Quotes About Character

Big words do not smite like war-clubs, Boastful breath is not a bow-string, Taunts are not so sharp as arrows, Deeds are better things than words are, Actions mightier than boastings.

As an actor, to play someone who's at war with himself, that's so interesting.

We had the great good fortune and shortcomings of character that marked every generation that had never seen war.

That movie [War for the Planet of the Apes] is incredibly engaging; it's what drives the emotion of all these films. So tonight, we're going to show a long sequence that's actually going to be.

There's no better way to test a person than to put them in the middle of a war. That's clearly going to show what kind of a character you're telling a story about.

Let the world see that this nation can bear prosperity; and that her honest virtue in time of peace is equal to her bravest valor in time of war.

If those who are sent to draw water begin by drinking themselves, the army is suffering from thirst. [One may know the condition of a whole army from the behavior of a single man.]

Women, be radiant on your wedding day. But make sure your soul matches your dress.

The hypocrite looks for faults; the believer looks for excuses.

An individual step in character training is to put responsibility on the individual.

Whoever passes forty without his virtue overpowering his vice, let him get ready for hellfire. This advice contains enough for people of knowledge.

Values are like fingerprints. Nobody's are the same, but you leave 'em all over everything you do

You don't get character because you're successful; you build character because of the hardships you face.

A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination.

Honour may not win power, but it wins respect. And respect earns power.

The less you try to impress, the more impressive you are.

We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started.

The flaw in our character is our insistence on separating blue-collar jobs from white-collar jobs, and encouraging one form of education over another.

Be beautiful if you can, wise if you want to, but be respected - that is essential.

Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: By his good character a believer will attain the degree of one who prays during the night and fasts during the day.

Only wisdom and virtue can truly win men's devotion.

Our integrity is never worth so much as when we have parted with our all to keep it.

Unless knowledge is transformed into wisdom, and wisdom is expressed in character; education is a wasteful process.

The best of man is he who blushes when you praise him and remains silent when you defame him.