Quotes About Character

Many lessons must be lived to be understood. You'll find that it doesn't so much matter what happens as you live—what gives it all purpose and meaning is who you become.

If you are a nice person and you are a writer, that's two strikes against you.

We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.

Being good or evil is a choice.

Never out of shame or to win favor

We all posses different gifts and abilities. How we use those gifts determines who we are.

Christopher Reeve did such an amazing job that to give him some kind of accent or more bravado would have been wrong. Audiences wouldn't have responded to that either.

A man was defined not by his flaws, but by how he overcame them.

We follow the codes not because they bring gain, but because we loathe the people we would otherwise become.

A man's emotions are what define him, and control is the hallmark of true strength. To lack feeling is to be dead, but to act on every feeling is to be a child.

Let your actions defend you, not your words.

Books have great value, actions have greater value.

The difference between good and evil men is not found in the acts they are willing to commit—but merely in what name they are willing to commit them in.

I seek the truth," Shallan said. "Wherever it may be, whoever may hold it. That's who I am.

Being polite to a person is not a sign of respect for them. It is merely a sign of a good upbringing and a balanced nature.

Other men are strong like bricks - firm, unyielding, but if you pound on them long enough, they crack. You... you're strong like the wind. Always there, so willing to bend, but never apologetic for the times when you must be firm.

Good men can make terrible kings,' Tindwyl noted. 'But bad men cannot make good kings.' Sazed said. 'It is better to start with a good man and work on the rest, I think.

Regardless, I still do not believe that your duty is to do as the people wish. Your duty is to lead as best you can, following the dictates of your conscience. You must be true. Your Majesty, to the man you wish to become....

Oh, Wax has always been solemn, but when he's at his best, there's a smirk underneath.

I didn't say Tvlakv isn't a bastard. He's just a likable bastard." He hesitated, then grimaced. "Those are the worst kind. When you kill them, you end up feeling guilty for it.

You are inexperienced. So was I, once. So is every man. The measure of a person is not how much they have lived. . . It's in how they make us of what life has shown them.

Why must you choose the only dignified person in this crew as the butt of your mockery?" "Because, my dear man," Ham said, imitating Breeze's accent, "you are, by far, the best butt we have.

There was honor in facing the consequences of one's actions. Wasn't there?

I will take responsibility for what I have done," whispered Dalinar. "If I must fall, I will rise each time a better man.