grave -- insp...