Quotes About Character

Never be ruled by possessions, and never, ever make wealth more important to you than your self-respect and your dignity. - Lady Taylor

Respect was earned, not demanded, but dignity was taught by example.

A compliment about one's nature is more important because a person has to choose how to behave, whilst a compliment about one's appearance doesn't mean overly much because there is no choice involved there.

Evil is the man who has known honor and discarded it.

Being attractive should have nothing to do with being accepted. It is what is inside a person that matters

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us." —Ralph Waldo Emerson

You are a devious woman, Blackthorn,' she said. 'I prefer the term strategic thinker.

Muitas camponesas que vinham para a cidade mudavam de trajes para não parecer caipiras. Mas ela era inteiramente descontraída com suas roupas, o que mostrava a força de seu caráter.

JH, meu cavalheiro sem armadura, pois sua força interior sob o mais brando dos exteriores basta para conquistar.

For all her faults, she was no despot.

When he actually began working, for some reason he did not resist it as much as he thought he would. What could be the cause of this change? he wondered. Was it the fear that the water would be discontinued? Was it because of his indebtedness to the woman, or something about the character of the work itself? Work seemed something fundamental for man, something which enabled him to endure the aimless flight of time.

To make a really effective monster you need to begin with a good man and tell him lies.

If she did have to describe the kind of person who hunted vampires though, she was certain of one thing. It wouldn't be the kind of person who wore pink fluffy slippers at night and fell asleep in front of the television

His character is two-sided and, according to his training, his character qualities are either nurtured into virtues or allowed to degenerate into vices.

A gentleman is not born but crafted. He had to work on himself in the same way as a sculptor shaped a rough stone and made it a thing of beauty.

She must not look too proud nor yet too humble, lest people say she is proud of her humility." Excerpt From: Catherine, Called Birdy.

if a person is willing to listen to gossip they are also willing to spread it.

Aye,Ware is your grandfather, though a more worthless arse I couldn't name.

No soft-skinned, lace-covered, dandified profligate would ever take this house and make it his. Ever.

You learn a lot about a person by the way he plays cards. Then it was a good thing no one had seen her play.

People who really live have a little wear and tear. But that's good. It's what makes us interesting.

There was something appealing in thinking of a character with a secret life that her author knew nothing about. Slipping off while the author's back was turned, to find love in her own way. Showing up just in time to deliver the next bit of dialogue with an innocent face.

No one with real integrity tries to sell their integrity to you. People with real integrity hardly notice they have it.

Is there a character in all of fiction more isolated than the little red hen?