Quotes About Character

Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men.

By bringing shame to a person, how could one expect to make him a better man?

The man with the greatest soul will always face the greatest war with the low minded person.

Any man who has once proclaimed violence as his method is inevitably forced to take the lie as his principle.

Selfishness is that detestable vice which no one will forgive in others, and no one is without himself.

I think that Lee should have been hanged. It was all the worse that he was a good man and a fine character and acted conscientiously... It's always the good men who do the most harm in the world.

The leader must be an actor.

We cannot well do without our sins; they are the highway of our virtue.

Be of good courage, my son, and remember that the best men always make themselves.

A good man does not spy around for the black spots in others, but presses unswervingly on towards his mark.

Stop trying to be cute. You're too mean to be cute.

I have so much character that adding beauty to the mix would be greedy.

A rubbish word. One he hardly ever used. The word had no moral weight. A person didn't need courage for "nice." "Nice" called for no sacrifice, no strength of character. If only all he'd ever had to do was be nice . . .

The game of football makes men out of boys. Let's see if it can make a woman out of you.

People try to bail out without a fight, and too often people take the easy way out. Doesn't anybody have backbone anymore?" -- Dr. Isabel Favor, America's diva of self-help.

Ho abbastanza carattere per cui aggiungere anche la bellezza all'insieme sarebbe pura avidità.

Time doesn't change a person's basic character.

sometimes knowing when to give up is the real test of character... -annabelle granger

Watch your thoughts, for they become words. Watch your words, for they become actions. Watch your actions, for they become habits. Watch your habits, for they become character. Watch your character, for it becomes your destiny.

Getting to play characters so unlike myself is cathartic.

It's okay to screw up. It's what we do afterward that defines us.

And how they could have forgotten him, as though he was just a character in a book, dismissed once the covers closed?

How well your readers connect with and care about this character determines the success of a story. In other words, if they've emotionally gone on the journey with the character, suffered with and experienced the joys and triumphs of the character, as well as learned the lessons and truths, only then have you, the author, done your job.

For a second she saw the brother she'd known better than herself. Proud, strong, faithful, determined, and yes, just reckless enough to save them all.