Quotes About Character

But do not make the mistake, Seraphina, of supposing that suffering ennobles anyone.

He seemed simultaneously strong and soft, as if he had ended up with a lot of muscles rather by accident and didn't care about keeping them.

Remember what you do in life is merely a reflection of who you are as a Christian, one who loves and serves the Lord.

Fight in a time of war as the man you want to be in a time of peace.

Humility is a magnet for His affection.

Humility is a magnet for God's affection,

Set an example. Let this be another lesson to you. Don't do, say, post, or share anything on social media you'd not want anyone to see. That you wouldn't want someone to uncover ten, twenty years from now. It could hinder you from getting a job or some grand opportunity. Character and values matter, Imani.

Just because you dread doing something doesn't make you a coward. Just because you do something you dread doesn't make you brave. In my case, I wasn't sure what I was.

America was supposed to be a place ruined and homogenized by highways, that that was its unique character, crass and vulgar sameness.

I love auditioning. Since 'The Notebook' and 'Wedding Crashers ' I don't have to audition anymore, and I miss it. You get to show your interpretation of the character. I get nervous when I don't audition. What if they hate what I want to do?

When we live His ways, we outline His image and trace the truths of His kingdom before a watching world.

Don't let your character change color with your environment. Find out who you are and let it stay its true color.

When kindness comes at the expense of truth, it is not a kindness worth having.

You are more than your job title.

Taking the high road is hard work-- walking uphill requires strength and effort. Anyone can take the low road--walking downhill is easy.

Some of the choices teenagers make are morally and practically wrong. Some of my characters do things I hope my child won't. There are occasionally words my characters choose that I wouldn't utter in my mother's presence. But when I was sixteen, or twelve, hanging out with my friends? That was different. For a story to feel real, I have to respect what a character would really do or say.

I think things are funny when the character is taking it totally seriously.

Above the sink in the scratched mirror he looked grubby and bloated, his beard a grizzled mess. He knew what these men could never know: A man is who he is. That doesn't change. A thief is a thief. A bad man stays a bad man underneath. He'd been set at seventeen. "You want to end

I figure a kid who takes that much pride in doing the small jobs the right way won't fail when it comes to the big ones.

Nobody wants to have hard things happen to them. But I wouldn't have become the person I am without going through that time. It made me stronger, more kind, more compassionate.

Children are born with varying levels of talent and intelligence, but possessing natural smarts and skills is no guarantee of success. It takes more than that: it takes work on the part of parents and teachers to cultivate these qualities, to instill in children the drive and character necessary to translate their natural gifts into extraordinary results.

Whose leadership, whose judgment, whose values do you want in the White House when that crisis lands like a thud on the Oval Office desk?

At the end of all these years, it doesn't matter to me who thinks of me as what. What matters is whether I have done what I could and whether I had done something I shouldn't have.

Excellence is not a skill. It is an attitude.