Quotes About Character

Lo que le había permitido superar aquellos horribles años había sido su carácter luchador.

Stories of individual animals must now be told. Not stats and population densities, but characters in stories that very much mirror our own daily struggles to survive. An individual, well loved, even heroic wolf like OR7 with whom we've so deeply identified can never be a statistic again.

I think your husband has that something about him that defines honor very narrowly. I fear he is the stuff of which martyrs are made. (Tom Lasser, p. 358)

It's the choices we make, not the experiences we have, that make us who we are.

I like the idea of a writer being haunted by his own creation, especially if the writer resents the way the character defines him.

How one is remembered doesn't matter when one is focused on integrity.

to men, the protectors of the kingdom in a time of war. The discipline required to master it provides one of the pathways for men to find inner peace, strength of character, and self-respect. It cannot be practiced by a woman. Doing so would only lead her down a path that is not compatible with her true nature and place in the spiritual world. You do not need kung fu to find your place in the world.

Many people are fools, once you get to know them.

Those who seek fame and glory are least qualified to possess it.

You have to be brave before you can be good.

In the Open Circuit, characters are supposed to have 'arcs,' where they grow and evolve over the course of the story. But Mom always thought that was nonsense.

Thirty chapters of good deeds never tells you a whole man's story.

Because I'm not a bad guy, Nico. Gert couldn't have loved me if I was. I realize that now.

Even in your smallest gestures, you express your sense of honor, if you have one.

Live your life in every way to earn and keep the respect of the people you respect.

Truthfulness is the main element of character.

Perhaps the most important insight of all with regard to success is that to achieve greatly, you must become a different person. It is not the material things you accomplish or acquire that matter so much as it is the quality of the person you must become to accomplish well above the average. The development of self-discipline is the high road that makes everything possible for you.

Epictetus, a Greek philosopher, once wrote, "Circumstances do not make the man. They merely reveal him to himself.

Remember, bad habits are easy to form, but hard to live with; good habits are hard to form, but easy to live with. Your job is to form good habits and make them your masters.

There are, basically, three kinds of people: the unsuccessful, the temporarily successful, and those who become and remain successful. The difference is character.

If you constantly think thoughts of boldness and courage and self-assertion, you become progressively bolder and more courageous and more self-assertive. The more you dwell on the person you would like to be, with the qualities you would like to have, the more you implant those deep into your subconscious mind where they become part of your ongoing evolution. What you habitually think about eventually becomes a part of your character and your personality.

Become the kind of leader that people would follow voluntarily; even if you had no title or position.

You become what you hang around most.

Whenever you use your willpower and strength of character to return to the values that are most dear to you, you are rewarded with a wonderful feeling of happiness and exhilaration. You feel energized and free. You wonder why you didn't make that decision a long time ago.